Pasefika Sāmoan and Polynesian Dictionary
Sāmoan to English Dictionary
English | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tongan | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
Rorippa - longrunner | Aʻatasi | Rorippa sarmentosa | ||||
Reef | Aʻau | Kuaʻau | Hakau | Aʻau | Ākau | |
Culture | Agānu‘u | Nā ʻike a me nā hana | ||||
Custom/s (cultural) | Agānu‘u | Nā ʻike a me nā hana | ||||
Sāmoan culture | Agānu‘u Sāmoa | |||||
Turmeric | Ago (Lega) | ʻOlena | Curcuma longa | |||
Family | ʻĀiga | Ohana | Kāinga | Fetiʻi | Whānau | |
Double Hull Canoe | ʻAlia | Waʻa kaulua | Kalia | Vaʻa tāʻie tauati | Waka Unua | |
High Chief | Aliʻi | Aliʻi | Eiki | Ariʻi | Ariki | |
Chief | Aliʻi | Aliʻi | Eiki | Ariʻi | Ariki | |
Premna serratifolia | Aloalo | Premna serratifolia | ||||
Glory bower | Aloalo tai | Clerodendrum inerme, Volkameria inermis | ||||
Pacific Mussaenda or Pacific flag-tree | Aloalo vao | Mussaenda raiateensis | ||||
Aloe vera | Aloe | Aloe vera | ||||
Love | Alofa | Aloha | ʻOfa | Aroha | Aroha | |
Outrigger | Ama | Ama | ||||
Rock Crab | Amaʻama | ʻAʻama | Grapsus | |||
Orion's Belt | Amoga | Asterism | ||||
Coral | ʻAmu | ʻĀkoʻakoʻa | Katoa | Toʻa | Kāoa | Anthozoa |
Ursa Major (Great Bear) | Anava | Constellation | ||||
Cloud | Ao | Ao | Ao | Ata | Ao | |
Banyan or small-leaved fig | ʻAoa | Ficus obliqua | ||||
Small-leaved fig or Banyan | ʻAoa | Ficus obliqua | ||||
Giant Taro | ʻApe | ʻApe | Alocasia macrorrhizos | |||
April | Apelila | ʻApelila | ʻEpeleli | Eperera | Āperira | |
Cashew tree | ʻApu initia | Anacardium occidentale | ||||
Yellowfin Tuna | Asiasi | ʻAhi | Takuo | ʻAʻahi | Thunnus albacares | |
Friday | Aso Falaile | Poʻalima | Falaite | Mahana pae | Rāmere | |
Monday | Aso Gafua | Poʻakahi | Mōnite | Monire | Rāhina | |
Tuesday | Aso Lua | Poʻalua | Tūsite | Mahana piti | Rātū | |
Wednesday | Aso Lulu | Poʻakolu | Pulelulu | Mahana toru | Rāʻapa | |
Sunday | Aso Sa | Lapule | Sāpate | Tapati | Rātapu | |
Thursday | Aso Tofi | Poʻaha | Tuʻapulelulu | Mahana maha | Rāpare | |
Saturday | Aso Toʻonaʻi | Poʻaono | Tokonaki | Mahana maʻa | Rāhoroi | |
Great frigatebird | Atafa | Fregata minor | ||||
Lesser frigatebird | Atafa | Fregata ariel | ||||
Leeward | Atea | Lalo | ||||
Beach sunflower | Ateate | Wollastonia biflora | ||||
Basket | Ato | ʻEke | ||||
Centipede | Atualoa | Kanapī | Scolopendra subspinipes | |||
Diospyros samoensis | Auʻauli | Diospyros samoensis | ||||
August | Aukuso | ʻAukake | ʻAokosi | Atete | Akuhata | |
Bring | ʻAumai | Lawe mai | ʻOmai | Āfaʻi | Mau | |
Hibiscus (Red) | ʻAute Sāmoa | Aloalo | Kaute | ʻAute | Ponga | Hibiscus rosa-sinensis |
Kava | ʻAva | ʻAwa | Kava | ʻAva | Kava | Piper methysticum |
Derris or New Guinea Creeper | ʻAva niukini | Derris malaccensis | ||||
New Guinea Creeper or Derris | ʻAva niukini | Derris malaccensis | ||||
Wild ginger | ʻAva pui vao | Zingiber zerumbet | ||||
