one

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


ao

From Proto-Polynesian *qaho. Cognates include Hawaiian ao and Samoan ao.


ao

From Proto-Polynesian *qao. Cognates include Hawaiian ao and Samoan ao.


ao

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *qao (“authority”). Cognates include Tahitian ao (“heaven”) and Samoan ao (“chief”).


ao

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ao. Cognates include Tahitian ao and Tuvaluan ao.

A grossly misformed coconut without any flesh or juice inside.


alo

From Proto-Polynesian *qaro. Cognates include Hawaiian alo and Samoan alo.


aku

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


au

From Proto-Polynesian *qau. Cognats include Hawaiian au and Maori au.


au

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


au

From Proto-Polynesian *hau. Cognates include Maori au and Samoan au.


mate

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


ika

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


tau

From Proto-Polynesian *taqu. Cognates include Hawaiian kau and Samoan tau.


tau

From Proto-Polynesian *tau. Cognates include Rapa tau and Samoan tau.

The point where the keel meets the stern of the canoe.


tau

Fresh nest fern leaves, used to cover a traditional oven.


papa

From Proto-Polynesian *papa (“flat surface”). Cognates include Hawaiian papa and Maori papa.


papa

From Proto-Polynesian *papa (“fish”). Cognates include Maori pā and Samoan papa.


leo

From Proto-Polynesian *leo. Cognates include Hawaiian leo and Maori reo.


pea

A woman's costume worn over a long skirt.


pea

Borrowed from English bear. Cognates include Hawaiian pea, Maori pea, Tahitian pea and Wallisian pea.


manu

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

The upright piece of a canoe's front or back.


lagi

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi. Cognates include Hawaiian lani and Samoan lagi.


ono

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


pehe

From Proto-Polynesian *pese. Cognates include Tahitian pehe and Samoan pese.


lua

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


ala

From Proto-Polynesian *hala. Cognates include Hawaiian ala and Samoan ala.


gata

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


toki

From Proto-Polynesian *toki. Cognates include Hawaiian koʻi and Samoan to'i.


kai

From Proto-Polynesian *kai. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻai and Samoan 'ai.


tata

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

A kind of fish trap, consisting of a wooden frame that can be closed by pulling a rope.


lima

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


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.


tala

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Hawaiian kala and Samoan tala.


tala

From Proto-Polynesian *tara. Cognates include Tahitian tara and Samoan tala.


tala

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Maori tara and Samoan tara.


ana

From Proto-Polynesian *qana. Cognates include Hawaiian ana and Samoan ana.


logo

From Proto-Polynesian *roŋo. Cognates include Hawaiian lono and Samoan logo.


aka

From Proto-Polynesian *aka. Cognates include Hawaiian aʻa and Samoan a'a.


aka

From Proto-Polynesian *qaka. Cognates include Tuvaluan aka and Samoan a'a.


loi

From Proto-Polynesian *roe. Cognates include Rapa Nui roe and Samoan loi.


loi

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

blue-spotted grouper
blue-spotted grouper

blue-spotted grouper (Cephalopholis argus)


mea

From Proto-Polynesian *meqa. Cognates include Hawaiian mea and Samoan mea.

Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.

1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau], page 1:

This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.


mata

From Proto-Polynesian *mata. Cognates include Hawaiian maka and Samoan mata.


fale

From Proto-Polynesian *fale. Cognates include Hawaiian hale and Samoan fale.


tuku

From Proto-Polynesian *tuku. Cognates include Hawaiian kuʻu and Samoan tuʻu.


lelei

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


oho

From Proto-Polynesian *qoho. Cognates include Hawaiian ō and Samoan oso.


oho

From Proto-Polynesian *qoso. Cognates include Tongan ʻoho and Samoan oso.


hau

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


vai

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


afi

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


vae

From Proto-Polynesian *waqe. Cognates include Hawaiian wae and Samoan vae.


tama

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


ata

From Proto-Polynesian *ata. Cognates include Hawaiian aka, Maori ata, and Samoan ata.


tō

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


tō

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


tipi

From Proto-Polynesian *tipi. Cognates include Hawaiian kipi (“to dig”) and Samoan tipi (“axe”).


mala

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


pili

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


uho

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *uso. Cognates include Nuguria uso and Samoan uso.


uho

From Proto-Polynesian *uso. Cognates include Tongan uho and Niuean uho.


teine

From Proto-Polynesian *taqahine. Cognates include Tongan taʻahine and Samoan teine.


aho

From Proto-Polynesian *qaso. Cognates include Maori aho and Samoan aso.

