| Blacktip Reef Shark |
|
Malie Alamata |
Manō pāʻele |
|
|
Carcharhinus melanopterus |
| Bluespotted stingray |
|
Fai Tala |
|
|
|
Neotrygon kuhlii |
| Burrowing Sea Urchin |
|
Tuitui |
ʻIna ʻula |
|
|
Echinometra Mathaei |
| Compass 033.75° NbNE |
|
|
Nālani Koʻolau |
|
Ngā Rangi Tokerau |
NbNE 33.75° |
| Compass 067.5° ENE |
|
Sasaʻe Mātū i Sasaʻe |
ʻĀina Koʻolau |
Hahake Tokelauhahake |
Kāinga Tokerau |
ENE 67.5° |
| Compass 076.75° EbN |
|
|
Lā Koʻolau |
|
Rā Tokerau |
EbN 76.75° |
| Compass 101.25° EbS |
|
|
Lā Malanai |
|
Rā Marangai |
EbS 101.25° |
| Compass 123.75° SEbE |
|
|
Noio Malanai |
|
Ngoi Marangai |
SEbE 123.75° |
| Compass 157.5° SSE |
|
Saute Saute i Sasaʻe |
Nā Leo Malanai |
Tonga Tongahake |
Ngā Reo Marangai |
SSE 157.5° |
| Compass 191.25° SbW |
|
|
Haka Kona |
|
Haka Whakarunga |
SbW 191.25° |
| Compass 213.75° SWbS |
|
|
Nālani Kona |
|
Ngā Rangi Whakarunga |
SWbS 213.75° |
| Compass 258.75° WbS |
|
|
Lā Kona |
|
Rā Whakarunga |
WbS 258.75° |
| Compass 281.25° WbN |
|
|
Lā Hoʻolua |
|
Rā Whakararo |
WbN 281.25° |
| Compass 326.25° NWbN |
|
|
Nālani Hoʻolua |
|
Ngā Rangi Whakararo |
NWbN 326.25° |
| Compass 348.75° NbW |
|
|
Haka Hoʻolua |
|
Haka Whakararo |
NbW 348.75° |
| Fluted Giant Clam |
|
Faisua |
ʻŌlepe nui |
Vāsua |
|
Tridacna Squamosa |
| Person with title |
|
Matai |
|
|
|
|
| Inland |
|
Gāʻuta |
Mauka |
|
|
|
| Leeward |
|
Atea |
Lalo |
|
|
|
| Manta Ray |
|
Fai Malie |
Hāhālua |
|
|
Manta Birostris |
| Oceanside |
|
Gātai |
Makai |
|
|
|
| Outrigger |
|
Ama |
Ama |
|
|
|
| Palolo Worm |
|
Palolo |
|
|
|
Palola viridis |
| Pattern |
|
ʻĒlei |
|
|
|
|
| Rock Crab |
|
Amaʻama |
ʻAʻama |
|
|
Grapsus |
| Scalloped Hammerhead |
|
Mataʻitaliga |
Manō kihikihi |
|
|
Sphyrna lewini |
| Skipjack Tuna |
|
|
Aku |
|
|
Katsuwonus pelamis |
| Tide |
|
Tai |
Kai |
Tahi |
Tai |
|
| Wedge-tail Triggerfish |
|
Sumu aloalo |
Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa |
|
|
Rhinecanthus rectangulus |
| Whitebanded Triggerfish |
|
Sumu uoʻuo |
|
|
|
Rhinecanthus aculeatus |
| Windward |
|
Lua |
Koʻolau |
|
|
|
| Tree Fern |
|
ʻOliʻolī |
Hāpuʻu |
|
Ponga |
|
| Coconut Plant Sprout |
|
Oʻo |
|
|
|
Cocos nucifera |
| Centipede |
|
Atualoa |
Kanapī |
|
|
Scolopendra subspinipes |
| Aloe vera |
|
Aloe |
|
|
|
Aloe vera |
| Digging Stick |
|
ʻOso |
ʻŌʻō |
|
|
|
| Planting Stick |
|
ʻOso |
ʻŌʻō |
|
|
|
| Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō |
|
|
ʻŌʻō |
|
|
Moho nobilis |
| Volcano |
|
Mauga mū |
Lua pele |
Moʻunga afi |
|
|
| Portuguese man o' war |
|
Vaʻa tau |
Paʻimalau |
Pekipaki |
|
Physalia physalis |
| Rectangular triggerfish |
|
Sumu aloalo |
Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa |
|
|
Rhinecanthus rectangulus |
| Reef triggerfish |
|
Sumu aloalo |
Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa |
|
|
Rhinecanthus rectangulus |
| Plant |
|
Lāʻau |
Lāʻau |
|
|
|
| Tree |
|
Lāʻau |
Lāʻau |
|
|
|
| Tooth |
|
Nifo |
Niho |
|
|
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| Finished |
|
ʻUma |
Pau |
|
|
|
| Done |
|
ʻUma |
Pau |
|
|
|
| Yes |
|
ʻioe |
ʻAe |
ʻio |
|
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| Inhabitant |
|
Tagata |
Kanaka |
Tangata |
|
|
| Yam |
|
Ufi |
Uhi |
ʻUfi |
|
Dioscorea |
| Intelligent |
