emu

Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year#English

nian gao (a Chinese New Year's cake made of glutinous rice flour)


ama

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *amax.


ili

Beaufortia leveretti (a kind of ray-finned fish)


nasu

Borrowed from Japanese 茄子(なす) (nasu, “eggplant”).


amis

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qamiS (“north wind”). Compare Amis amis (“north”).


iga

Borrowed from Japanese 映画(えいが) (eiga, “movie”).


sabun

Borrowed from Taiwanese Hokkien 雪文 (sap-bûn). Ultimately from Latin sāpōnem, accusative of sāpō.


basu

Borrowed from Japanese バス (basu, “bus”).


nasi

Borrowed from Japanese 梨(なし) (nashi, “pear”).


nabi

Borrowed from Japanese 鍋(なべ) (nabe, “cooking pot”).


haku

Borrowed from Japanese 箱(はこ) (hako, “box”). Compare Amis hako.


ulat

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *huʀaC.

inh+

u ulat niza siatiladay a izang sakiyami.


bilu

Borrowed from Japanese ビール (bīru, “beer”), itself borrowed from Dutch bier.


wacu

pina ku wacu nina wawa saw?


tili

Borrowed from Chinese 地理 (dìlǐ, “geography”).


puki

(anatomy) vulva (collectively the external female sexual organs)


pilas

flesh and blood; blood relative; kindred; kin


tingas

bits of food or foreign matter lodged between the teeth


layak

Taiwanese plain aborigines (as opposed to mountain aborigines)


belac

rice (raw, husked and milled seeds used as food)


ayam

Compare Malay ayam/hayam and Indonesian ayam.


enal

(geology) plain (large area of flat land with no trees)


banges

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *baŋeS (“skin”) (cf. Amis fanges and Saisiyat bangeS).


bulad

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.


hulam

Borrowed from Hokkien 荷蘭 /荷兰 (Hô-lân, “Holland”), from English Holland, from Old Dutch holt lant.


umah

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qumah (“swidden”).


ungay

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *uŋay.


tamana

Borrowed from Japanese 玉(たま)菜(な) (tamana, “cabbage”).


bituka

From Proto-Austronesian *biCuka (cf. Rukai bicuka).


kabayu

Borrowed from Spanish caballo, from Latin caballus.


lamit

From Proto-Austronesian *ʀaməC (“root”).


dadipis

From Proto-Austronesian *Sipəs. Compare Tagalog ipis (“cockroach”).


zais

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *daqiS.


tumay

From Proto-Austronesian *Cumay (“bear”). Cognate with Kavalan tumay, Paiwan cumay, and Rukai cumay.


tebus

Saccharum officinarum
Saccharum officinarum#Translingual


tilibi

Borrowed from Japanese テレビ (terebi, “television”).


lalami

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *zaʀami.


udad

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN (“rain”).


babeku

Coix lacryma-jobi
Coix lacryma-jobi#Translingual


ciyataw

From Hokkien 車頭 /车头 (chhia-thâu, “train station”).


lalangaw

From Proto-Austronesian *laŋaw (compare Kavalan rangaw).


sedeng

Urtica thunbergiana
Wikispecies:Urtica thunbergiana


dingki

From Japanese 電気(でんき) (denki, “electricity”).


pinsiyang

Borrowed from Mandarin 冰箱 (bīngxiāng, “refrigerator”). Compare Amis pinsyang.


tinku

From Mandarin 電鍋 /电锅 (diànguō, “electric rice cooker”).


cilal

From Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (compare Amis cidal).


luma'

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.


hikuki

Borrowed from Japanese 飛(ひ)行(こう)機(き) (hikōki, “airplane”).


ingwen

Borrowed from Chinese 英文 (Yīngwén, “English”).


susey

Borrowed from Chinese 數學 /数学 (shùxué, “mathematics”).


hakasi

Borrowed from Japanese 博士(はくし) (hakushi).


baliyus

From Proto-Austronesian *baRiuS (“typhoon”).


atimsi

Solanum nigrum
Solanum nigrum#Translingual


bihkac

bird trap (which traps the bird on the neck with a bait)


buksu

Borrowed from Japanese 牧草 (bokusō, “pastorage”).


cenhu

From Hokkien 政府 (chèng-hú, “government”).


gaciw

Borrowed from Japanese 鵞鳥 (gachō, “goose”).


hamunika

From Japanese ハーモニカ (hāmonika, “harmonica”).


handulu

From Japanese ハンドル (handoru, “steering wheel”).


hangkaci

From Japanese ハンカチ (hankachi, “handkerchief”).


hitay

Borrowed from Japanese 兵隊(へいたい) (heitai, “soldier”).


iciba

Borrowed from Japanese 市場(いちば) (ichiba, “market”).


hungti

From Hokkien 皇帝 (hông-tè, “emperor”). Compare Amis hongti.


hungliten

zh-l

紅綠燈／红绿灯 (hónglǜdēng)


kapiya

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *piad.


kiwkay

Borrowed from Japanese 教会(きょうかい) (kyōkai, “church”).


kuletu

Dioscorea polystachya
Dioscorea polystachya#Translingual


lacik

From Hokkien 蠟燭 /蜡烛 (la̍h-chek, “candle”).


lala'

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *daʀəq (“soil, probably clay”).


tawki

From Hokkien 頭家 /头家 (thâu-ke, “owner, boss”).


puda'

rheum (substance found in the eyes after waking); sleep


zitin

Borrowed from Japanese 辞典(じてん) (jiten, “dictionary”).


zazan

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.


zakes

Cinnamomum camphora
Cinnamomum camphora#Translingual


yakiw

Borrowed from Japanese 野球(やきゅう) (yakyū, “baseball”).


yakuba

Borrowed from Japanese 役場(やくば) (yakuba, “government office”).


yincumin

aborigine (especially a Taiwanese aborigine)


yubin

Borrowed from Japanese 郵便(ゆうびん) (yūbin, “postal service”).


ungsing

Borrowed from Japanese 温泉(おんせん) (onsen, “onsen”).


tigami

Borrowed from Japanese てがみ (tegami, “letter”).


tilebes

Melia azedarach
Melia azedarach#Translingual


tingnaw

From Mandarin 電腦 /电脑 (diànnǎo, “computer”).


siminciw

Borrowed from Japanese 七面鳥(しちめんちょう) (shichimenchō, “turkey”).


singsi

Borrowed from Hokkien 先生 (sian-siⁿ, “teacher”).


susiziw

Acacia confusa
Wikispecies:Acacia confusa

acacia, especially the Taiwan acacia (Acacia confusa)


tangkuy

From Hokkien 冬瓜 (tang-koe, “winter melon”).


tangu'

garland chrysanthemum
garland chrysanthemum

Glebionis coronaria
Glebionis coronaria#Translingual

garland chrysanthemum; crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria)


ninzin

Borrowed from Japanese 人参(にんじん) (ninjin, “carrot”).


ngisngis

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *ŋiSŋiS.


kabutulay

Nephrolepis cordifolia, a fern native to northern Australia and Asia.


husing

Borrowed from Japanese 風船(ふうせん) (fūsen, “balloon”).


huing

Borrowed from Japanese 法(ほう)院(いん) (hōin, “court”).


sawalak

drug (illegal addictive psychoactive substance); narcotic


bulu'

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *buluq.


sacukcuk

key (object designed to open and close locks)


sadim

Derris taiwaniana (a perennial climbing shrub used for poisoning fish)