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Pasefika Sāmoan and Polynesian Dictionary


Sāmoan to English Dictionary


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English Sāmoan Hawaiʻian Tongan Tahitian Māori Scientific
Hand tool - beat bark cloth | Siapo aka tapa i‘e i‘e kuku ike
He Ia ʻOia Ne ʻŌna Ia
Fish Iʻa Iʻa Ika Iʻa Ika
Humpback Whale iʻamānu Koholā Tofuaʻa Tohorā Paikea Megaptera novaeangliae
Whale iʻamānu Koholā Tofuaʻa Tohorā ika moana Cetacea
January Ianuali ʻIanuali Sanuali Tenuare Hānuere
Canvas ʻie māfiafia Kapolena Lā ʻie
Tahitian chestnut Ifi Inocarpus fagifer
Name Igoa Inoa Hingoa Iʻoa Ingoa
Fan ili Peʻahi ī Tāhiri Kōwhiuwhiu
Know Iloa ʻIke ʻIlo ʻIte Mōhio
Yes ʻioe ʻAe ʻio
Cup Ipu
Keeltail needlefish ise ‘Aha Platybelone argalus
Needlefish (Keeltail) ise ‘Aha Platybelone argalus
Page Itūlau ‘Ao‘ao Peesi ‘Api parau Whārangi
July Iulai Iulai Siulai Tiurai Hūrae
June Iuni Iune Siune Tiunu Hune
Nine Iva ʻEiwa Hiva Iva Iwa

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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