Macropiper puberlum or Piper puberulum | ʻAvaʻava aitu | Macropiper puberlum or Piper puberulum | ||||
Piper puberulum or Macropiper puberlum | ʻAvaʻava aitu | Piper puberulum or Macropiper puberlum | ||||
Wild ginger | ʻAvapui | ʻAwapuhi | Zingiber zerumbet | |||
Take, give | ʻAve | Lawe | ʻAve | Rave | Tango |
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Welcome to the Pasefika Polynesian Dictionary. This dictionary is meant to be a comparative dictionary to quickly view similarities, differences and cognate relationships between words across Polynesian languages. The dictionary includes a format that will display english to polynesian translation into words from Sāmoan, Hawaiʻian, Tongan, Māori, and Tahitian languages.
Most knowledge in Polynesia was communicated and passed on through language, legends, and songs.
The Sāmoan alphabet constists of these letters
Sāmoan written Alphabet: A E F G I L M N O P S T U V (K H R are additonal)
Vowels in Sāmoan language
- A (ʻA A ʻĀ Ā) - pronounced (ˈä) AAh, like "AAh"
- E (ʻE E ʻĒ Ē) - pronounced (ˈe) Eh, like net
- I (ʻI I ʻĪ Ī) - pronounced (ē) EE, like see
- O (ʻO O ʻŌ Ō) - pronounced (ō) oh, like "Oh"
- U (ʻU U ʻŪ Ū) - pronounced (u̇(ə)) oo, like oops
- A glottal stop and/or macron indicate short, normal, long sound and/or a brief pause in the sound of each vowel).
A glottal stop and/or macron indicate short, normal, long sound and/or a brief pause in the sound of each vowel).
Consonants in Sāmoan language
F G L M N P S T V
Comparison of consonant letters of Sāmoan language to languages of other Polynesian cultures
- Sāmoa s or f = Aotearoa (Māori) h = Hawaiʻi h = Marquesas h = Tahiti h = Tonga h
- Sāmoa g = Aotearoa (Māori) ng = Hawaiʻi n = Marquesas k = Tahiti = Tonga g
- Sāmoa l = Aotearoa (Māori) r = Hawaiʻi l = Marquesas = Tahiti r = Tonga l
- Sāmoa t = Aotearoa (Māori) t = Hawaiʻi k = Marquesas = Tahiti t = Tonga t
- Sāmoa v = Aotearoa (Māori) w = Hawaiʻi w = Marquesas v = Tahiti v = Tonga v
- Sāmoa f = Aotearoa (Māori) wh = Hawaiʻi h = Marquesas f or h = Tahiti h or f = Tonga f
The letter K in Sāmoan language
K
The letter K is a consonant than notes the use of the "K" style of Samoan language and/or used for words introduced with translation from other languages.
Additional Consonants in Sāmoan language
H R
Additional consonants (introduced with translation)
Some English letters informally are translated to Sāmoan Language with the use of additional consonants and rarely with vowels.
- English b = Sāmoan p
- English c = Sāmoan t/k or s
- English d = Sāmoan t/k or s
- English d = Sāmoan t/k
- English g = Sāmoan t/k or s
- English j = Sāmoan s or i
In studies of linguistics, Sāmoan language has been catagoriezed within the Austronesian family of languages.
Linguistic classification
- Austronesian
- Malayo-Polynesian
- Oceanic
- Central Pacific
- Polynesian
- Samoic
- Sāmoan