Pasefika Tongan Dictionary: Vana
Vana in Tongan language is Echinothrix diadema Diadema urchin in English language.
Diadema urchin Echinothrix diadema in English language is known as:
- Vaga in Sāmoan language
- Wana in Hawaiʻian language
- Vana in Tongan language
- Vana in Tahitian language
- Kina in Māori language
Vana
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 | ||
| Paint | Vali | Vali | Pena | Pēni | Peita | |
| Eight | Valu | Valu | ʻEwalu | Vau | 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.