Hāmoa

Maori

Proper noun

Hāmoa

1. Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)

Tokelauan

Te fuka o Hāmoa.

Etymology

Borrowed from Samoan Sāmoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhʲaː.mo.a]
• Hyphenation: Hā‧mo‧a

Proper noun

Hāmoa

1. Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)

References

• Used in a usage example in R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page xlv.