|
Poto |
Akamai |
|
|
|
| Smart |
|
Poto |
Akamai |
|
|
|
| Thank you |
|
Faʻafetai |
Mahalo |
Mālō |
|
|
| Thank you very much |
|
Faʻafetai tele lava |
Mahalo nui loa |
Mālō ‘aupito |
|
|
| Rorippa - longrunner |
|
Aʻatasi |
|
|
|
Rorippa sarmentosa |
| Premna serratifolia |
|
Aloalo |
|
|
|
Premna serratifolia |
| Glory bower |
|
Aloalo tai |
|
|
|
Clerodendrum inerme, Volkameria inermis |
| Pacific Mussaenda or Pacific flag-tree |
|
Aloalo vao |
|
|
|
Mussaenda raiateensis |
| Banyan or small-leaved fig |
|
ʻAoa |
|
|
|
Ficus obliqua |
| Small-leaved fig or Banyan |
|
ʻAoa |
|
|
|
Ficus obliqua |
| Cashew tree |
|
ʻApu initia |
|
|
|
Anacardium occidentale |
| Beach sunflower |
|
Ateate |
|
|
|
Wollastonia biflora |
| Diospyros samoensis |
|
Auʻauli |
|
|
|
Diospyros samoensis |
| Macropiper puberlum or Piper puberulum |
|
ʻAvaʻava aitu |
|
|
|
Macropiper puberlum or Piper puberulum |
| Piper puberulum or Macropiper puberlum |
|
ʻAvaʻava aitu |
|
|
|
Piper puberulum or Macropiper puberlum |
| Derris or New Guinea Creeper |
|
ʻAva niukini |
|
|
|
Derris malaccensis |
| New Guinea Creeper or Derris |
|
ʻAva niukini |
|
|
|
Derris malaccensis |
| Wild ginger |
|
ʻAvapui vao |
ʻAwapuhi |
Angoango |
|
Zingiber zerumbet |
| Alexandrian laurel |
|
Fetau |
Kamani |
|
|
Calophyllum inophyllum |
| Rukam |
|
Filimoto |
|
|
|
Flacourtia rukam |
| Soap bush |
|
Fisoa |
|
|
|
Colubrina asiatica |
| Guest tree |
|
Fuʻafuʻa |
|
|
|
Kleinhovia hospita |
| Epipremnum pinnatum |
|
Fue lau fao |
|
|
|
Epipremnum pinnatum |
| Piper graeffei |
|
Fue manogi |
|
|
|
Piper graeffei |
| Beach morning glory |
|
Fue moa |
|
|
|
Ipomoea pes-caprae |
| Mile-a-minute vine |
|
Fue saina |
|
|
|
Mikania micrantha |
| Wax flower |
|
Fue sele la |
|
|
|
Hoya australis |
| Beach pea |
|
Fue sina |
|
|
|
Vigna marina |
| Fish poison tree |
|
Futu |
|
|
|
Barringtonia asiatica |
| Coral tree |
|
Gatae |
|
|
|
Erythrina variegata |
| Tahitian chestnut |
|
Ifi |
|
|
|
Inocarpus fagifer |
| Candelabra bush |
|
Lāʻau failafa |
|
|
|
Senna alata |
| Leather fern |
|
Lau gasese |
|
|
|
Davallia solida |
| Chaff-flower |
|
Lau tamatama |
|
|
|
Achyranthes aspera |
| Lanceleaf Tongue Fern |
|
Lau tasi |
|
|
|
Pyrossia lanceolata |
| Sea mango |
|
Leva |
|
|
|
Cerbera manghas |
| Canarium vitiense |
|
Maʻali |
|
|
|
Canarium vitiense |
| Tarenna sambucina |
|
Maʻanunu |
|
|
|
Tarenna sambucina |
| Angular winter cherry |
|
Magalo (vi vao) |
|
|
|
Physalis angulata |
| Lesser Trema |
|
Māgele |
|
|
|
Trema cannabina |
| Mango |
|
Mago |
|
|
|
Mangifera indica |
| Dysoxylum samoense |
|
Maota (maota mamala) |
|
|
|
Dysoxylum samoense |
| Glochidion ramiflorum |
|
Maota |
|
|
|
Glochidion ramiflorum |
| Psychotria insularum |
|
Masame |
|
|
|
Psychotria insularum |
| Wild fig |
|
Mati |
|
|
|
Ficus tinctoria |
| Pacific rosewood |
|
Milo |
|
|
|
Thespesia populnea |
| Lemon grass |
|
Moegalo |
|
|
|
Cymbopogon citratus |
| Orange (plant) |
|
Moliʻaina |
|
|
|
Citrus sinensis |
| Perfume tree |
|
Mosoʻoi |
|
|
|
Cananga odorata |
| Simpleleaf chastetree |
|
Namulega |
|
|
|
Vitex trifolia |
| Malay apple |
|
Nonu fiʻafiʻa |
ʻŌhiʻa ʻai |
|
|
Syzygium malaccensis |
| Bishop wood |
|
ʻOʻa |
|
|
|
Bischofia javanica |
| Bamboo |
|
