one

From Proto-Polynesian *qone (“sand”). Cognates include Hawaiian one and Samoan one.


au

From Proto-Polynesian *qahu. Cognates include Hawaiian au and Samoan au.


tau

Used to indicate the exclusiveness of the following noun or pronoun; just, only, merely


tau

Used to indicate the focus lies on the following noun; concerning, regarding


tau

Used to indicate that the action of the following verb is beginning; starting to; beginning to


hau

From Proto-Polynesian *saqu. Cognates include Tuvaluan sau and Samoan sau.

E hau au mai Tokelau.


hau

From Proto-Polynesian *sau. Cognates include Hawaiian hau and Samoan sau.


afi

From Proto-Polynesian *afi. Cognates include Hawaiian ahi and Samoan afi.


vai

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai. Cognates include Hawaiian wai and Samoan vai.


tō

From Proto-Polynesian *te-o-u. Cognates include Hawaiian kou and Samoan lou.


tō

From Proto-Polynesian *toqo. Cognates include Tongan toˈo and Samoan to.


tō

(intransitive) to set (go down the horizon)


tō

From Proto-Polynesian *to. Cognates include Hawaiian kō and Samoan tō.


tō

(transitive) to sing the starting note of


vaka

From Proto-Polynesian *waka. Cognates include Hawaiian waʻa and Samoan va'a.


moana

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


lā

From Proto-Polynesian *laqa. Cognates include Hawaiian lā and Samoan lā.


lā

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *la. Cognates include Samoan lā.


faga

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *faŋa. Cognates include Maori whanga and Samoan faga.


lanu

From Proto-Polynesian *ranu. Cognates include Hawaiian nalu and Samoan lanu.


uli

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


tokelau

From Proto-Polynesian *tokelau. Cognates include Maori tokerau and Samoan to'elau.


oneone

Reduplication of one (“sandy beach”). Akin to Samoan oneone and Tongan ʻoneʻone.


māhina

From Proto-Polynesian *masina from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare with Malay sinar), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ. Cognates include Hawaiian mahina and Samoan masina.


lanumoana

From lanu (“colour”) + moana (“sea”). Akin to Samoan lanumoana.


piniki

Borrowed from English pink. Cognates include Samoan piniki.


kukula

From a reduplicated form of Proto-Polynesian *kula. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻula and Samoan ʻula.


hahama

Reduplication of hama (“to shine one's body”).


kekena

From a reduplicated form of Proto-Polynesian *kena. Cognates include Tongan kena and Samoan ʻena.


ālio

Learned borrowing from Samoan ʻārio, from Ancient Greek ἄργυρος (árguros).


loimata

From Proto-Polynesian *loqi-mata. Cognates include Tongan loʻimata and Samoan loimata.