Pasefika Sāmoan Dictionary: ʻOso
ʻOso in Sāmoan language is Digging Stick in English language.
Digging Stick in English language is known as:
- ʻOso in Sāmoan language
- ʻŌʻō in Hawaiʻian language
- in Tongan language
- in Tahitian language
- in Māori language
ʻOso (Digging Stick) - noun
ʻOso (phonetic: / oh-so / | ipa:/ ˈʔoʊˑsoʊ / | symbols: / ˈ-ˌōsō / )
ʻOso is a word in Sāmoan language used to identify a digging or planting stick.
“ʻOso” in Sāmoan language is translated to “ʻŌʻō” in Hawaiʻian language to meaning digging or planting stick.
Jon Apisa. ʻoso (digging or planting stick) freehand drawing. 2023. colored pencil on paper, 8.8" x 5.5" (22.4cm x 14cm).
ʻoso (digging or planting stick) freehand drawing by Jon Apisa
Sāmoan to English Dictionary
| English | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tongan | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
| Bishop wood | ʻOʻa | Bischofia javanica | ||||
| Bamboo | ʻOfe Sāmoa | ʻOhe | Schizostachyum glaucifolium | |||
| October | Oketopa | ʻOkakopa | ʻOkakopa | Atopa | Oketopa | |
| Tree Fern | ʻOliʻolī | Hāpuʻu | Ponga | |||
| Six | Ono | ʻEono | Ono | Ono | Ono | |
| Coconut Plant Sprout | Oʻo | Cocos nucifera | ||||
| Digging Stick | ʻOso | ʻŌʻō | ||||
| Planting Stick | ʻOso | ʻŌʻō | ||||
| Stick (Digging/Planting) | ʻOso | ʻŌʻō |
English to Polynesian Dictionary
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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.