Pasefika English to Polynesian Dictionary: Dolphin
Dolphin in English language is known as:
- Mumua in Sāmoan language
- Nai‘a in Hawaiʻian language
- in Tongan language
- in Tahitian language
- in Māori language
English to Polynesian Dictionary
English | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tongan | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
Dance | Siva | Haʻa | Faiva | ʻOri | Hari | |
Dark, Darkness | Pōuliuli | Pouli | Po‘uli | |||
Day | Aso | Lā | ‘Aho | Mahana | Rā | |
December | Tesema | Kekemapa | Tīsema | Titema | Tihema | |
Derris or New Guinea Creeper | ʻAva niukini | Derris malaccensis | ||||
Diadema urchin | Vaga | Wana | Vana | Vana | Kina | Echinothrix diadema |
Different | ʻEse | ʻĒ | Kehe | ʻĒ | Kee | |
Digging Stick | ʻOso | ʻŌʻō | ||||
Diospyros samoensis | Auʻauli | Diospyros samoensis | ||||
Dog | Maile | ʻĪlio | Kulī | ʻŪrī | Kurī | Canis familiaris |
Dog | ʻUlī | ʻĪlio | Kulī | ʻŪrī | Kurī | Canis familiaris |
Dolphin | Mumua | Nai‘a | ||||
Dolphinfish | Masimasi | Mahimahi | Mahimahi | Mahimahi | Coryphaena hippurus | |
Done | ʻUma | Pau | ||||
Double Hull Canoe | ʻAlia | Waʻa kaulua | Kalia | Vaʻa tāʻie tauati | Waka Unua | |
Down | Lalo | Lalo | Hifo | Raro | Raro | |
Drawing | Tusiata | Kiʻi | Fakatātā | Hoho‘a | ||
Dysoxylum samoense | Maota (maota mamala) | Dysoxylum samoense | ||||
Whale | Tafolā | Koholā |
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.