pato

Borrowed from Spanish pato (“duck”). Cognate of Tagalog pato.


tuna

From Proto-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.


manu

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


ago

From Proto-Polynesian *aŋo, from Proto-Oceanic *yaŋo. Cognate with Tongan ango.


pule

From Proto-Polynesian *pule, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliq.


moa

From Proto-Polynesian *moa₄ (compare with Tongan moa).

banana blossom, flower at the end of its bunch.


lupe

From Proto-Polynesian *lupe, from Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian ruve).


tuli

plover; sandpiper; curlew; godwit; whimbrel; small shorebird


uso

pith (the soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees)

root of the kava plant (Piper methysticum)


povi

→ Tokelauan: povi

From Latin bovis, genitive singular of bōs.


fala

From Proto-Polynesian *fala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Indonesian pandan, Hawaiian hala).

Pandanus tectorius
Pandanus tectorius#Translingual

the screw pine, pandanus (Pandanus tectorius)


niu

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.


namu

From Proto-Polynesian *namu, from Proto-Central Pacific *ñamu, from Proto-Oceanic *ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñamuk.


lega

From Proto-Polynesian *renga, from Proto-Oceanic *renga. Cognate with Hawaiian lena, Tahitian reʻa, 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.


fau

From Proto-Oceanic *paʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu. Cognate with Malay baru and Hawaiian hau.

Talipariti tiliaceum
Talipariti tiliaceum#Translingual

Hibiscus tiliaceus
Hibiscus tiliaceus#Translingual

cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus)


matapapa'e

Zosterops sp., especially Zosterops samoensis (Samoan white-eye)


'ulu

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuluʀ. Related to Maori kuru, Hawaiian ʻulu, Malay kulur.


pua'a

→ Tokelauan: puā

From Proto-Polynesian *puaka. Cognates include Hawaiian puaʻa and Tokelauan puaka.


ufi

From Proto-Polynesian *qufi (compare with Hawaiian uhi, Maori uhi), from Proto-Oceanic *qupi (compare with Fijian uvi) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi.


ʻofe

From Proto-Polynesian *kofe. Compare Hawaiian ʻohe, Rarotongan ko'e.

Bambusa vulgaris
Bambusa vulgaris#Translingual

A species of bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris), (common bamboo)


fe'e

From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognate with Maori wheke, Rapa Nui hehe, Hawaiian heʻe, Tongan feke.


'avapuhi

Zingiber zerumbet
Zingiber zerumbet#Translingual


moso'oi

Cananga odorata
Cananga odorata#Translingual


sigano

The fragrant male flower of the pandanus


sinapi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σίνᾱπι (sínāpi).


tafolā

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *tafolaqa. Compare Hawaiian koholā (“humpback whale”).


ifi

A tree with edible nuts, the Tahitian chestnut, Inocarpus fagifer


ʻoti

→ Rotuman: ʻoti

→ Tokelauan: oti

Borrowed from Tongan koti (modern kosi), itself borrowed from English goat.


matalafi

→ English: matalafi

Psychotria insularum
Psychotria insularum#Translingual

Wedges used to tighten sennit fastenings of a canoe.


'elefane

From Latin elephas, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).


tagī

From Proto-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Oceanic *taŋiʀi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋiʀi.


ma'anunu

A tree species of the family Rubiaceae, Tarenna sambucina var. sambucina.


ʻatiu

Compare with Tongan katiu and Tahitian ʻatiu.