Pasefika Sāmoan Dictionary: Tuitui

Tuitui in Sāmoan language is Echinometra Mathaei Burrowing Sea Urchin in English language.

Burrowing Sea Urchin Echinometra Mathaei in English language is known as:


Tuitui (Echinometra mathei) - noun

Tuitui (phonetic: / to͞o-ee-to͞o-ee / | ipa:/ ˈtuˑiˑtuˑiˑ / | symbols: / ˈtüētüē / )

“Tuitui” in Sāmoan language is used to identify Echinometra mathei (Burrowing Sea Urchin).

Echinometra mathei is also identified as “ʻIna ʻula” in Hawai‘i.

Echinometra mathei is also known as Burrowing Sea Urchin

Tuitui | ʻIna ʻula (Echinometra mathei) freehand by Jon Apisa

Jon Apisa. Tuitui | ʻIna ʻula (Echinometra mathei) freehand. 2024. colored pencil on paper, 8.5" x 5.5" (26.1cm x 14cm).

Tuitui drawing by Jon Apisa

Sāmoan to English Dictionary


English Sāmoan Hawaiʻian Tongan Tahitian Māori Scientific
Giant Taro Ta‘amū ʻApe Alocasia macrorrhizos
Morning Taeao Kakahiaka Pongipongi Poʻipoʻi Ata
Whale Tafolā Koholā Tofuaʻa Tohorā ika moana Cetacea
She Tagata Kanaka Ne ʻŌna Ia
Human Tagata Kanaka Tangata Ta‘ata Tangata
Person Tagata Kanaka Tangata Ta‘ata Tangata
Inhabitant Tagata Kanaka Tangata
Foreigner Tagata Fāimai Malihini Muli Rātere Pākehā
Polyscias Tagitagi Polyscias
Tide Tai Kai Tahi Tai
Sea Tai Kai Tahi Miti Moana
Limeberry Talafalu Micromelum minutum
Tropical almond Talie Kamani ʻula Telie Terminalia catappa
Taro Talo Kalo Talo Taro Taro Colocasia esculenta
Father Tamā Makua Kāne Tamai Metua Tāne Pāpara
Grandfather Tamā Matua Kupuna Kāne
Children Tamaiti Kamali‘i
Child Tamaitiiti Keiki
Chief Tamāli‘i Aliʻi Eiki Ariʻi Ariki
Man Tāne Kāne Tagata Tāne Tāne
Kava Bowl Tānoa Kānoa Kumete
Venus Tapuitea Planet
One Tasi ʻEkahi Taha Hōʻē Tahi
Tattoo Tatau Kākau Tatatau Tātau Moko
Port (side) Tauagavale Hema Hema ʻAui Mauī
Left (Direction) Tauagavale Hema Hema ʻAui Mauī
Food Tāumafataga
Right (direction) Taumatau ʻĀkau Toʻo Mataʻu ʻAtau Katau
Starboard Taumatau ʻĀkau Toʻo Mataʻu ʻAtau Katau
Village maiden (ceremonial title) Tāupou
Year Tausaga Makahiki Ta‘u Matahiti Houanga
Beach heliotrope Tausuni Tornefortia argentea
Service, to serve Tautua Lawelawe
Cousin Tauusoga Hoahānau
Sirius Telegese Aʻā Star System
December Tesema Kekemapa Tīsema Titema Tihema
Red Ginger (Ornamental) Teuila ‘Awapuhi ‘ula‘ula Alpinia purpurata
Ti plant Tī Kī Sī ʻAutī Tī pore Cordyline fruticosa
Taro cutting/top used for planting Tiapula Huli Colocasia esculenta
Rain Timu Ua ʻUha Ua Ua
Mother Tinā Makuahine Fa‘ē Metua Vahine Kowhaea
Grandmother Tinā Matua Kupuna Wahine
Citron Tipolo Citrus medica
Responsibility Tiute tau‘ave Kuleana
Ironwood Toa Casuarina equisetifolia
Again Toe Hou
Good bye Tōfā
South Toga Hema Tonga Toʻa Tonga S 180°
Garden Togālaʻau Māla Ngoue Faʻaʻapu Māra
Asiatic pennywort Togo Centella asiatica
Alphitonia zizyphoides Toi Alphitonia zizyphoides
Beach cabbage Toʻitoʻi Naupaka kahakai Ngahu ʻĀpata Scaevola taccada
Beach naupaka Toʻitoʻi Naupaka kahakai Ngahu ʻĀpata Scaevola taccada
Sea lettuce Toʻitoʻi Naupaka kahakai Ngahu ʻĀpata Scaevola taccada
Sugar cane Tolo Kō Saccharum officinarum
Duck Toloa Koloa Toloa Moʻorā Rakiraki Anatidae
Point (headland) Tolotolo Lae Muifonua ʻOtuʻe
Three Tolu ʻEkolu Tolu Toru Toru
Meal (Main on Sunday) Toʻonaʻi
Sunday meal (main) Toʻonaʻi
Stand Tū Kū Tuʻu Tiʻa Tū
Back Tua Kua Tuʻa Tua Tuarā
Sister (of a male) Tuafafine Kaikuahine Tuofefine Tuahine Tuāhine
Aunt (sister of father) Tuafafine o le tamā
Grandaunt (sister of grandfather) Tuafafine o le tamā matua
Brother (of a female) Tuagane Kaikunāne Tuonga‘ane Tu‘āne Tungāne
Uncle (brother of mother) Tuagane o le tinā
Granduncle (brother of grandmother) Tuagane o le tinā matua
Paramount Chief Title Tui
Headress (ceremonial) Tuiga
Burrowing Sea Urchin Tuitui ʻIna ʻula Echinometra Mathaei
Chief (Talking Chief/Orator) Tulāfale
Talking Chief Tulāfale
Orator Tulāfale
Eel (Freshwater) Tuna Kuna Tuna Puhi pape Tuna Anguilla
Freshwater Eel Tuna Kuna Tuna Puhi pape Tuna Anguilla
Paramount (Sovereign/Chief) Tupu
King Tupu Mōʻī Tuʻi Ariʻi Kīngi
Orgin (People) Tupu‘aga Tupu‘anga
Jupiter Tupualengase Pareārau Planet
Ancestor Tupuga Kupuna Tupu‘anga Tupuna Tupuna
Generation (People) Tupulaga
Book Tusi Puke Faiva Puta Pukapuka
Art Tusiata Hana no‘eau Tohi Peu Pa‘ari Toi
Drawing Tusiata Kiʻi Fakatātā Hoho‘a
Wood board - anvil to beat bark cloth | Siapo aka tapa Tutua Kua Kapa Tutua

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