manu

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.


ane

From Proto-Polynesian *ane, from Proto-Oceanic *ane, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anay, from Proto-Austronesian *aNay.


ono

From Proto-Polynesian *ono, from Proto-Oceanic *onom, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *onəm, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Acanthocybium solandri
Wikispecies:Acanthocybium solandri


ilo

From Proto-Polynesian *qilo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulej, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qulej. Cognates include Fijian ulo and Malay ulat.


hau

From Proto-Polynesian *fau, from Proto-Oceanic *paʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu.

Talipariti tiliaceum
Talipariti tiliaceum#Translingual

Hibiscus tiliaceus
Hibiscus tiliaceus#Translingual

sea hibiscus, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)


kio

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian tiram, Maori tio).


hala

From Proto-Polynesian *fara, from Proto-Oceanic *padran, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Pandanus tectorius
Pandanus tectorius#Translingual

screw pine, pandanus (Pandanus tectorius)


lana

lana ka hiamoe


lana

List of missionaries to Hawaii#Roman Catholic

Learned borrowing from Latin rāna, possibly introduced by Catholic missionaries.


pia

From Proto-Polynesian *pia, from Proto-Oceanic *piʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq (“wild taro”).

inh

Polynesian arrowroot
Polynesian arrowroot


uhi

From Proto-Polynesian *qufi (Maori uwhi, Samoan ufi), from Proto-Oceanic *qupi (compare Fijian uvi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (compare with Malay ubi, Tagalog ube).


niu

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ (compare with Tagalog niyog, Malay nyiur).


kalo

→ English: kalo

From Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.


liha

From Proto-Oceanic *lisa, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lisehaq, from Proto-Austronesian *liseqeS (compare Ilocano lisa, Maori riha).


honu

→ English: honu

From Proto-Polynesian *fonu, from Proto-Oceanic *poñu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.

Honu neʻepū ka ʻāina.


huhu

From Proto-Polynesian *fufu, from Proto-Oceanic *pupuk, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk (“weevil”).


maiʻa

Related to Maori maika, from Proto-Polynesian *maika.


kou

The o-type forms are used for possessions that are inherited

and for things that can be got into. The a-type forms are used for acquired possessions.


kou

A tree with wood highly valued for woodworking, Cordia subcordata


pulu

English: pulu

From Proto-Oceanic *pulu (“coconut husk”) (compare with Fijian bulu (“coconut husk”) and Maori puru "plug, caulk").

pulu, the fibers of the Cibotium glaucum

any natural plant fiber from coconuts, cotton etc.


pāloke

Borrowed from English parrot, from French perrot (meaning somewhat uncertain).


ʻuku

From Proto-Polynesian *kutu (compare with Maori kutu, Tahitian ʻutu), from Proto-Oceanic *kutu (compare with Fijian kutu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu (compare with Malay kutu, Tagalog kuto), from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.


lena

From Proto-Polynesian *renga, from Proto-Oceanic *renga. Cognate with Tahitian reʻa, Samoan lega, Tongan enga and Maori rengarenga (“Arthropodium cirratum”).


iʻa

From Proto-Polynesian *ika, from Proto-Oceanic *ikan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.


ʻīlio

Hawaiian: lio (“horse”)

From Tuamotuan kurio, a variant of kuri from Proto-Polynesian *kuli (compare with Maori kurī, Samoan ulī, Tongan kulī, Tahitian ʻurī and ʻūrī) from Proto-Oceanic *kuli (compare with Fijian koli).


lepe

From Proto-Polynesian *repe (“fringe, flap”).


kō

(endearing) your second person singular possessive, both o- and a-type


kō

From Proto-Polynesian *to (“sugar cane”) (compare with Tongan tō), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh (compare with Malay tebu), from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.

Saccharum officinarum
Saccharum officinarum#Translingual


lepelepe-o-hina

lepelepe (“fringed”) + o + hina (“to fall, to blow in the wind”)

com

Danaus plexippus
Danaus plexippus#Translingual


lio

Suggested by Schütz to be a shortening of ʻīlio "dog" extended to any quadruped, thus from Tuamotuan kurio, a variant of kuri from Proto-Polynesian *kuli.


noni

Morinda citrifolia
Morinda citrifolia#Translingual

A Polynesian tree with fruits traditionally used as medicine, Morinda citrifolia


ipu

From Proto-Oceanic *ibu, from Proto-Austronesian *ibu (“container for liquids”).

inh

Lagenaria siceraria
Lagenaria siceraria#Translingual


kiele

From Proto-Polynesian *tiale (compare with Maori tīare, Samoan tiale, Tongan siale and Tahitian tiare).


humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

Compound of humuhumu (“triggerfish”) + nuku (“snout”) + nuku (“blunt”) + ā (conjunction between two adjectives) + puaʻa (“pig; pig-like”) = “triggerfish with a snout that is blunt and pig-like”.

compound

Ko ia nei heleāiʻa akula nō ia ma ke kino humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa a hiki kēia i Molokaʻi.

1998, He Moʻolelo No Kamapuaʻa, G.W. Kahiolo, page 15

He swam away very quickly in his fish form as a reef triggerfish until he finally reached Molokai.


kukui

From Proto-Oceanic *tuRi-tuRi (cognate with Tongan tuitui and Fijian tuitui). Sense of light comes from the nut's oily properties sought after as a source of fuel for torches.

