Pasefika Tongan Dictionary: Lau
Lau in Tongan language is Leaf in English language.
Leaf in English language is known as:
- Lau in Sāmoan language
- Lau in Hawaiʻian language
- Lau in Tongan language
- Rau in Tahitian language
- in Māori language
Lau
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 | |
| Lava | Lava | Lava | ‘Ā | Tahepuia | ||
| Papaya | Lesi | Esi | Mīkana | ʻĪʻitā | Papaia | Carica papaya |
| Rose | Lose | Losa | Loke | Rōti | Rōhi | Rosa |
| Hair (head) | Louʻulu | Lauulu | Lauoho | |||
| Taro Leaf (Young) | Lū | Lu‘au | Lū‘au | Rau taro | Raupaka | |
| Young Taro Leaf | Lū | Lu‘au | Lū‘au | Rau taro | Raupaka | |
| Taro Leaf | Lū | Lautalo | Lau kalo | Rau taro | Raupaka |
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.