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Polynesian Languages
Sāmoan Language
Tatau Sāmoa
Malofie Sāmoa, the traditional Sāmoan tatau includes the men's 'Peʻa and women's 'Malu'
:: Sāmoan art and Polynesian Art ::
Paintings
- ʻAveau | Peʻa (Asteroidea)
- Feʻe | Heʻe (Octopus cyanea)
- Lauaʻe | Peʻahi (Microsorum spectrum)
- Laufaʻi | Lau maiʻa (Banana leaf)
- Luko ma le Masina | ʻĪlio hae a me ka Mahina
- Mōkōlea | Kāhili
- ʻO le fetū pupula | ʻO ka hōkū ʻalohi (The bright star)
- ʻO le fetū pupula | ʻO ka hōkū ʻalohi (The bright star)
- ʻO le lagi ma le moana” (The sky and the ocean)
- ʻO le lagi ma le lalolagi ma le moana (The sky, the earth and the ocean)
- Puʻu ka Manu | Makahoa
- Lā‘au (tree)
- Fīlēmū | Malu (Peace)
- Kapaʻa | Niumalu
- Lāʻau i luga o le papa | Lāʻau i luna o ka pōhaku (Tree upon the rock)
- Taeao | Kakahiaka (Morning)
- Tamaʻi moa | moa keiki (baby chicken| Gallus gallus)
- Lāʻau o le vao | Na Lāʻau o ka ulu lāʻau (Trees of the forest)
- Lāʻau (Plant)
- O le malamalama o le fetū | O ka mālamalama o ka hōkū (The light of the star
- O le malamalama o le fetū | O ka mālamalama o ka hōkū (The light of the star
- ʻOgālāʻau | Kumu (trunk)
- Matagi | Makani (Wind)
- Matapisu | ʻOpihi (Cellana)
- Pusaloa | Hōkū welowelo (Comet)
- Pua | Kiele (Gardenia)
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Pua fiti e lua | Melia ʻelua (two plumeria)
- Siapo
- Niu (Cocos nucifera)
- ʻAniva | Hōkūnohoaupuni (Milky Way)
- Siapo
- Ono (six)
- Valu (eight)
- Siapo Sāmoa
- Talie i le oneone | Talie in the sand
- Talie i le oneone | Talie in the sand
- Masina | Mahina (Moon)
- Lā (Sun)
- Tele iʻa (many fish)
- Peaua
- Masina | Mahina (Moon)
- Lā (Sun)
- Lau Magamaga | Lauaʻe (Microsorum scolopendria, Phymatosorus scolopendria)
- Lage | Poloka (Rhinella marina)
- Lau Magamaga | Lauaʻe (Microsorum scolopendria, Phymatosorus scolopendria)
- Sumu (Crux - Southern Cross)
- ʻUlu
- Mataaliʻi | Mataliʻi | Makaliʻi
- Talo
- Amoga
- Sunflower
- Fale Sāmoa
- Sunflower
- Father and son Jacob and Sale
- iʻa (fish)
- Sāmoana
- Siapo
- ʻUlu RGB
- Perenise
- Seipua
- Nifo Oti
- Fish and Flowers
- Gatai
- Poto Tele
- Jungle
- Kalalau
- Makana
- Hawai‘ian Quilt ʻUlu
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Drawing Sketchbook
- Toloa | Koloa (Anatidae)
- Lau Magamaga | Lauaʻe (Microsorum scolopendria, Phymatosorus scolopendria)
- Manulele i le Lāʻau | Manu o ka Lāʻau (Bird in the tree)
- Fugālāʻau Toʻitoʻi | Pua Naupaka kahakai (Scaevola taccada flower)
- Lā (Sun)
- Paina (Araucaria heterophylla)
- Lāʻau (Tree)
- oso aʻe le lā | Pukana lā (Sunrise)
- Lāʻau Paina (Araucaria heterophylla)
- Tamaʻi moa | moa keiki (baby chicken| Gallus gallus)
- Manulele | Manu (Bird | Aves)
- Pua | Kiele (Gardenia)
- Tuʻuʻu nuanua | Tuʻuʻu vaolo (Pomacanthus imperator)
- Maogo | ʻApi (Acanthurus guttatus)
- ʻAveau | Peʻa (Asteroidea)
