Pasefika Tongan Dictionary: Puaka
Puaka in Tongan language is Sus scrofa, Sus scrofa domesticus Pig in English language.
Pig Sus scrofa, Sus scrofa domesticus in English language is known as:
- Puaʻa in Sāmoan language
- Puaʻa in Hawaiʻian language
- Puaka in Tongan language
- Puaʻa in Tahitian language
- Poaka in Māori language
Puaka Pig (Sus scrofa) - noun
Puaka (phonetic: / Po͞o-ah-kah / | ipa:/ ˈpuˑäˑkäˑ / | symbols: / ˈpü-äkä / )
“Puaka” is a word in Tongan language used to identify a Pig (Sus scrofa).
“Puaka” in Tongan language is translated to “Puaʻa” in Sāmoan language, “Puaʻa” in Hawaiʻian language and/or “Puaʻa” in Tahitian language to identify a Pig (Sus scrofa).
Jon Apisa. Puaʻa (pig) freehand drawing. 2021. colored pencil on paper, 8.8" x 5.5" (22.4cm x 14cm).
Puaʻa (pig) freehand drawing by Jon Apisa
Tongan to English Dictionary
| English | Tongan | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
| Crab | Paka | Paʻa | Pāpaʻi | Paʻapaʻa | Pāpaka | Brachyura |
| European person | Papālagi | Papālagi | Haole | Popaʻā | Pākehā | |
| Pacific Ocean | Pasifiki | Pasefika | Pākīpika | Patitifa | Pasifika | |
| Page | Peesi | Itūlau | ‘Ao‘ao | ‘Api parau | Whārangi | |
| Bat (Flying Fox) | Peka | Peʻa | ʻŌpeʻapeʻa | ʻIore Pererau | Pekapeka | Chiroptera |
| Portuguese man o' war | Pekipaki | Vaʻa tau | Paʻimalau | Physalia physalis | ||
| Pen | Peni | Peni | Peni | Pēni | Pene | |
| Pencil | Peni | Penitala | Penikala | Pēni tara | Pene rākau | |
| Paper | Pepa | Pepa | Pepa | |||
| Baby | Pēpē | Pepe | Pēpē | Pēpe | Pēpē | |
| Pink | Pingikī | Pīniki | ʻĀkala | Tārona | ||
| Dark, Darkness | Po‘uli | Pōuliuli | Pouli | |||
| Brush | Polosi | Palasi | Palaki | Porōmu | Paraihe | |
| Canoe | Pōpao | Vaʻa | Waʻa | Vaʻa | Waka | |
| Post (house, structure) | Pou | Pou | Pou | Pou | Pou | |
| Pig | Puaka | Puaʻa | Puaʻa | Puaʻa | Poaka | Sus scrofa, Sus scrofa domesticus |
| Wednesday | Pulelulu | Aso Lulu | Poʻakolu | Mahana toru | Rāʻapa | |
| Cow | Pulu | Povi | Pipi wahine | Puaʻatoro | Kau | Gallus gallus |
| Cat | Pusi | Pusi | Pōpoki | Mīmī | Ngeru |
English to Polynesian Dictionary
Hawaiʻian to English Dictionary
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.