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Pasefika Sāmoan and Polynesian Dictionary


Sāmoan to English Dictionary


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English Sāmoan Hawaiʻian Tongan Tahitian Māori Scientific
Genealogy Gafa Kū‘auhau Hohoko ‘Aufau fēti‘i Whakapapa
Lineage Gafa Kū‘auhau Hohoko ‘Aufau fēti‘i Kāwai
Ripple Gagalu ʻAle Ngalililili Tōaheahe Pōkarekare
Language Gagana ‘Ōlelo
Respectful language Gagana Fa‘aaloalo
Sāmoan language Gagana Sāmoa
Wave (ocean) Galu Nalu Ngalu ʻAre Ngaru
Work Galue(ga) Hana Ngāue ʻOhipa Hanga
Skipjack Tuna (longer than 50 cm) Gaʻogo Aku ʻAtu Toheveri Katsuwonus pelamis
Coral tree Gatae Erythrina variegata
Oceanside Gātai Makai Matātahi i tai Whakatemoana
Toward the sea Gātai Makai Matātahi i tai Whakatemoana
Inland Gāʻuta Mauka ʻUta i uta Tuawhenua
Brown noddy Gogo Noio kōhā Anous stolidus
Bigfin Reef Squid Gūfeʻe Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Mouth Gutu Waha Ngutu Vaha Waha

English to Polynesian Dictionary


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Hawaiʻian 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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