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).


uso

a relative of the same generation and gender

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

root of the kava plant (Piper methysticum)


tuli

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


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)


ʻofe

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

Bambusa vulgaris
Bambusa vulgaris#Translingual

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


'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.


'avapuhi

Zingiber zerumbet
Zingiber zerumbet#Translingual


fe'e

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


ufi

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


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.