Pasefika Sāmoan Dictionary: Vaʻa
Vaʻa in Sāmoan language is Canoe in English language.
Canoe in English language is known as:
- Vaʻa in Sāmoan language
- Waʻa in Hawaiʻian language
- Vaka in Tongan language
- Vaʻa in Tahitian language
- Waka in Māori language
Vaʻa
Sāmoan to English Dictionary
| English | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tongan | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
| Canoe | Vaʻa | Waʻa | Vaka | Vaʻa | Waka | |
| Portuguese man o' war | Vaʻa tau | Paʻimalau | Pekipaki | Physalia physalis | ||
| Sea Urchin | Vaga | Wana | Vana | Vana | Kina | Echinoidea |
| Diadema urchin | Vaga | Wana | Vana | Vana | Kina | Echinothrix diadema |
| Water | Vai | Wai | Vai | Vai | Wai | H₂O or Oxidane |
| Week | Vāiaso | Pule | Uike | Hepetoma | Wiki | |
| River | Vaitafe | |||||
| Paint | Vali | Pena | Vali | Pēni | Peita | |
| Eight | Valu | ʻEwalu | Valu | Vaʻu | Waru | |
| Valley | Vanu | Awaawa | Teleʻa | Faʻa | ||
| Forest | Vao | Ulu lā‘au | Vao | Ururā‘au | Wao | |
| Garden Spurge | Vao āpulupulu | Chamaesyce hirta, Euphorbia hirta | ||||
| T-grass | Vao lima | Paspalum conjugatum | ||||
| Pepper elder | Vao Vai | Peperomia pellucida | ||||
| Otaheite apple | Vī | Spondias dulcis | ||||
| Wild capegooseberry | Vī vao | Physalis angulata | ||||
| Purple | Violē | Poni | Lanu vaioleti | Vare‘au pa‘opa‘o | ||
| Violet | Violē | Waioleka | Vaioleti | Vare‘au pa‘opa‘o |
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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.