ʻOfe Sāmoa |
ʻOhe |
|
|
Schizostachyum glaucifolium |
| Chili pepper |
|
Polo feʻu |
|
|
|
Capsicum annuum |
| Tabasco Chili pepper |
|
Polo feʻu |
|
|
|
Capsicum annuum |
| Tahitian gardenia |
|
Pua Sāmoa |
|
|
|
Gardenia taitensis |
| Syzygium corynocarpum |
|
Seasea |
|
|
|
Syzygium corynocarpum |
| Centotheca lappacea |
|
Sefa |
|
|
|
Centotheca lappacea |
| Bitter yam |
|
Soi |
|
|
|
Dioscorea bulbifera |
| Polyscias |
|
Tagitagi |
|
|
|
Polyscias |
| Limeberry |
|
Talafalu |
|
|
|
Micromelum minutum |
| Tropical almond |
|
Talie |
Kamani ʻula |
Telie |
|
Terminalia catappa |
| Beach heliotrope |
|
Tausuni |
|
|
|
Tornefortia argentea |
| Ironwood |
|
Toa |
|
|
|
Casuarina equisetifolia |
| Asiatic pennywort |
|
Togo |
|
|
|
Centella asiatica |
| Alphitonia zizyphoides |
|
Toi |
|
|
|
Alphitonia zizyphoides |
| Beach cabbage |
|
Toʻi toʻi |
|
|
|
Scaevola taccada |
| Euodia hortensis |
|
Usi |
|
|
|
Euodia hortensis |
| T-grass |
|
Vao lima |
|
|
|
Paspalum conjugatum |
| Otaheite apple |
|
Vī |
|
|
|
Spondias dulcis |
| Turmeric |
|
Ago (Lega) |
ʻOlena |
Ango |
|
Curcuma longa |
| Wild ginger |
|
ʻAvapui |
ʻAwapuhi |
Angoango |
|
Zingiber zerumbet |
| Ginger (Edible) |
|
Fiu |
ʻAwapuhi ʻai |
|
|
Zingiber officinale |
| Citron |
|
Tipolo |
|
|
|
Citrus medica |
| Sugar cane |
|
Tolo |
Kō |
|
|
Saccharum officinarum |
| Pepper elder |
|
Vao Vai |
|
|
|
Peperomia pellucida |
| Garden Spurge |
|
Vao āpulupulu |
|
|
|
Chamaesyce hirta, Euphorbia hirta |
| Wild capegooseberry |
|
Vī vao |
|
|
|
Physalis angulata |
| Mountain Apple |
|
Nonu fiʻafiʻa |
ʻŌhiʻa ʻai |
|
|
Syzygium malaccensis |
| ʻŌhiʻa Lehua |
|
|
ʻŌhiʻa Lehua |
|
|
Metrosideros polymorpha |
| Sweet Potato |
|
ʻUmala |
ʻUala |
|
|
Ipomoea batatas |
| Red Ginger (Ornamental) |
|
Teuila |
‘Awapuhi ‘ula‘ula |
|
|
Alpinia purpurata |
| Shampoo Ginger |
|
ʻAvapui |
ʻAwapuhi Kuahiwi |
Angoango |
|
Zingiber zerumbet |
| Screwpine |
|
Lau Fala |
Lau Hala |
|
|
Pandanus tectorius |
| Bottle Gourd |
|
|
Ipu |
|
|
Lagenaria siceraria |
| Cup |
|
Ipu |
|
|
|
|
| Maile |
|
|
Maile |
|
|
Alyxia stellata |
| Maile |
|
|
Maile |
|
|
Alyxia oliviformis |
| Giant Taro |
|
ʻApe |
ʻApe |
|
|
Alocasia macrorrhizos |
| Giant Taro |
|
Ta‘amū |
ʻApe |
|
|
Alocasia macrorrhizos |
| Basket |
|
Ato |
ʻEke |
|
|
|
| Service, to serve |
|
Tautua |
Lawelawe |
|
|
|
| Culture |
|
Agānu‘u |
Nā ʻike a me nā hana |
Anga Faka-Tonga |
|
|
| Custom/s (cultural) |
|
Agānu‘u |
Nā ʻike a me nā hana |
Anga Faka-Tonga |
|
|
| Sāmoan culture |
|
Agānu‘u Sāmoa |
|
|
|
|
| Great frigatebird |
|
ʻĀtafa |
ʻIwa |
|
|
Fregata minor |
| Lesser frigatebird |
|
ʻĀtafa |
|
|
|
Fregata ariel |
| Brown noddy |
|
Gogo |
Noio kōhā |
|
|
Anous stolidus |
| Taro cutting/top used for planting |
|
Tiapula |
Huli |
|
|
Colocasia esculenta |
| Turn |
|
Fuli |
Huli |
|
|
|
| Pull |
|
Futi |
Huki |
|
|
|
| Taro petiole, (individual) stalk |
|
Fā |
Hā |
|
|
|
| Taro bud, young shoot from corm |
|
Lauvai |
ʻOhā |
|
|
|
| Taro bud, young shoot from corm |
|
Soesoe |
ʻOhā |
|
|
|
| Taro Leaf |
|
Lu‘au |
Lū‘au |
|
|
|
| Orion's Belt |
|
Amoga |
|
|
|
Asterism |
| Saturn |
|
Fetū tea |
|
|
Rongo |
Planet |
| Sirius |
|
Telegese |
Aʻā |
|
|
Star System |
| Venus |
|
Tapuitea |
|
|
|
Planet |
| Jupiter |
