Pasefika Tongan Dictionary: Valu Louniu
Valu Louniu in Tongan language is Acanthocybium solandari Wahoo in English language.
Wahoo Acanthocybium solandari in English language is known as:
- Paāla in Sāmoan language
- Ono in Hawaiʻian language
- Valu Louniu in Tongan language
- Pāere in Tahitian language
- in Māori language
Valu Louniu Wahoo fish (Acnthocybium solandri) - noun
Valu Louniu (phonetic: / Vah-lo͞o Low-nee-o͞o / | ipa:/ ˈväˑluˑ loʊˑuˑniˑuˑ / | symbols: / ˈvälü lōüniü / )
Valu Louniu is a word in Tongan language used to identify Wahoo fish (Acnthocybium solandri).
“Valu Louniu” in tongan language is translated to “Paāla” in Sāmoan language, “Ono” in Hawaiʻian language, and “Pāere” in Tahitian language to identify Wahoo fish (Acnthocybium solandri).
Jon Apisa. Paāla | Ono (Wahoo fish). 2020. colored pencil on paper, 8.8" x 5.5" (14cm x 21.6cm).
Paāla | Ono (Wahoo fish) freehand drawing by Jon Apisa
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 |
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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.