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Cannon’s Creek School
Watercress Tuna in Cannon's Creek
Language
As part of their job the Creative Designers had to collect words from different languages to put on the website. This is because the book Watercress Tuna and the Children of Champion Street includes words from 5 different languages: English, New Zealand Māori, Tokelauan, Cook Island Māori and Samoan.
Here are some basic words from these languages for you to learn:
| English | NZ Māori | Cook Is Māori | Samoan | Tokelauan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| friend | hoa | 'oa | soa | |
| name | ingoa | ingoa | igoa | igoa |
| food | kai | kai | 'ai | |
| sit | noho | no'o | nofo | |
| five | rima | rima | lima | |
| man | tangata | tangata | tagata | tamaloa |
| woman | wahine | va'ine | fafine | fafine |
| water | wai | vai | vai | |
| house | whare | 'are | fale | fale |
| land | whenua | 'enua | fanua |