|
Tupualengase |
|
|
Pareārau |
Planet |
| Polaris |
|
|
Hōkūpaʻa |
|
|
Star |
| Ursa Major (Great Bear) |
|
Anava |
|
|
|
Constellation |
| Meteoroid (Shooting Star) |
|
Fetū Afi |
|
|
|
Meteoroid |
| Responsibility |
|
Tiute tau‘ave |
Kuleana |
|
|
|
| Starfish |
|
ʻAveau |
Peʻa |
Alamea |
|
Asteroidea (Class) |
| Trochus |
|
ʻAliʻao |
Pūpū o Hāʻupu |
Takaniko |
|
Rochia nilotica |
| Ginger (General/Wild) |
|
ʻAvapui |
ʻAwapuhi |
|
|
Zingiberaceae |
| Kava Bowl |
|
Tānoa |
Kānoa |
Kumete |
|
|
| Headress (ceremonial) |
|
Tuiga |
|
|
|
|
| Headband for headress (ceremonial) |
|
Pale fuiono |
|
|
|
|
| Head staffs for headress (ceremonial) |
|
Lave |
|
|
|
|
| Hair (head) |
|
Lauulu |
Lauoho |
Louʻulu |
|
|
| Please |
|
Faʻamolemole
|
ʻoluʻolu |
Kātaki |
|
|
| Sorry |
|
Faʻanoanoa
|
Kaumaha |
Fakamolemole |
|
|
| Headrest |
|
ʻAli |
|
Kali |
|
|
| Food |
|
Meaʻai |
Meaʻai |
Meʻakai |
|
|
| Hand tool - beat bark cloth | Siapo aka tapa |
|
i‘e |
i‘e kuku |
ike |
|
|
| Wood board - anvil to beat bark cloth | Siapo aka tapa |
|
Tutua |
Kua Kapa |
Tutua |
|
|
| bark cloth | Siapo aka tapa |
|
Siapo |
Kapa |
Ngatu |
|
|
| Storm (Severe) |
|
Afā |
ʻino |
Afā |
|
|
| Hurricane (Cyclone) |
|
Afā |
Makani pāhili |
Afā |
|
|
| Cyclone (Hurricane) |
|
Afā |
Makani pāhili |
Afā |
|
|
| Bigfin Reef Squid |
|
Gūfeʻe |
|
|
|
Sepioteuthis lessoniana |
| Orgin |
|
Māfua‘aga |
Kinohi |
Tupu‘anga |
|
|
| Orgin (People) |
|
Tupu‘aga |
|
Tupu‘anga |
|
|
| Generation (People) |
|
Tupulaga |
|
|
|
|
| Worm |
|
ʻAnufe |
Ko‘e |
Kelemutu |
|
|
| Earthworm |
|
ʻAnufe |
Ko‘e |
Kelemutu |
|
Annelid |
| Grandfather |
|
Tamā Matua |
Kupuna Kāne |
|
|
|
| Grandmother |
|
Tinā Matua |
Kupuna Wahine |
|
|
|
| Limpet |
|
Matapisu |
ʻOpihi |
|
|
Limpet |
| Post (main center) |
|
Poutū |
|
|
|
|
| Post (outer, wall, side) |
|
Poulalo |
|
|
|
|
| Rafter (thatch roofing) |
|
‘Aso |
O‘a |
|
|
|
| Purlin |
|
La‘aumatua |
|
|
|
|
| Purlin (Arched) |
|
Fautū |
|
|
|
|
| Girder |
|
So‘a |
|
|
|
|
| Ridgepole |
|
‘Au‘au |
|
|
|
|
| Armpit |
|
‘Ao‘ao |
|
|
|
|
| Sāmoan house |
|
Fale Sāmoa |
|
|
|
|
| Restaurant |
|
Fale‘āiga |
|
|
|
|
| School |
|
Fale‘āoga |
|
|
|
|
| Hostpital |
|
Falema‘i |
|
|
|
|
| Museum |
|
Falemāta‘aga |
|
|
|
|
| Post Office |
|
Falemeli |
|
|
|
|
| Store / Commercial Shop |
|
Fale‘oloa |
|
|
|
|
| Modern (foreigner style) house |
|
Falepālagi |
|
|
|
|
| Church |
|
Falesā |
|
|
|
|
| Bank |
|
Faleteutupe |
|
|
|
|
| House |
|
Maota |
|
|
|
|
| Building |
|
Maota |
|
|
|
|
| Structure |
|
Maota |
|
|
|
|
| Language |
|
Gagana |
‘Ōlelo |
|
|
|
| Sāmoan language |
|
Gagana Sāmoa |
|
|
|
|
| Respectful language |
|
Gagana Fa‘aaloalo |
|
|
|
|
| Hawai‘ian Language |
|
|
‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i |
|
|
|
| Village maiden (ceremonial title) |
|
Tāupou |
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| Meet |
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Feiloaʻi |
Hui |
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| Meeting |
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Fono |
‘Aha |
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| Heart |
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Fatu |
Puʻu wai |
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| Again |
