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Pasefika Tongan and Polynesian Dictionary


Tongan to English Dictionary


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English Tongan Sāmoan Hawaiʻian Tahitian Māori Scientific
Ripple Ngalililili Gagalu ʻAle Tōaheahe Pōkarekare
Wave (ocean) Ngalu Galu Nalu ʻAre Ngaru
bark cloth | Siapo aka tapa Ngatu Siapo Kapa
Work Ngāue Galue(ga) Hana ʻOhipa Hanga
Oven Ngotoʻumu Umu Imu Hīmāʻa Hāngī
Taro plantation Ngoue Maʻumaga Loʻi Paʻi Taro Māra
Garden Ngoue Togālaʻau Māla Faʻaʻapu Māra
Garden (taro) Ngoue Maʻumaga Loʻi Paʻi Taro Māra
Garden (edible) Ngoue‘anga Faʻatoʻaga Māla ʻai Faʻaʻapu pota Māra
Mouth Ngutu Gutu Waha Vaha Waha

English to Polynesian Dictionary


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Sāmoan to English Dictionary


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Hawaiʻian 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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