Pasefika Tongan Dictionary: Vāsua
Vāsua in Tongan language is Tridacna Squamosa Fluted Giant Clam in English language.
Fluted Giant Clam Tridacna Squamosa in English language is known as:
- Faisua in Sāmoan language
- ʻŌlepe nui in Hawaiʻian language
- Vāsua in Tongan language
- in Tahitian language
- in Māori language
Vāsua Fluted Giant Clam (Tridacna Squamosa) - noun
Vāsua (phonetic: / f-aye-so͞o-ah / | ipa:/ ˈfäˑiˑsüˑäˑ / | symbols: / ˈfaīsüä / )
Vāsua is a word in Tongan language used to identify Fluted Giant Clam (Tridacna Squamosa).
“Vāsua” in Tongan language is translated to “Faisua” in Sāmoan language and “ʻŌlepe nui” in Hawaiʻian language to identify Fluted Giant Clam (Tridacna Squamosa).
Jon Apisa. Faisua (Fluted giant clam) freehand drawing. 2023. colored pencil on paper, 8.8" x 5.5" (22.4cm x 14cm).
Faisua (Fluted giant clam) freehand drawing by Jon Apisa
Tongan to English Dictionary
| English | Tongan | Sāmoan | Hawaiʻian | Tahitian | Māori | Scientific |
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| 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 | |
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| 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
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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.