Talu mai nā aho o Maui, ma Tui Tokelau ko te laukelekele, te tai, ma te ea nae fakaolaola ai o matou tagata

Ever since the days of Maui, and Tui Tokelau, the land, the sea, it was them that stimulated our people


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)


vaka

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


fai

From Proto-Polynesian *fai. Cognates include Maori whai 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.


moana

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


matua

From Proto-Polynesian *matuqa (“mature”). Cognates include Tuvaluan matua and Rapa Nui matu'a.


atua

From Proto-Polynesian *qatua. Cognates include Hawaiian akua and Samoan atua.


tā

From Proto-Polynesian *ta. Cognates include Hawaiian kā and Samoan tā.


loto

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


loto

From Proto-Polynesian *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko and Samoan loto.


alofa

From Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Cognates include Samoan alofa and Hawaiian aloha.


umu

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

titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)


umu

From Proto-Polynesian *qumu. Cognates include Hawaiian imu and Samoan umu.


ota

From Proto-Polynesian *qota (“raw”). Cognates include Maori ota and Samoan ota.


apu

Malus domestica
Malus domestica#Translingual


mahimahi

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

Coryphaena hippurus
Coryphaena hippurus#Translingual


vili

From Proto-Polynesian *wili. Cognates include Hawaiian wili and Samoan vili.


vili

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wili. Cognates include Tuvaluan vili and Samoan vili.

lot (used to determine a question by chance)


hana

From Proto-Polynesian *sana. Cognates include Tongan hana and Samoan sana.


hā

From Proto-Polynesian *saqa. Cognates include Maori hā and Samoan sā.


hē

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


lā

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


lā

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


lā

From Proto-Polynesian *raqa. Cognates include Tongan vaʻa and Samoan la.


mā

(to a male) brother-in-law (one's sister's husband)

(to a male) cousin-in-law (one's cousin's husband)


mā

From Proto-Polynesian *ma. Cognates include Tuvaluan maa and Samoan mā.


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.


kupu

From Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻupu and Samoan 'upu.


kupu

From Proto-Polynesian *kupu. Cognates include Tongan kupu and Samoan 'upu.


tona

From Proto-Polynesian *tona-tona (“clitoris”). Cognates include Maori tonetone and Samoan tona.


afe

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


iloa

From Proto-Polynesian *qilo-a, equivalent to ilo (“to be aware of”) + -a. Cognates include Tongan ʻiloa and Samoan iloa.


tili

From Proto-Polynesian *tili. Cognates include Maori tiri and Samoan tili.


tili

messenger that brings emergency messages


vali

From Proto-Polynesian *wali. Cognates include Samoan vali and Tuvaluan vali.


atu

From Proto-Polynesian *qatu. Cognates include Tongan ʻotu and Samoan atu.


atu

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

Katsuwonus pelamis
Katsuwonus pelamis#Translingual


tane

From Proto-Polynesian *tane. Cognates include Hawaiian kane and Samoan tane.


tane

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


halu

From Proto-Polynesian *salu. Cognates include Tuvaluan halu and Samoan salu.


aua

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


nuku

From Proto-Polynesian *nuku. Cognates include Maori nuku and Samoan nu'u.

Te Atua o nuku, te Atua o Tokelau.

2012, “Tokelau mō te Atua [Tokelau for the God]”:

The God of villages, the God of Tokelau.


kave

From Proto-Polynesian *kawe. Cognates include Tahitian 'ave and Samoan 'ave.


tino

From Proto-Polynesian *tino. Cognates include Hawaiian kino and Samoan tino.


valu

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

Any object used for scraping, skatching or peeling.


valu

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

Gymnosarda unicolor
Wikispecies:Gymnosarda unicolor


amene

Learned borrowing from Samoan amene, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn).


koloa

From Proto-Polynesian *koloa. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻoloa and Samoan 'oloa.


faga

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


maile

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

Canis familiaris
Canis familiaris#Translingual


maile

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


fotu

From Proto-Polynesian *fotu. Cognates include Maori hatu and Samoan fotu.

A coral rock standing on its own, separately from the coral reef around it.


leona

Borrowed from English lion. Cognates include Hawaiian liona.


puaka

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


manava

From Proto-Polynesian *manawa. Cognates include Hawaiian manawa and Samoan manava.


tāua

Probably from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *taua (“ancestor”), whence Maori tāua (“ancestor”).


hili

From Proto-Polynesian *sili. Cognates include Rapa Nui hiri and Samoan sili.


Hami

From Proto-Polynesian *sami. Cognates include Tongan hami and Samoan Sami.


luko

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


maui

From Proto-Polynesian *maui (“left”). Cognates include Maori mauī and Rapa Nui maui.


fenua

From Proto-Polynesian *fenua. Cognates include Hawaiian honua and Tuvaluan fenua.

