Pasefika Sāmoan and Polynesian Dictionary
Sāmoan to English Dictionary
English | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tongan | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
Compass 011.25° NbE | Haka Koʻolau | Haka Whakararo | Haka Tokerau | NbE 11.25° | ||
Compass 033.75° NbNE | Nālani Koʻolau | Ngā Rangi Tokerau | NbNE 33.75° | |||
Compass 056.25° NEbE | Noio Koʻolau | Hitiʻa o te rā | Ngoi Tokerau | NEbE 56.25° | ||
Compass 076.75° EbN | Lā Koʻolau | Rā Tokerau | EbN 76.75° | |||
Compass 101.25° EbS | Lā Malanai | Rā Marangai | EbS 101.25° | |||
Compass 123.75° SEbE | Noio Malanai | Ngoi Marangai | SEbE 123.75° | |||
Compass 146.25° SEbS | Nālani Malanai | Maraʻaiʻaru | Ngā Rangi Marangai | SEbS 146.25° | ||
Compass 168.75° SbE | Haka Malanai | ʻApatoʻa | Haka Marangai | SbE 168.75° | ||
Compass 191.25° SbW | Haka Kona | Haka Whakarunga | SbW 191.25° | |||
Compass 213.75° SWbS | Nālani Kona | Ngā Rangi Whakarunga | SWbS 213.75° | |||
Compass 236.25° SWbW | Noio Kona | ʻApatoʻa | Ngoi Whakarunga | SWbW 236.25° | ||
Compass 258.75° WbS | Lā Kona | Rā Whakarunga | WbS 258.75° | |||
Compass 281.25° WbN | Lā Hoʻolua | Rā Whakararo | WbN 281.25° | |||
Compass 303.75° NWbW | Noio Hoʻolua | Toʻoʻa | Ngoi Whakararo | NWbW 303.75° | ||
Compass 326.25° NWbN | Nālani Hoʻolua | Ngā Rangi Whakararo | NWbN 326.25° | |||
Compass 348.75° NbW | Haka Hoʻolua | Haka Whakararo | NbW 348.75° | |||
Skipjack Tuna | Aku | Katsuwonus pelamis | ||||
Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō | ʻŌʻō | Moho nobilis | ||||
ʻŌhiʻa Lehua | ʻŌhiʻa Lehua | Metrosideros polymorpha | ||||
Shampoo Ginger | ʻAwapuhi Kuahiwi | Zingiber zerumbet | ||||
Bottle Gourd | Ipu | Lagenaria siceraria | ||||
Maile | Maile | Alyxia stellata | ||||
Maile | Maile | Alyxia oliviformis | ||||
Polaris | Hōkūpaʻa | Star |
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Welcome to the Pasefika Polynesian Dictionary. This dictionary is meant to be a comparative dictionary to quickly view similarities, differences and cognate relationships between words across Polynesian languages. The dictionary includes a format that will display english to polynesian translation into words from Sāmoan, Hawaiʻian, Tongan, Māori, and Tahitian languages.
Most knowledge in Polynesia was communicated and passed on through language, legends, and songs.
The Sāmoan alphabet constists of these letters
Sāmoan written Alphabet: A E F G I L M N O P S T U V (K H R are additonal)
Vowels in Sāmoan language
- A (ʻA A ʻĀ Ā) - pronounced (ˈä) AAh, like "AAh"
- E (ʻE E ʻĒ Ē) - pronounced (ˈe) Eh, like net
- I (ʻI I ʻĪ Ī) - pronounced (ē) EE, like see
- O (ʻO O ʻŌ Ō) - pronounced (ō) oh, like "Oh"
- U (ʻU U ʻŪ Ū) - pronounced (u̇(ə)) oo, like oops
- A glottal stop and/or macron indicate short, normal, long sound and/or a brief pause in the sound of each vowel).
A glottal stop and/or macron indicate short, normal, long sound and/or a brief pause in the sound of each vowel).
Consonants in Sāmoan language
F G L M N P S T V
Comparison of consonant letters of Sāmoan language to languages of other Polynesian cultures
- Sāmoa s or f = Aotearoa (Māori) h = Hawaiʻi h = Marquesas h = Tahiti h = Tonga h
- Sāmoa g = Aotearoa (Māori) ng = Hawaiʻi n = Marquesas k = Tahiti = Tonga g
- Sāmoa l = Aotearoa (Māori) r = Hawaiʻi l = Marquesas = Tahiti r = Tonga l
- Sāmoa t = Aotearoa (Māori) t = Hawaiʻi k = Marquesas = Tahiti t = Tonga t
- Sāmoa v = Aotearoa (Māori) w = Hawaiʻi w = Marquesas v = Tahiti v = Tonga v
- Sāmoa f = Aotearoa (Māori) wh = Hawaiʻi h = Marquesas f or h = Tahiti h or f = Tonga f
The letter K in Sāmoan language
K
The letter K is a consonant than notes the use of the "K" style of Samoan language and/or used for words introduced with translation from other languages.
Additional Consonants in Sāmoan language
H R
Additional consonants (introduced with translation)
Some English letters informally are translated to Sāmoan Language with the use of additional consonants and rarely with vowels.
- English b = Sāmoan p
- English c = Sāmoan t/k or s
- English d = Sāmoan t/k or s
- English d = Sāmoan t/k
- English g = Sāmoan t/k or s
- English j = Sāmoan s or i
In studies of linguistics, Sāmoan language has been catagoriezed within the Austronesian family of languages.
Linguistic classification
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Oceanic
- Central Pacific
- Polynesian
- Samoic
- Sāmoan