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Va'a

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Vaʻa is a word in Samoan, Hawaiian and Tahitian which means 'boat', 'canoe' or 'ship'. [1]

21 relations: Ama (sailing), Cognate, Earl Va'a, ʻalia, Hawaiian language, Hōkūleʻa, Justin Va'a, Māori language, Oceania, Outrigger canoe, Polynesian languages, Polynesian navigation, Samoan culture, Samoan Islands, Samoan language, Sennit, Tahitian language, Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, Va'a-tele, Vaka (sailing), Waka (canoe).

Ama (sailing)

The term ama is a word in the Polynesian and Micronesian languages to describe the outrigger part of a canoe to provide stability.

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Cognate

In linguistics, cognates are words that have a common etymological origin.

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Earl Va'a

Earl Va'a (born May 1, 1972) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who played internationally for Samoa.

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ʻalia

alia is the Samoan adaptation of a drua or double-hulled Polynesian sailing watercraft.

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Hawaiian language

The Hawaiian language (Hawaiian: Ōlelo Hawaii) is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaiokinai, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed.

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Hōkūleʻa

Hōkūlea is a performance-accurate waa kaulua, a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe.

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Justin Va'a

Justin Va'a (born on 26 July 1978 Wainuiomata, New Zealand) was a prop for the Samoan national rugby team and the Scottish club Glasgow Warriors in the Celtic League.

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Māori language

Māori, also known as te reo ("the language"), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of New Zealand.

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Oceania

Oceania is a geographic region comprising Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia.

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Outrigger canoe

The outrigger canoe (Ketagalan: bangka; Filipino: bangka; Indonesian: bangka; New Zealand Māori: waka ama; Cook Islands Māori: vaka; Hawaiian: waa; Tahitian and Samoan: vaokinaa; Malagasy: lakana, Proto-Austronesian *waŋkaŋ) is a type of canoe featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers, which are fastened to one or both sides of the main hull.

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Polynesian languages

The Polynesian languages are a language family spoken in geographical Polynesia and on a patchwork of outliers from south central Micronesia to small islands off the northeast of the larger islands of the southeast Solomon Islands and sprinkled through Vanuatu.

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Polynesian navigation

Traditional Polynesian navigation was used for thousands of years to make long voyages across thousands of miles of the open Pacific Ocean.

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Samoan culture

The traditional culture of Samoa is a communal way of life based on Fa'a Samoa, the unique socio-political culture.

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Samoan Islands

The Samoan Islands are an archipelago covering in the central South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and the wider region of Oceania.

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Samoan language

Samoan (Gagana faʻa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa – IPA) is the language of the Samoan Islands, comprising the Independent State of Samoa and the United States territory of American Samoa.

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Sennit

Sennit is a type of cordage made by plaiting strands of dried fibre or grass.

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Tahitian language

Tahitian (autonym Reo Tahiti, part of Reo Mā'ohi, languages of French Polynesia)Reo Mā'ohi correspond to “languages of natives from French Polynesia”, and may in principle designate any of the seven indigenous languages spoken in French Polynesia.

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Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand is an online encyclopedia created by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage of the New Zealand Government.

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Va'a-tele

Va'a-tele are large, traditional Samoan double canoe multihull watercraft.

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Vaka (sailing)

The vaka is the main hull of a multihull vessel.

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Waka (canoe)

Waka are Māori watercraft, usually canoes ranging in size from small, unornamented canoes (waka tīwai) used for fishing and river travel, to large decorated war canoes (waka taua) up to long.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Va'a

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