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Toe |
Hou |
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| Food |
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Tāumafataga |
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| Cousin |
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Tauusoga |
Hoahānau |
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| Aunt (sister of father) |
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Tuafafine o le tamā |
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| Aunt (sister of mother) |
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Uso o le tinā |
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| Uncle (brother of father) |
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Uso o le tamā |
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| Uncle (brother of mother) |
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Tuagane o le tinā |
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| Grandaunt (sister of grandfather) |
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Tuafafine o le tamā matua |
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| Grandaunt (sister of grandmother) |
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Uso o le tinā matua |
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| Granduncle (brother of grandfather) |
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Uso o le tamā matua |
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| Granduncle (brother of grandmother) |
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Tuagane o le tinā matua |
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| Paper |
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Pepa |
Pepa |
Pepa |
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| Chief |
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Matai |
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| Child |
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Tamaitiiti |
Keiki |
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| Children |
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Tamaiti |
Kamali‘i |
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| Chief (Talking Chief/Orator) |
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Tulāfale |
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| Talking Chief |
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Tulāfale |
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| Orator |
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Tulāfale |
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| Paramount Chief Title |
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Tui |
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| Authority |
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Pule |
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| Paramount (Sovereign/Chief) |
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Tupu |
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| Appear |
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Fotu |
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| Dark, Darkness |
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Pōuliuli |
