Pasefika Tongan Dictionary: Vaka
Vaka in Tongan language is Canoe in English language.
Canoe in English language is known as:
- Vaʻa in Sāmoan language
- Waʻa in Hawaiʻian language
- Vaka in Tongan language
- Vaʻa in Tahitian language
- Waka in Māori language
Vaka (also Pōpao)
Tongan to English Dictionary
| English | Tongan | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
| Water | Vai | Vai | Wai | Vai | Wai | H₂O or Oxidane |
| Violet | Vaioleti | Violē | Waioleka | Vare‘au pa‘opa‘o | ||
| Canoe | Vaka | Vaʻa | Waʻa | Vaʻa | Waka | |
| Paint | Vali | Vali | Pena | Pēni | Peita | |
| Eight | Valu | Valu | ʻEwalu | Vaʻu | Waru | |
| Wahoo | Valu Louniu | Paāla | Ono | Pāere | Acanthocybium solandari | |
| Sea Urchin | Vana | Vaga | Wana | Vana | Kina | Echinoidea |
| Diadema urchin | Vana | Vaga | Wana | Vana | Kina | Echinothrix diadema |
| Forest | Vao | Vao | Ulu lā‘au | Ururā‘au | Wao | |
| Fluted Giant Clam | Vāsua | Faisua | ʻŌlepe nui | Tridacna Squamosa |
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.