Pasefika Māori Dictionary: Ākau
Ākau in Te Reo Māori language (Aotearoa) is Reef in English language.
Reef in English language is known as:
- Aʻau in Sāmoan language
- Kuaʻau in Hawaiʻian language
- Hakau in Tongan language
- Aʻau in Tahitian language
- Ākau in Māori language
Ākau (Reef) - noun
Ākau (phonetic: / AH-cow / | ipa:/ ˈaːkaʊ / | symbols: / ˈākäü / )
Ākau is a word in Māori language meaning reef (ocean).
Māori to English Dictionary
English | Māori | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tongan | Tahitian | Scientific |
Rainbow | Āheahea | Nuanua | Ānuenue | ‘Ūmata | Ānuanua | |
Fire | Ahi | Afi | Ahi | Afi | Ahi | |
Reef | Ākau | Aʻau | Kuaʻau | Hakau | Aʻau | |
August | Akuhata | Aukuso | ʻAukake | ʻAokosi | Atete | |
Cloud | Ao | Ao | Ao | ‘Ao | Ata | |
Earth (world) | Ao | Lalolagi | Honua | Kelekele | Repo | |
April | Āperira | Apelila | ʻApelila | ʻEpeleli | Eperera | |
Chief | Ariki | Aliʻi | Aliʻi | Eiki | Ariʻi | |
Chief | Ariki | Tamāli‘i | Aliʻi | Eiki | Ariʻi | |
High Chief | Ariki | Aliʻi | Aliʻi | Eiki | Ariʻi | |
Love | Aroha | Alofa | Aloha | ʻOfa | Aroha | |
Paper mulberry | Aute | Uʻa | Wauke | Hiapo | Aute | Broussonetia papyrifera |
English to Polynesian 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.