Pasefika Sāmoan Dictionary: ʻUlu
ʻUlu in Sāmoan language is Artocarpus altilis Breadfruit in English language.
Breadfruit Artocarpus altilis in English language is known as:
- ʻUlu in Sāmoan language
- ʻUlu in Hawaiʻian language
- Mei in Tongan language
- ʻUru in Tahitian language
- Kuru in Māori language
ʻUlu (Artocarpus altilis) - noun
ʻUlu (phonetic: / o͞o-Lo͞o / | ipa:/ ˈʔuˑluˑ / | symbols: / ˈ-ˌü-lü / )
ʻUlu is the word in Sāmoan language for the Artocarpus altilis tree and fruit of the tree also known as breadfruit.
Jon Apisa. ʻUlu. 2024. oil on canvas, 48" x 48" (1121.9 cm x 121.9 cm).
Talo drawing by Jon Apisa
Jon Apisa. ʻUlu RGB. 2010. oil on canvas, 54" x 42" (137.2 cm x 106.7 cm).
ʻUlu RGB painting by Jon Apisa
Jon Apisa. Hawai‘ian Quilt ʻUlu. 2003. oil on canvas, 50" x 48" (127 cm x 121.9 cm).
Hawai‘ian Quilt ʻUlu painting by Jon Apisa
Sāmoan to English Dictionary
| English | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tongan | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
| Paper mulberry | Uʻa | Wauke | Hiapo | Aute | Aute | Broussonetia papyrifera |
| Pier | Uafu | Uapo | Uafu | |||
| Yam | Ufi | Uhi | ʻUfi | Dioscorea | ||
| Dog | ʻUlī | ʻĪlio | Kulī | ʻŪrī | Kurī | Canis familiaris |
| Black | Uliuli | ʻEleʻele | ‘Uli‘uli | ‘Ere‘ere | ||
| Head | Ulu | Poʻo | ʻUlu | Upoʻo | Upoko | |
| Breadfruit | ʻUlu | ʻUlu | Mei | ʻUru | Kuru | Artocarpus altilis |
| Finished | ʻUma | Pau | ||||
| Done | ʻUma | Pau | ||||
| Sweet Potato | ʻUmala | ʻUala | Ipomoea batatas | |||
| Oven | Umu | Imu | Ngotoʻumu | Hīmāʻa | Hāngī | |
| Euodia hortensis | Usi | Euodia hortensis | ||||
| Sister (older of a female) | Uso | Kaikuaʻana | Ta‘okete | Tua‘ana | Tuakana | |
| Brother (older of a male) | Uso | Kaikuaʻana | Ta‘okete | Tua‘ana | Tuakana | |
| Sister (younger of a female) | Uso | Kaikaina | Tehina | Teina | Teina | |
| Brother (younger of a male) | Uso | Kaikaina | Tehina | Teina | Teina | |
| Uncle (brother of father) | Uso o le tamā | |||||
| Granduncle (brother of grandfather) | Uso o le tamā matua | |||||
| Aunt (sister of mother) | Uso o le tinā | |||||
| Grandaunt (sister of grandmother) | Uso o le tinā matua | |||||
| Coconut Crab | Ūū | Uʻa vāhi | Birgus Latro |
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.