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.


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


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”).


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


honu

→ English: honu

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

Honu neʻepū ka ʻāina.


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.


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).


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.


nānā

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


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”.

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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.


puaʻa

(obsolete) a general name for any introduced quadruped


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.


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) from Proto-Oceanic, variously reconstructed as *bʷeka, *beŋka or *pʷeka (compare with Fijian beka).


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)


ʻahi

→ English: ahi

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

Thunnus albacares
Thunnus albacares#Translingual


ʻalalā

→ English: alala


ʻio

Buteo solitarius
Buteo solitarius#Translingual


kūionoko

Borrowed from Ilocano duyong (“dugong”).


kukukū

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


hoikiuna

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


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"


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.


hailepo

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


aʻu kū

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