Pasefika English to Polynesian Dictionary: Hibiscus (Beach)
Hibiscus (Beach) Hibiscus tiliaceus in English language is known as:
- Fau in Sāmoan language
- Hau in Hawaiʻian language
- Fau in Tongan language
- Pūrau in Tahitian language
- 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 | ||||
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 | I‘a manu | Koholā | ||||
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.