Pasefika Sāmoan and Polynesian Dictionary
Sāmoan to English Dictionary
English | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tongan | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
Four | Fa | ʻEha | Fa | Maha | Wha | |
Taro petiole, (individual) stalk | Fā | Hā | ||||
Respect | Faʻaaloalo | Mahalo | Fakaʻapaʻapa | Faʻatura | Kauanuanu | |
Thank you | Faʻafetai | Mahalo | ||||
Thank you very much | Faʻafetai tele lava | Mahalo nui loa | ||||
Listen | Faʻalogo | Hoʻolohe, Hoʻolono | Fakafanongo | Faʻaroʻo | Whakarongo | |
X-ray | Fāʻata | Nānā i loko o ke kino | Fakaʻata | Hohoʻa rātio | Whakaahua roto | |
Wait | Faʻatali | Kali | Tali | Tīaʻiraʻa | Taritari | |
Abolish | Faʻaʻuma | Hoʻopau | Fakaʻauha | Faʻaʻore | Whakakāhore | |
Woman | Fafine | Wahine | Fefine | Vahine | Wahine | |
Bay | Faga | Hana | Kōmaki | ʻŌʻoʻa | Whanga | |
Banana | Faʻi | Maiʻa | Siaine | Maiʻa | Maika | Musa |
Manta Ray | Fai Malie | Hāhālua | Manta Birostris | |||
Bluespotted stingray | Fai Tala | Neotrygon kuhlii | ||||
Fluted Giant Clam | Faisua | ʻOlepe | Tridacna Squamosa | |||
Screwpine | Fala | Hala | Fa | Fara | Rauhara | Pandanus tectorius |
House | Fale | Hale | Fale | Fare | Whare | |
Birth | Fānau | Hānau | Fanauʻi | Fānau | Whānau | Parturition |
Land | Fanua | ʻĀina | Fonua | Fenua | Whenua | |
Screwpine | Fasa | Hala | Fa | Fara | Rauhara | Pandanus tectorius |
Hibiscus (Beach) | Fau | Hau | Fau | Pūrau | Hibiscus tiliaceus | |
Octopus | Feʻe | Heʻe | Feke | Feʻe | Wheke | Octopus Cyanea |
Febuary | Fepuali | Pepeluali | Fepueli | Fepuare | Pēpuere | |
Question | Fesili | Nīnau | Fehuʻi | Uiraʻa | Pātai | |
Alexandrian laurel | Fetau | Kamani | Calophyllum inophyllum | |||
Star | Fetū | Hōkū | Fetuʻu | Fetiʻa | Whetū | |
Meteoroid (Shooting Star) | Fetū Afi | Meteoroid | ||||
Saturn | Fetū tea | Planet | ||||
Rukam | Filimoto | Flacourtia rukam | ||||
Soap bush | Fisoa | Colubrina asiatica | ||||
Seven | Fitu | ʻEhiku | Fitu | Hitu | Whitu | |
Ginger | Fiu | Zingiber officinale | ||||
Return, come back | Foʻi | Hoʻi | Foki | Hoʻi | Hoki | |
Guest tree | Fuʻafuʻa | Kleinhovia hospita | ||||
Epipremnum pinnatum | Fue lau fao | Epipremnum pinnatum | ||||
Piper graeffei | Fue manogi | Piper graeffei | ||||
Beach morning glory | Fue moa | Ipomoea pes-caprae | ||||
Mile-a-minute vine | Fue saina | Mikania micrantha | ||||
Wax flower | Fue sele la | Hoya australis | ||||
Beach pea | Fue sina | Vigna marina | ||||
Turn | Fuli | Huli | ||||
Pull | Futi | Huki | ||||
Fish poison tree | Futu | Barringtonia asiatica |
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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