Pasefika Tongan Dictionary: Laʻā
Laʻā in Tongan language is Sun in English language.
Sun in English language is known as:
- Lā in Sāmoan language
- Lā in Hawaiʻian language
- Laʻā in Tongan language
- Rā in Tahitian language
- Rā in Māori language
Laʻā
Tongan to English Dictionary
| English | Tongan | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
| Culture | Anga Faka-Tonga | Agānu‘u | Nā ʻike a me nā hana | |||
| Custom/s (cultural) | Anga Faka-Tonga | Agānu‘u | Nā ʻike a me nā hana | |||
| Canvas | Lā | ʻie māfiafia | Kapolena | ʻie | ||
| Sun | Laʻā | Lā | Lā | Rā | Rā | |
| Sky | Langi | Lagi | Lani | Raʻi | Rangi | |
| Gray | Lani lavilavi | ‘Efu‘efu | ʻĀhinahina | Rehu | ||
| Grey | Lani lavilavi | ‘Efu‘efu | ʻĀhinahina | Rehu | ||
| Green | Lanu mata | Lanumeamata | ʻŌmaʻomaʻo | Matie | ||
| Blue | Lanu moana | Lanumoana | Polū | Nīnamu | ||
| Purple | Lanu vaioleti | Violē | Poni | Vare‘au pa‘opa‘o | ||
| Leaf | Lau | Lau | Lau | Rau | ||
| Musk (Maile scented) Fern | Laufale | Lau magamaga | Lauaʻe | Metuapuaʻa | Microsorum/Phymatosorus grossus or scolopendria | |
| Papaya | Lesi | Esi | Mīkana | ʻĪʻitā | Papaia | Carica papaya |
| Rose | Lose | Losa | Loke | Rōti | Rōhi | Rosa |
| Hair (head) | Louʻulu | Lauulu | Lauoho |
English to Polynesian Dictionary
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Tahitian to English Dictionary
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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.