Pasefika English to Polynesian Dictionary: Down
Down in English language is known as:
- Lalo in Sāmoan language
- Lalo in Hawaiʻian language
- Hifo in Tongan language
- Raro in Tahitian language
- Raro 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 | Huo kauvao | ʻŌ | Kō | |
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 | Pungopunga | ‘ōu‘a | Pāpahu | Odontoceti |
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 | ||
Duck | Toloa | Koloa | Toloa | Moʻorā | Rakiraki | Anatidae |
Dysoxylum samoense | Maota (maota mamala) | Dysoxylum samoense |
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.