Pasefika English to Polynesian Dictionary: Hibiscus (Red)
Hibiscus (Red) Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in English language is known as:
- ʻAute Sāmoa in Sāmoan language
- Aloalo in Hawaiʻian language
- Kaute in Tongan language
- ʻAute in Tahitian language
- Ponga in Māori language
English to Polynesian Dictionary
English | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tongan | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
Hair (head) | Lauulu | Lauoho | Louʻulu | |||
Hand tool - beat bark cloth | Siapo aka tapa | i‘e | i‘e kuku | ike | |||
Happy | Manuia | Hauʻoli | Fiefia | ʻOaʻoa | Harikoa | |
Hawai‘ian Language | ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i | |||||
Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō | ʻŌʻō | Moho nobilis | ||||
Hawaiʻian goose | Nēnē | Branta sandvicensis | ||||
He | Ia | ʻOia | Ne | ʻŌna | Ia | |
Head | Ulu | Poʻo | ʻUlu | Upoʻo | Upoko | |
Head staffs for headress (ceremonial) | Lave | |||||
Headband for headress (ceremonial) | Pale fuiono | |||||
Headress (ceremonial) | Tuiga | |||||
Headrest | ʻAli | Kali | ||||
Heart | Fatu | Puʻu wai | ||||
Hibiscus (Beach) | Fau | Hau | Fau | Pūrau | Hibiscus tiliaceus | |
Hibiscus (Red) | ʻAute Sāmoa | Aloalo | Kaute | ʻAute | Ponga | Hibiscus rosa-sinensis |
High Chief | Aliʻi | Aliʻi | Eiki | Ariʻi | Ariki | |
Horse | Solofanua | Lio | Hoosi | Puaʻahorofenua | Hōiho | Equus ferus caballus |
Hostpital | Falema‘i | |||||
House | Maota | |||||
House | Fale | Hale | Fale | Fare | Whare | |
Human | Tagata | Kanaka | Tangata | Ta‘ata | Tangata | |
Humpback Whale | iʻamānu | Koholā | Tofuaʻa | Tohorā | Paikea | Megaptera novaeangliae |
Hurricane (Cyclone) | Afā | Makani pāhili | Afā |
Sāmoan to English Dictionary
Hawaiʻian to English Dictionary
Tongan to English Dictionary
Tahitian to English Dictionary
Māori to English Dictionary
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.