Pasefika English to Polynesian Dictionary: Lineage
Lineage in English language is known as:
- Gafa in Sāmoan language
- Kū‘auhau in Hawaiʻian language
- Hohoko in Tongan language
- ‘Aufau fēti‘i in Tahitian language
- Kāwai in Māori language
English to Polynesian Dictionary
| English | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tongan | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
| Lamp | Mōlī | |||||
| Lanceleaf Tongue Fern | Lau tasi | Pyrossia lanceolata | ||||
| Land | Fanua | ʻĀina | Fonua | Fenua | Whenua | |
| Language | Gagana | ‘Ōlelo | ||||
| Leaf | Lau | Lau | Lau | Rau | ||
| Leather fern | Lau gasese | Davallia solida | ||||
| Leeward | Atea | Lalo | ||||
| Left (Direction) | Tauagavale | Hema | Hema | ʻAui | Mauī | |
| Lemon grass | Moegalo | Cymbopogon citratus | ||||
| Lesser frigatebird | ʻĀtafa | Fregata ariel | ||||
| Lesser Trema | Māgele | Trema cannabina | ||||
| Light | Malamalama | Mālamalama | Maama | Maama | Rama | |
| Limeberry | Talafalu | Micromelum minutum | ||||
| Limpet | Matapisu | ʻOpihi | Limpet | |||
| Lineage | Gafa | Kū‘auhau | Hohoko | ‘Aufau fēti‘i | Kāwai | |
| Listen | Faʻalogo | Hoʻolohe, Hoʻolono | Fakafanongo | Faʻaroʻo | Whakarongo | |
| Love | Alofa | Aloha | ʻOfa | Aroha | Aroha | |
| Love (for one another) | Fealofani |
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.