aku

Katsuwonus pelamis
Katsuwonus pelamis#Translingual

bonito, skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)


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


hue

From Proto-Polynesian *fue (compare with Maori hue). Sense of bottle product of semantic broadening, compare with similar patterns in Samoan fagu and Tongan fangu.

Lagenaria siceraria
Lagenaria siceraria#Translingual

Any container using the dried shell of this plant, calabash.


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).


awa

From Proto-Polynesian *awa (“channel, opening in a reef” – compare with Maori awa, Tahitian ava, Tongan ava and Samoan ava) from Proto-Oceanic *sawaŋ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (compare with Malay sawang “expanse”, Iban sawang “gap”, Tagalog sáwang “depth”).


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

(stative) to be aware of sounds as one wakes up


pia

From Proto-Polynesian *pia (compare with Tahitian pia and Samoan pia), from Proto-Oceanic *ʀabia “sago, Metroxylon sagu” (compare with Fijian via “Cyrtosperma chamissonis, Alocasia indica”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀambia “sago palm” (compare with Malay rumbia).

Polynesian arrowroot
Polynesian arrowroot

Polynesian arrowroot, Tacca leontopetaloides


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).

uhi hoʻonohonoho

variety of yam with red skin and white flesh

uhi kalakoa

variety of yam having a tuber with mottled red and white skin and white flesh

uhi keʻokeʻo

variety of yam having a tuber with white flesh and skin

uhi lehua

variety of yam having a tuber with pink flesh

uhi Niʻihau

variety of yam having a tuber with pink skin

uhi poni

variety of yam having a tuber with red skin and red and white flesh

uhi ʻuala

variety of yam having a tuber like a sweet potato


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.


hao

From Proto-Polynesian *faqo (compare with Maori whao, Tahitian fao, Tuamotuan pao), from Proto-Oceanic *paqot (“chisel”) (compare with Fijian ivako (“nail”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət (“chisel”) (compare with Malay pahat, Tagalog paet)

mea hao

iron; general name for metal tools; a bit


hao

From Proto-Polynesian *faqao, from Proto-Oceanic *paqaʀok (“snatch, seize, rob”).


hao

From Proto-Polynesian *fao, from Proto-Oceanic *paoq (“Ochrosia oppositifolia”).


pulu

English: pulu

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

fibrous husk of any nut like coconuts, candlenuts etc; boll of cotton; down of ferns

any natural plant fiber from coconuts, cotton etc.

pulu, the fibers of the Cibotium glaucum


pāloke

Borrowed from English parrot, from French perrot.


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

Compound of 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


nānā

From Proto-Polynesian *naa-naa (“to look at something”)


ipu

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


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”.

com+

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 Tahitian tutuʻi, Tongan tuitui and Fijian tuitui). Sense of light comes from the nut's oily properties sought after as a source of fuel for torches made by skewered nuts, probably influenced by kui (“to strung”).

Aleurites moluccana, the candlenut tree and fruit


ʻakaʻakai

[ˌʔɐ.kə.ʔəˈkɐj]

[ˌʔɐ.kə.ʔəˈkɛj]

Onion sense comes from the similar appearance of its tops.

A slender grass once used for thatching houses in Hawaii (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani)


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.


heʻe

From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognate with Maori wheke, Rapa Nui hehe, Samoan fe'e, Tongan feke.


kī

Cordyline fruticosa
Cordyline fruticosa#Translingual


puaʻa

(obsolete) a general name for any introduced quadruped


hīnano

The fragrant male flower of the pandanus


aʻu

From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku. Compare Maori aku.

mine, my First person singular possessive, a-type.


holoholona

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


ʻiole

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

Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.

rat, mouse; (especially) the Polynesian rat


pōpoki

Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.


peʻa

From Proto-Polynesian *peka (compare Maori peka, Samoan pe'a) from Proto-Oceanic, variously reconstructed as *bʷeka, *beŋka or *pʷeka (compare with Fijian beka).


nalo

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋo by metathesis.


koholā

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


ʻōpeʻapeʻa

Reduplication of peʻa; compare also with Maori pekapeka “bat esp. species Mystacina tuberculata”

Lasiurus semotus - a Hawaiian bat (endemic to the Hawaiian Islands)


aʻe

any of several native Hawaiian trees (Sapindus spp., Zanthoxylum spp.)


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”)


ʻiliahi

Compound of ʻili (“bark”) + ahi (“fire”).

(in particular) forest sandalwood (Santalum freycinetianum) (tree and wood)


ʻalalā

→ English: alala


nanahana

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


ʻio

Buteo solitarius
Buteo solitarius#Translingual


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. Hypothesized to be connected to Quechua kumar; see here for further discussion.


ʻōʻō

From Proto-Polynesian *koho (compare with Maori kō, Tahitian ʻō and Samoan ʻoso) from Proto-Oceanic *kojom (“stick for husking coconuts”). Doublet of ʻō.


lepu

Learned borrowing from Latin lepus, possibly introduced by Catholic missionaries

List of missionaries to Hawaii#Roman Catholic


nīoi

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

Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum#Translingual


hailepo

Compound of hai (“ray”) + lepo (“mud, dirt”)


naio

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaio. Compare Rarotongan ngāio (“Myoporum wilderi”), Tuamotuan ngaio (“Myoporum stokesii”), Rapa Nui ngaio (“Myoporum rapense”), Maori ngaio (“Myoporum laetum”).


hinahina

Reduplication (thus doublet) of hina from Proto-Polynesian *sina (compare with mahina “moon, moonlight” and Samoan māsina), from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare with Malay sinar, Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Heliotropium anomalum, a heliotrope of the Pacific Islands


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

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

com+

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


aʻu kū

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saku-layaʀ (“swordfish”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saku (“needlefish”)