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Pasefika Hawaiʻian and Polynesian Dictionary


Hawaiʻian to English Dictionary


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English Hawaiʻian Sāmoan Tongan Tahitian Māori Scientific
Canoe Waʻa Vaʻa Vaka Vaʻa Waka
Outrigger Canoe (Small) Waʻa Kaukahi Paopao Pōpao Vaʻa Waka ama
Canoe (Outrigger small) Waʻa Kaukahi Paopao Pōpao Vaʻa Waka ama
Outrigger Canoe Waʻa Kaukahi Paopao Pōpao Vaʻa Waka ama
Double Hull Canoe Waʻa kaulua ʻAlia Kalia Vaʻa tāʻie tauati Waka Unua
Mouth Waha Gutu Ngutu Vaha Waha
Woman Wahine Fafine Fefine Vahine Wahine
Water Wai Vai Vai Vai Wai H₂O or Oxidane
Violet Waioleka Violē Vaioleti Vare‘au pa‘opa‘o
Diadema urchin Wana Vaga Vana Vana Kina Echinothrix diadema
Sea Urchin Wana Vaga Vana Vana Kina Echinoidea
Coconut grater Waʻu niu ʻAusaʻalo Hakalo ‘Ana
Paper mulberry Wauke Uʻa Hiapo Aute Aute Broussonetia papyrifera


English to Polynesian Dictionary


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Sāmoan to English Dictionary


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Tongan to English Dictionary


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Tahitian to English Dictionary


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Māori to English Dictionary


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The Pasefika Polynesian dictionary is project of Jon Apisa intended as a comparative dictionary to view similarities, differences and cognate relationships of words in multiple Polynesian languages.


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