One trip to Tahiti’s beautiful islands and you’ll see why today’s word is so useful. Whether you desire a litte to drink or feel like taking a dip in it – it should come well in handy.
Today’s word is a Tahitian (Maohi) word used in Tahiti:
pape – water
Tahitian is one of the two official languages of French Polynesia with the other being French. There are approximately 120,000 speakers through the Polynesian Islands. Head to Wikipedia for the background details as always. After you’ve gotten your history fix go to the tourism site for a small useful list of words to help get you by on the islands. Tahiti Explorer looks like it has the small list of words with a few more added on and a nifty pronunciation guide. The same thing goes for the list of words on the Tahiti Traveler without the pronunciation guide, so it’s really up to you to take your pick. Lonely Planet has a guide which probably has the same amount of words in the back of the glossary. Still – better to know a few than none at all.
Past Tahitian words: tamaaraa