Pasefika English to Polynesian Dictionary: Taro

Taro Colocasia esculenta in English language is known as:


Taro (Colocasia esculenta) - noun

Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is also known as Talo or Kalo.

Talo (Taro) can be grown in a plantation of muddy water (wetland) and also in a dry soil patch (upland).

Talo (Taro) must be cooked to be used as a food source.

Talo (Taro) plant freehand drawing by Jon Apisa

Jon Apisa. Talo (Colocasia esculenta) freehand drawing. 2021. colored pencil on paper, 8.8" x 5.5" (22.4cm x 14cm).

Talo drawing by Jon Apisa

English to Polynesian Dictionary



English Sāmoan Hawaiʻian Tongan Tahitian Māori Scientific
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Tahitian chestnut Ifi Inocarpus fagifer
Tahitian gardenia Pua Sāmoa Gardenia taitensis
Take, give ʻAve Lawe ʻAve Rave Tango
Talking Chief Tulāfale
Tarenna sambucina Maʻanunu Tarenna sambucina
Taro Talo Kalo Talo Taro Taro Colocasia esculenta
Taro bud, young shoot from corm Lauvai ʻOhā
Taro bud, young shoot from corm Soesoe ʻOhā
Taro cutting/top used for planting Tiapula Huli Colocasia esculenta
Taro Leaf Lu‘au Lū‘au
Taro petiole, (individual) stalk Fā Hā
Taro plantation Maʻumaga Loʻi Ngoue Paʻi Taro Māra
Tattoo Tatau Kākau Tatatau Tātau Moko
Teacher Faiā‘oga Kumu Faiako ‘Orometua ha‘api‘i Kaiako
Ten Sefulu ʻUmi Hogofulu Ahuru Tekau
T-grass Vao lima Paspalum conjugatum
Thank you Faʻafetai Mahalo Mālō
Thank you very much Faʻafetai tele lava Mahalo nui loa Mālō ‘aupito
Three Tolu ʻEkolu Tolu Toru Toru
Thursday Aso Tofi Poʻaha Tuʻapulelulu Mahana maha Rāpare
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Tide Tai Kai Tahi Tai
Tooth Nifo Niho
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Tree Lāʻau Lāʻau ‘Akau Rā‘au Rākau
Tree Fern ʻOliʻolī Hāpuʻu Ponga
Trochus ʻAliʻao Pūpū o Hāʻupu Takaniko Rochia nilotica
Tropical almond Talie Kamani ʻula Telie Terminalia catappa
Tuesday Aso Lua Poʻalua Tūsite Mahana piti Rātū
Turkey Pīpī Pelehū Pīpī Moa Raʻoro Korukoru Meleagris gallopavo
Turmeric Ago (Lega) ʻOlena Ango Curcuma longa
Turn Fuli Huli
Turtle (Sea Turtle) Laumei Honu Fonu Honu Honu Chelonioidea
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