In this new lesson, we will learn the vocabulary of ingredients in Tahitian.
This lesson is dedicated to all those who already, are going or will give a helping hand in the kitchen of a Tahitian family. Very quickly, Tahitian words mingle. This lesson is for you!
Associated to this lesson, there is a lesson on the kitchen: The kitchen in Tahitian
Ingredients in Tahitian
Let’s start at the beginning, here’s how to say ingredients in Tahitian.
| English | Tahitian |
| Ingredients | Te âno’i |
I have divided the ingredients according to where they can be found and their nature:
- in the pantry
- in the fresh section (fridge, freezer, or to consume quickly, like bread)
- fruits and vegetables: a lesson is already online The fruits and vegetables in Tahitian
- meats and fishes
1) The pantry
First, let’s learn how to say pantry.
| English | Tahitian |
| The cupboard, the pantry | Te vairaa māa |
In my cupboards
In this first part, I share with you what I have in my cupboards:
| English | Tahitian | Details |
| The flour | Te faraoa ota | Te faraoa = The bread
Ota = Raw |
| The rice | Te raiti (from English, rice) | |
| Beans | Te pipi | |
| Lentils | Te pipi hiri | Hiri = Vegetal brown-red color |
| Soybeans | Te pipi tupu | Tupu = To grow, to germinate, to occur, to take place |
| Peas | Te furi | |
| Peas | Te furi na’ina’i | Na’ina’i = Little, small |
| Chickpeas | Te furi tite | |
| The corn | Te tō popaā | Te tō = The sugar cane
Popaā = White skin people |
| The couscous | Te cuscus | |
| The soup | Te tihopu (from English, soup) |
To put on your toast
For your breakfasts and snacks, here is what you can put on your toast:
| English | Tahitian |
| The chocolate | Te tōtōrā |
| The honey | Te meri |
Condiments: make your sauces and preparations in Tahitian
For what we find in our cupboards and which are used to make sauces and preparations, here is the Tahitian vocabulary:
| English | Tahitian | Details |
| The sugar | Te tihota (from English, sugar) | |
| The table salt | Te miti popaā | Te miti = The sea
Popaā = White skin people |
| The pepper | Te pēpa | |
| The vanilla | Te vānira (from English, vanilla) | |
| The oil | Te hinu | |
| The vinegar | Te vinita | |
| The mustard | Te tinapi |
The sauces
We may also wonder how to say sauce in Tahitian, as well as the different sauces, here is the answer:
| English | Tahitian | Details |
| The sauce | Te miti, te pape | Te miti = The sea
Te pape = The water |
| The tomato sauce | Te pape tōmāti | Te tōmāti = The tomato |
| The coconut water | Te pape haari | Te haari = The coconut |
| The coconut milk | Te miti haari | |
| The fermented coconut milk | Te miti hue | Hue = To carelessly throw away, to mess up, to get rid of |
Add sugar or add salt: know how to say it in Tahitian
We learned how to say sugar and salt, let’s also learn how to say add sugar and add salt in Tahitian:
| English | Tahitian |
| Add sugar | Tātihota |
| Add salt | Tāmiti |
2) The fresh section
As for the fresh section, here is the vocabulary:
| English | Tahitian | Details |
| The bread | Te faraoa | |
| The cake, the pie | Te faraoa momona | Momona = Sweet, tasty, the candy |
| The biscuits | Te faraoa paapaa | Paapaa = Burnt, the sea crab or river crab |
| The egg, the seed, the tablet | Te huero | |
| The chicken egg | Te huero moa | Te moa = The chicken |
| The butter | Te pata (from English, butter) | |
| The cheese | Te pata paari | Paari = Wise, adult, mature, experienced, mature (person, fruit), hard, tough |
| The pâté | Te pātē | |
| The milk | Te ū | |
| The cream | Te hinu paari |
Say butter in Tahitian
After learning how to say butter in Tahitian, let’s learn how to say butter in Tahitian:
| English | Tahitian |
| To butter | Parai |
The drinks
Here are the drinks in Tahitian:
| English | Tahitian | Details |
| The water | Te pape | |
| The fruit juice | Te pape monamona, te vaiharo | Monamona = see momona |
| The soda | Te inu monamona, te pape monamona | Te inu = The drink, to drink |
For alcoholic drinks, the following lesson is for you: Hinano, Tahitian beer – Please in Tahitian
The freezer
In the fresh section, we find the following ingredients that freeze:
| English | Tahitian | Details |
| The ice | Te pape to’eto’e | Te pape = The water
To’eto’e = Cold |
| The ice cream | Te ū paari | Te ū = The milk
Paari = Wise, adult, mature, experienced, mature (person, fruit), hard, tough |
| The french fries | Te ‘umara pūtete farai | Te ‘umara = The sweet potato
Te ‘umara pūtete = The potato Farai = Fried |
3) Meats and fish
Among the ingredients, there are also meat and fish. Here they are in Tahitian:
| English | Tahitian | Details |
| The meat | Te îna’i | |
| The chicken (the hen, the rooster) | Te moa | |
| The chicken thigh | Te huha moa | Te huha = The thigh |
| The beef | Te puaatoro | |
| The corned beef | Te punu puaatoro | Punu = Canned |
| The veal | Te puaatoro fanau’a | Fanau’a = The offspring of an animal |
| The turkey | Te ra’oro | |
| The pig | Te puaa | |
| The ham | Te hāmu (from English, jam) | |
| The sausage, the sausage meat | Te puaa tāviri | Te tāviri = The key, the mill |
| The fish | Te i’a |
The different types of fish, crustaceans and seafood that are eaten
In Tahiti, we eat fish more often than meat.
Here are different common fish species, as well as shellfish and seafood.
| English | Tahitian |
| The fish | Te i’a |
| The tuna | Te aahi |
| The bonito | Te ‘auhopu |
| The sea bream | Te mahimahi |
| The red mullet | Te ‘iihi |
| The soldier fish (red in color) | Te âpa’i |
| The swordfish | Te ha’urā |
| The parrot fish | Te pahoro |
| The grouper | Te tarao |
| The fish close to horse mackerel | Te ature |
| The fry fish | Te einaa |
| The orange-spurred nasson | Te ume |
| The carangids | Te paihere |
| The ballista | Te ô’iri |
| The freshwater shrimp | Te ôura pape |
| The lobster | Te ôura miti |
| The land crab | Te tupa |
| The black sea urchin (long thorns) | Te vana |
| The orange sea urchin (small thorns) | Te hāva’e |
And after ?
With this lesson, we have just learned the vocabulary of ingredients in Tahitian. And also, we learned 106 words and vocabulary expressions.