Pasefika Māori Dictionary: Poaka

Poaka in Te Reo Māori language (Aotearoa) is Sus scrofa, Sus scrofa domesticus Pig in English language.

Pig Sus scrofa, Sus scrofa domesticus in English language is known as:

Poaka Pig (Sus scrofa) - noun

Poaka (phonetic: / Poh-ah-kah / | ipa:/ ˈpoʊˑäˑkäˑ / | symbols: / ˈpōäkä / )

“Poaka” is a word in Māori language used to identify a Pig (Sus scrofa).

“Kunekune” is another word in Māori language used to identify a pig and/or breed of (domestic) pig.

“Poaka” in Māori language is translated to “Puaʻa” in Sāmoan language, “Puaʻa” Hawaiʻian language, “Puaʻa” in Tahitian language to identify a Pig (Sus scrofa) and/or also translated to “Puaka” in Tongan language.

Jon Apisa. Puaʻa (pig) freehand drawing. 2021. colored pencil on paper, 8.8" x 5.5" (22.4cm x 14cm).

Puaʻa (pig) freehand drawing by Jon Apisa

Māori to English Dictionary

English	Māori	Sāmoan	Hawaiʻian	Tongan	Tahitian	Scientific
Shadow	Paʻāʻā	Ata	Aka	Malumalu	Ata
Humpback Whale	Paikea	iʻamānu	Koholā	Tofuaʻa	Tohorā	Megaptera novaeangliae
European person	Pākehā	Papālagi	Haole	Papālagi	Popaʻā
Foreigner	Pākehā	Tagata Fāimai	Malihini	Muli	Rātere
Dolphin	Pāpahu	Mumua	Nai‘a	Pungopunga	‘ōu‘a	Odontoceti
Papaya	Papaia	Esi	Mīkana	Lesi	ʻĪʻitā	Carica papaya
Crab	Pāpaka	Paʻa	Pāpaʻi	Paka	Paʻapaʻa	Brachyura
Father	Pāpara	Tamā	Makua Kāne	Tamai	Metua Tāne
Brush	Paraihe	Palasi	Palaki	Polosi	Porōmu
Jupiter	Pareārau	Tupualengase				Planet
Pacific Ocean	Pasifika	Pasefika	Pākīpika	Pasifiki	Patitifa
Question	Pātai	Fesili	Nīnau	Fehuʻi	Uiraʻa
Pumpkin	Paukena	Maukeni	Pala‘ai	Hina	Mautini	Cucurbita pepo
Paint	Peita	Vali	Pena	Vali	Pēni
Bat (Flying Fox)	Pekapeka	Peʻa	ʻŌpeʻapeʻa	Peka	ʻIore Pererau	Chiroptera
Pen	Pene	Peni	Peni	Peni	Pēni
Pencil	Pene rākau	Penitala	Penikala	Peni	Pēni tara
Baby	Pēpē	Pepe	Pēpē	Pēpē	Pēpe
Febuary	Pēpuere	Fepuali	Pepeluali	Fepueli	Fepuare
South East	Pitonga	Saute i Sasaʻe	Malani	Tonga Hahake	Maraʻamu	SE 135°
Night	Pō	Pō	Pō	Pō	Pō
Pig	Poaka	Puaʻa	Puaʻa	Puaka	Puaʻa	Sus scrofa, Sus scrofa domesticus
Ripple	Pōkarekare	Gagalu	ʻAle	Ngalililili	Tōaheahe
Hibiscus (Red)	Ponga	ʻAute Sāmoa	Aloalo	Kaute	ʻAute	Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Tree Fern	Ponga	ʻOliʻolī	Hāpuʻu
Polynesia	Poronēhia	Polenisia	Polenekia		Pōrīnetia
Post (house, structure)	Pou	Pou	Pou	Pou	Pou
Flower	Puaka	Pua	Pua	Matala	Tiare
Book	Pukapuka	Tusi	Puke	Faiva	Puta

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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.