Pasefika Sāmoan Dictionary: Peʻa

Peʻa in Sāmoan language is Chiroptera Bat (Flying Fox) in English language.

Bat (Flying Fox) Chiroptera in English language is known as:


Peʻa Bat (Chiroptera) / Flying fox (Pteropus) - noun

Peʻa (phonetic: / Pay-Ah / | ipa:/ ˈPe̞ˑʔäˑ / | symbols: / ˈpā-ˌä / )

“Peʻa” is a word in Sāmoan language used to identify a bat (Chiroptera) and/or Flying fox (Pteropus).

“Peʻa” is also word in Sāmoan language used to identify the tatau Sāmoa, (Sāmoan tatoo) for men.

“Peʻa” in Sāmoan language is also translated to “ʻŌpeʻapeʻa” in Hawaiʻian to identify a bat (Chiroptera) and or Hawaiʻian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus).

Peʻa (Flying Fox Fruit Bat) freehand drawing by Jon Apisa

Jon Apisa. Peʻa (Flying Fox Fruit Bat) freehand drawing. 2023. colored pencil on paper, 8.8" x 5.5" (22.4cm x 14cm).

Peʻa (Flying Fox Fruit Bat) drawing by Jon Apisa

Sāmoan to English Dictionary


English Sāmoan Hawaiʻian Tongan Tahitian Māori Scientific
White Pa‘epa‘e Keʻokeʻo Hinehina ‘Uo‘uo
Crab Paʻa Pāpaʻi Paka Paʻapaʻa Pāpaka Brachyura
Wahoo Paāla Ono Valu Louniu Pāere Acanthocybium solandari
Brush Palasi Palaki Polosi Porōmu Paraihe
Paint brush (art) Palasi vali ata Hulu Pena Porōmu pēni
Paint brush (house) Palasi vali fale Hulu Pena Porōmu pēni
Headband for headress (ceremonial) Pale fuiono
Palolo Worm Palolo Palola viridis
Rocky Papa Pōhaku Makamaka
European person Papālagi Haole Papālagi Popaʻā Pākehā
Pacific Ocean Pasefika Pākīpika Pasifiki Patitifa Pasifika
Bat (Flying Fox) Peʻa ʻŌpeʻapeʻa Peka ʻIore Pererau Pekapeka Chiroptera
Agitated (sea) Peaua Kai pupule
Sea (agitated) Peaua Kai pupule
Pen Peni Peni Peni Pēni Pene
Pencil Penitala Penikala Peni Pēni tara Pene rākau
Paper Pepa Pepa Pepa
Baby Pepe Pēpē Pēpē Pēpe Pēpē
Song Pese Mele Hiva Pehe Maire
Pink Pīniki ʻĀkala Pingikī Tārona
Polynesia Polenisia Polenekia Pōrīnetia Poronēhia
Chili pepper Polo feʻu Capsicum annuum
Tabasco Chili pepper Polo feʻu Capsicum annuum
Intelligent Poto Akamai
Smart Poto Akamai
Post (house, structure) Pou Pou Pou Pou Pou
Post (outer, wall, side) Poulalo
Dark, Darkness Pōuliuli Pouli Po‘uli
Post (main center) Poutū
Cow Povi Pipi wahine Pulu Puaʻatoro Kau Gallus gallus
Plumeria Pua Melia Kalosipani Tīpanīe Plumeria
Flower Pua Pua Matala Tiare Puaka
Tahitian gardenia Pua Sāmoa Gardenia taitensis
Pig Puaʻa Puaʻa Puaka Puaʻa Poaka Sus scrofa, Sus scrofa domesticus
Authority Pule
Eel Pusi Puhi Tuna Puhi Tuna
Cat Pusi Pōpoki Pusi Mīmī Ngeru

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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.