Aleurites moluccana, the candlenut tree and fruit


ʻakaʻakai

[ˌʔɐ.kə.ʔəˈkɐj]

[ˌʔɐ.kə.ʔəˈkɛj]

Onion sense comes from the similar appearance of its tops.

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, a type of slender grass once used for thatching houses in Hawaii


ʻohe

From Proto-Polynesian *kofe. Compare Maori kohe, Rarotongan ko'e, Samoan ʻofe.

any of a number of plants in Hawaii resembling the bamboo


ʻawapuhi

From Proto-Polynesian *kava-pusi (compare with Samoan 'avapuhi and Maori kōpī (“Corynocarpus laevigatus”)) from Proto-Polynesian *kawa. Doublet of ʻawa, ʻawaʻawa, and ʻōpuhi.

Zingiber zerumbet
Zingiber zerumbet#Translingual


ʻape

a large-leafed plant in the Araceae, related to taro, Alocasia macrorrhiza


wauke

The paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyifera, used to make kapa


ʻulu

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuluʀ. Cognate with Maori kuru, Samoan 'ulu, Malay kulur.


puaʻa

(obsolete) a general name for any introduced quadruped


kī

Cordyline fruticosa
Cordyline fruticosa#Translingual


hīnano

The fragrant male flower of the pandanus


kukuluaeʻo

A species of stilt (bird) native to Hawaii (Himantopus knudseni)


holoholona

From holoholo + -ana, from holoholo (“go for a walk”), reduplication of holo (“to run”).


pōpoki

Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.


ʻiole

From Proto-Polynesian *kiole. Cognate with Maori kiore.

Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.

rat, mouse; (especially) the Polynesian rat


peʻa

From Proto-Polynesian *peka (compare Maori peka, Samoan pe'a).


nalo

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋo by metathesis.


koholā

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *tafolaqa. Cognate with Futuna-Aniwa tafora, Kwamera tɨfra.


ʻōpeʻapeʻa

a Hawaiian bat (endemic to the Hawaiian Islands)


ʻahi

→ English: ahi

From Proto-Polynesian *kasi. Compare Tuvaluan kasi and Rapa Nui kahi.

Thunnus albacares
Thunnus albacares#Translingual


ʻōhelo papa

ʻōhelo (“Vaccinium reticulatum”) + papa (“plain, flat”)


ʻalalā

→ English: alala


ʻio

Buteo solitarius
Buteo solitarius#Translingual


nanahana

Borrowed from Cantonese 銀杏／银杏 (ngan4 hang6, “ginkgo biloba”).


kūionoko

Borrowed from Ilocano duyong (“dugong”).


kukukū

Borrowed from Inuvialuktun ᑐᒃᑐ (tuktu, “caribou”).


palānaka

Borrowed from Ilocano palláng (“winged bean”).

A winged bean plant (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)


hoikiuna

Borrowed from Cantonese 海豚 (hoi2 tyun4, “dolphin”).


loukuaka

Borrowed from Cantonese 蘆橘／芦橘 (lou4 gwat1, “loquat”).


kamakuaka

Borrowed from Cantonese 柑橘 (gam1 gwat1, “kumquat”).


nanuka

Borrowed from Inuvialuktun ᓇᓄᖅ (nanuq, “polar bear”).


pīkake

→ English: pikake

From English peacock. Both were associated with Princess Kaʻiulani, so they both came to have the same name.
Cognate with Maori pīkake.

Jasminum sambac
Jasminum sambac#Translingual

Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac, an introduced flower used in leis


puaʻa nui huelo huluhulu

Literally "big quadruped with hairy tail"


ʻuala

Cognate with Tongan kumala, Maori kūmara. Apparently connected to Quechua kumar.


ʻōʻō

English: oo, moho

Latin: moho

Translingual: Moho

oo, the extinct members of the Moho genus of honeyeaters


lepu

Learned borrowing from Latin lepus, possibly introduced by Catholic missionaries


nīoi

From Proto-Polynesian *unuoi (“Eugenia reinwardtiana”). Sense of pepper likely came from similarity with the former's bright red fruit.

inh

Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum#Translingual


ʻuala kahiki

From ʻuala ("sweet potato") + kahiki ("foreign").

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum#Translingual


ʻōmā

Homarus americanus
Homarus americanus#Translingual


lepeamoa

lepe (“(cocks)comb”) + a + moa (“chicken”)

com

Celosia cristata
Celosia cristata#Translingual


lepelepeamoa

lepelepe (“wattles”) + a + moa (“chicken”)

Selaginella arbusculla (variety of spike moss used in leis)


ʻūlei

Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, a native Hawai'ian shrub whose tough wood is traditionally used to make a variety of tools and weapons


ianakama

Most likely borrowed from Cantonese 人參／人参 (jan⁴ sam¹).

bor+

Panax quinquefolius
Panax quinquefolius#Translingual

ginseng (any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius))


ʻōhelo

ʻōhelo kau lāʻau: Vaccinium calycinum

ʻōhelo ʻai: Vaccinium reticulatum


mukuela

Learned borrowing from Latin mustela, possibly introduced by Catholic missionaries