- ʻAʻā (Dascyllus albisella)
- Tuitui | ʻIna ʻula (Echinometra mathaei)
- Sumu uli | Humuhumu ʻeleʻele (Melichthys niger)
- Moamoa uli | moa (Ostracion meleagris)
- Namu | Makika (Culicidae)
- ʻApogāleveleve | Lanalana (Araneae)
- Atualoa | Kanapī (Scolopendra subspinipes)
- Faʻi | Maiʻa (musa)
- Talie | Kamani ʻula (Terminalia catappa)
- Teuila | ‘Awapuhi ‘ula‘ula (Alpinia purpurata)
- ʻAliʻao | Pūpū o Hāʻupu (Rochia nilotica)
- ʻAliʻao | Pūpū o Hāʻupu (Rochia nilotica)
- ʻulu (Artocarpus altilis)
- Lama | Kukui (Aleurites moluccana)
- Taligaʻimoa | Kūkaelio (Mushroom)
- Laumei | Honu | Fonu (Chelonia mydas)
- Niu (cocos nucifera)
- Fugālāʻau Ago | Pua Olena (Curcuma longa)
- Nonu Vao | Nonu | Noni (Morinda Citrifolia)
- Toʻitoʻi | Naupaka kahakai (Scaevola taccada)
- ʻulu (Artocarpus altilis) drawing
- Asiasi | ʻAhi (Thunnus albacares)
- Fale Sāmoa
- Nuʻu i le pō (village in the night)
- Nuʻu (village)
- Luko | ʻĪlio hae (canis lupus - wolf)
- Cowrie shell (Cypraea)
- Eagle
- Losa (Rosa)
- Fue
- Vaka Tonga | Vaʻa Sāmoa
- Laumei ma Malie (Turtle and Shark)
- Tānoa (ʻava bowl)
Painting Sketchbook
- Mōkōlea | Kāhili
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Masina | Mahina (Moon)
- Lā (Sun)
- Masina i le pō | Mahina o ka pō (Moon in the night)
- Latalata, ʻae mamao | Kokoke, akā mamao (Near, yet far)
- Pua Fiti | Melia (Plumeria)
- Kapaʻa
- Taeao | Kakahiaka (Morning)
- Wailua
- Nounou Sunset
- Māmalahoa
- Talie i le oneone | Talie in the sand
- Anahola
- Niumnalu | Kipu Mountains
- Peaua
- Mokuaʻeaʻe
- Lae o Kīlauea 3
- Lae o Kīlauea 2
- Siapo Sāmoa
- Kukiʻi | Ninini
- Puʻu ka Manu | Makahoa 2
- Kapukaʻamoi
- Matāfaga ma Motu (beach and island)
- Matāfaga papā (rocky beach)
- Maile | ʻĪlio (Canis familiaris)
- Kukiʻi 2
- Puʻu ka Manu | Makahoa
- Kukiʻi
- Hanalei Bay Pier
- Hanalei Bay
- Matāfaga (beach)
- Ocean Lighthouse
- First
Drawings
- Talie ma le lagi | Kamani ʻula a me ka lani (Talie and the sky)
- Lautalo | Lau kalo (Taro Leaf)
- Taeao | Kakahiaka (Morning)
- Luko (wolf)
- Luko (wolf)
- Taeao | Kakahiaka (Morning)
- Lāʻau (Plant)
- Kapaʻa | Niumalu
- Aloe (aloe vera)
- Toloa | Koloa (Anatidae)
- Lāʻau i le timu | Lāʻau i ka ua (Tree in the rain)
- Kapaʻa | Niumalu
- Mālamalama (light)
- Timu | Ua (Rain)
- Pusaloa | Hōkū welowelo (Comet)
- Lau Magamaga | Lauaʻe (Microsorum scolopendria, Phymatosorus scolopendria)
- Toloa | Koloa (Anatidae)
- Nēnē (Branta sandvicensis)
- Laumei | Honu | Fonu (Chelonia mydas)
- Talie | Kamani ʻula (Terminalia catappa)
- Lāʻau (Tree)
- Tī | Kī (Cordyline fruticosa)
- Timu | Ua (Rain)
- Mātala | Mōhala (open)
- Luko ma le Masina | ʻĪlio hae a me ka Mahina (wolf and the moon)
- Masina | Mahina (Moon)
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Lage | Poloka (Rhinella marina)
- Siapo
- Siapo
- Siapo
- “Lāʻau ma le matagi” | Lāʻau a me ka makani (Tree and the wind)