Pouli |
Po‘uli |
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| Lamp |
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Mōlī |
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| Yoke |
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Amoga |
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| Stick (Yoke, Carry Horizontal) |
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Amoga |
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| Stick (Digging/Planting) |
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ʻOso |
ʻŌʻō |
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| Meal (Main on Sunday) |
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Toʻonaʻi |
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| Sunday meal (main) |
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Toʻonaʻi |
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| Humpback Whale |
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I‘a manu |
Koholā |
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| Whale |
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Tafolā |
Koholā |
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| Dolphin |
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Mumua |
Nai‘a |
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| Slate pencil urchin |
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Satula |
Haʻukeʻuke ʻUlaʻula |
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Heterocentrotus mamillatus |
| Top shaped sea snail |
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ʻAliʻao |
Pūpū o Hāʻupu |
Takaniko |
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Trochus |
| Compassion |
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Alofaʻaga |
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| Love (for one another) |
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Fealofani |
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| Good |
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Lelei |
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| Good bye |
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Tōfā |
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| Pier |
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Uafu |
Uapo |
Uafu |
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| Rocky |
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Papa |
Pōhaku |
Makamaka |
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| Agitated (sea) |
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Peaua |
Kai pupule |
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| Sea (agitated) |
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Peaua |
Kai pupule |
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| Rocky Beach |
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Matāfaga papa |
Kahakai Pōhaku |
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| Beach (rocky) |
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Matāfaga papa |
Kahakai Pōhaku |
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| Sand |
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Oneone |
One |
ʻoneʻone |
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