aku

From Proto-Polynesian *qa-ku. Cognates include Maori āku.


aku

From Proto-Polynesian *haku. Cognates include Hawaiian aʻu and Samoan a'u.


ika

From Proto-Polynesian *ika. Cognates include Hawaiian iʻa and Samoan i'a.


pea

From Proto-Polynesian *pea. Cognates include Tongan pea and Samoan pea.

Indicates that the action was performed in spite of what preceded; nevertheless, still


ono

From Proto-Polynesian *qono. Cognates include Hawaiian ono and Tuvaluan ono.


gata

From Proto-Polynesian *ŋata. Cognates include Hawaiian naka and Maori ngata.


moa

From Proto-Polynesian *moa. Cognates include Hawaiian moa and Samoan moa.


moa

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *moa. Cognates include Tahitian moa and Samoan moa.


loi

From Proto-Polynesian *loqi. Cognates include Tahitian roi and Tuvaluan loi.

blue-spotted grouper
blue-spotted grouper

blue-spotted grouper (Cephalopholis argus)


tama

From Proto-Polynesian *tama. Cognates include Hawaiian kama and Samoan tama.


pili

From Proto-Polynesian *pili. Cognates include Tuvaluan pili and Samoan pili.


aho

From Proto-Polynesian *qaso. Cognates include Tongan ʻaho and Samoan aso.

oceanic whitetip shark
oceanic whitetip shark

Carcharhinus longimanus
Carcharhinus longimanus#Translingual

oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)


fai

From Proto-Polynesian *fai. Cognates include Tongan fai and Samoan fai.


moko

From Proto-Polynesian *moko. Cognates include Hawaiian moʻo and Samoan moʻo.


namu

From Proto-Polynesian *namu. Cognates include Maori namu and Samoan namu.


oti

From Proto-Polynesian *qoti. Cognates include Hawaiian oki and Samoan oti.


umu

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *umu. Cognates include East Futuna umu and Tuvaluan umu.

titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)


mahimahi

From Proto-Polynesian *masi-masi. Cognates include Hawaiian mahimahi and Samoan masimasi.

Coryphaena hippurus
Coryphaena hippurus#Translingual


hē

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *seqe. Cognates include Tuvaluan hē and Samoan sē.


hē

From Proto-Polynesian *se. Cognates include Maori hē and Samoan sē.

(intransitive) to lose one's way, get lost


hē

From Proto-Polynesian *seqe. Cognates include Maori whē and Samoan sē.


ō

From Proto-Polynesian *o. Cognates include Tongan oo and Samoan lō.


galo

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *galo. Cognates include Wallisian galo and Samoan galo.


atu

From Proto-Polynesian *qatu. Cognates include Hawaiian aku and Tongan ʻatu.

Katsuwonus pelamis
Katsuwonus pelamis#Translingual


aua

From Proto-Polynesian *qaua. Cognates include Maori aua and Samoan aua.


valu

From Proto-Polynesian *walu. Cognates include Hawaiian walu and Tuvaluan valu.

Gymnosarda unicolor
Wikispecies:Gymnosarda unicolor


maile

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian [Term?]. Cognates include Samoan maile.

Canis familiaris
Canis familiaris#Translingual


leona

Borrowed from English lion. Cognates include Hawaiian liona.


puaka

From Proto-Polynesian *puaka. Cognates include Hawaiian puaʻa and Samoan pua'a.


luko

Learned borrowing from Samoan luko, from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos).


uli

From Proto-Polynesian *huli. Cognates include Hawaiian uli and Samoan uli.


tafolā

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *tafo-laqa. Cognates include Hawaiian koholā and Samoan tafolā.


āeto

Learned borrowing from Samoan aeto, from Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós).


manulele

From Proto-Polynesian *manu-lele, equivalent to manu (“bird”) + lele (“to fly”). Cognates include Tuvaluan manu lele and Samoan manu lele.


hēhēmū

From Proto-Polynesian *mu. Cognates include Hawaiian mū (“insect”) and Samoan sēmū.


kolokotaila

Borrowed from English crocodile. Cognates include Maori karakotaera.


apogāleveleve

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *puŋa-a-leveleve. Cognates include Tuvaluan pogāleveleve and Samoan ʻapogāleveleve.


ālope

Learned borrowing from Samoan ālope, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λώπηξ (ălṓpēx).


kimoa

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kimoa. Cognates include Tuvaluan kimoa and Samoan ʻimoa.


akalava

Learned borrowing from Samoan akarava, from Hebrew עַקְרָב.

der

Hebrew עַקְרָב