- Manu | Manulele (Bird)
- Vaʻa tau | Paʻimalau (Physalia physalis)
- ʻAluʻAlu | Pololia (Medusozoa)
- Fetū i luga o le moana | Hōkū i luna o ka moana (Stars above the ocean)
- Motu i le pō (island at night)
- Fetū | Hōkū (Star)
- Fetū | Hōkū (Star)
- Fetū | Hōkū (Star)
- Fetū | Hōkū (Star)
- Fetū | Hōkū (Star)
- ʻOgālāʻau | Kumu (trunk)
- ʻOgālāʻau | Kumu (trunk)
- ʻOgālāʻau | Kumu (trunk)
- ʻOgālāʻau | Kumu (trunk)
- Lautī | Lau Kī (Cordyline fruticosa)
- Lautī | Lau Kī (Cordyline fruticosa)
- O le ata o le lāʻau (The shadow of the tree)
- Matapisu | ʻOpihi (Cellana)
- Matapisu | ʻOpihi (Cellana)
- Sapoʻanae | Ulua aukea (Caranx ignobilis)
- iʻa (fish)
- Lau Magamaga | Lauaʻe (Microsorum scolopendria, Phymatosorus scolopendria)
- Tuitui | ʻIna ʻula (Echinometra mathei)
- Satula | Haʻukeʻuke ʻUlaʻula (Heterocentrotus mamillatus)
- Sumu Aloalo | Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa (Rhinecanthus rectangulus) freehand
- Vaga | Wana (Echinothrix diadema)
- Atafa | ʻIwa (Fregata minor) freehand
- Gogo | Noio Kōhā (Anous stolidus) freehand
- ʻaluʻalu (Medusozoa) freehand
- ʻAnufe ʻeleʻele | Koʻe honua (Lumbricina) freehand
- Masimasi | Mahimahi (Coryphaena hippurus) freehand
- Faisua (Fluted giant clam) freehand
- Peʻa (Flying Fox Fruit Bat) freehand
- Tiger Barb freehand
- ʻAliʻao | Pūpū o Hāʻupu (Rochia nilotica)
- ʻAveau (Starfish) freehand
- Mauga mū (volcano) freehand
- ʻoso (digging or planting stick) freehand
- Vaʻa tau (Portuguese man o’ war) freehand
- Nonu Vao | Noni (Morinda citrifolia) freehand
- Motu (island) freehand
- ʻAlia (Sāmoan double hull ocean vessel) freehand
- Talo (Colocasia esculenta) plant freehand
- Puaʻa (pig) freehand
- Asiasi (Thunnus albacare) fish freehand
- Lama (candlenut) plant freehand
- Aloe (aloe vera) plant freehand
- Tī (Ti) plant freehand
- Paāla (Acnthocybium solandri) fish freehand
- Atualoa (centipede) freehand
- Lau Magamaga | Lauaʻe (Microsorum scolopendria, Phymatosorus scolopendria) freehand
- oʻo (Sprouted coconut plant) freehand
- Symmetry flower and butterfly
- Anatomy 1
- Anatomy 2
- Symmetry Flower
- Gogo
- Sina ma le tuna (Sina and the eel)
- Motorcycle
- Dragons
- Crankshaft
:: Culture ::
Samoan Culture
Pese Samoa
- Viʻi o le fuʻa a Amerika Sāmoa
- Viʻi o le fuʻa a Sāmoa i Sisifo
- Laʻu lupe ua lele, lele i le vaomoa
- Lava lava teuteu faʻa Sāmoa
- Leafaitulagi
- Lo ta nuʻu, ua ou fānau ai
- Moe i le po masina
- Minoi minoi
- Musika malie
- Pese siva
- Sosefina
- Tali maia
- Tatau Sāmoa - Sāmoan tatau song
- Tele iʻa o le sami
- Ua Lologo Le Fua Ma Le Paʻo
Tongan Culture
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This information is also apart of the Pasefika Polynesian dictionary project of Jon Apisa intended as a comparative dictionary to view similarities, differences and cognate relationships of words in multiple Polynesian languages.