Mai te kāloā, ko nā tālaaga ki nā fenua o Atafu, Nukunonu, Fakaofo, ma Olohega na fauhia kē fai ma o matou kāiga.

From the ancient times, of the tales, the islands of Atafu, Nukunonu, Fakaofo and Olohega You created together, as our home.


fafine

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


tagata

From Proto-Polynesian *taŋata. Cognates include Hawaiian kanaka and Samoan tagata.

Ko kimatou, ia tagata o Tokelau, e takutino


umukuka

From umu (“cooking house”) + kuka (“to cook”). Akin to Samoan umukuka.


fiafia

From Proto-Polynesian *fiafia. Cognates include Hawaiian hia and Samoan fiafia.

1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]:


gagana

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ŋaŋana, from Proto-Polynesian *ŋana (“to chatter”). Cognates include Tuvaluan ngangana and Samoan gagana.


mauga

From Proto-Polynesian *maquŋa. Cognates include Hawaiian mauna and Samoan mauga.


aitu

From Proto-Polynesian *qaitu. Cognates include Maori aitu and Samoan aitu.


Eleni

Learned borrowing from Samoan Eleni, from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn).


tāne

From Proto-Polynesian *taqane. Cognates include Hawaiian kāne and Samoan tāne.


hiva

From Proto-Polynesian *siwa. Cognates include Maori hiwa and Samoan siva.


kulī

From Proto-Polynesian *kuli (“dog”). Cognates include Maori kurī and Samoan ulī.


lanu

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


lanu

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


lahi

From Proto-Polynesian *lasi. Cognates include Maori rahi and Samoan lase.


tautai

From Proto-Polynesian *tautahi. Cognates include Samoan tautai and Tuvaluan tautai.


uli

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


mātua

From Proto-Polynesian *matuqa (“parent”). Cognates include Hawaiian makua and Samoan matuā.


tamaiti

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *tama-qiti. Cognates include Hawaiian kamaiki and Samoan tamaiti.


tafolā

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


paepae

From Proto-Polynesian *pae-pae. Cognates include Maori paepae and Tongan paepae.


hō

Nā hō o Iehu.


tokelau

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


vave

From Proto-Polynesian *wawe. Cognates include Hawaiian wawe and Samoan vave.


vā

From Proto-Polynesian *wa. Cognates include Hawaiian wā and Samoan vā.

relationship between two (groups of) people


hihi

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *sisi. Cognates include Samoan sisi and Tuvaluan hihi.


hihi

From Proto-Polynesian *sisi. Cognates include Fijian cici and Tuvaluan sisi.


hihi

Borrowed from Samoan sisi, from English cheese.


oneone

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


tamana

From Proto-Polynesian *tama-na. Cognates include Tuvaluan tamana and Samoan tamā.


gako

From Proto-Polynesian *ŋako. Cognates include Hawaiian naʻo and Samoan ga'o.


malini

Borrowed in the 1940s from English marine


kopiti

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kopi-ti (“to be narrow”). Cognates include Hawaiian ʻōpiki (“trap”) and Maori kopiti (“to be closed”).


māhaga

From Proto-Polynesian *masaŋa (“pair”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasaŋ. Cognates include Hawaiian māhana and Maori māhanga.


mānava

From Proto-Polynesian *manawa. Cognates include Hawaiian manawa and Samoan mānava.


tala kave

From tala (“story”) + kave (“to bring”).


kofu

From Proto-Polynesian *kofu. Cognates include Rapa Nui kohu and Samoan 'ofu.


vāifale

From vā (“space between”) + fale (“house”).


gāuta

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ŋa-quta. Cognates include Samoan gā'uta.


takalo

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *takalo. Cognates include Hawaiian kāʻalo and Samoan ta'alo.


māvā

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ma-waqa. Cognates include Maori māwā and Tuvaluan maavaa.


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.


Atua

Ko Tokelau e fakavae tumau i te Atua.

Te Atua o nuku, te Atua o Tokelau.


gagana Tokelau

From gagana (“language”) + Tokelau (“Tokelau”).


tautala

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

Tautala i te gagana Tokelau.


agāga

From Proto-Polynesian *qaŋaqaŋa. Cognates include Maori angānga and Samoan agāga.


gagana Peletānia

From gagana (“language”) + Peletānia (“Britain”).


fakavae

From Proto-Polynesian *faka-waqe. Cognates include Tuvaluan fakavae and Samoan fa'avae.


tūlāfono fakavae

From tūlāfono (“law”) + fakavae (“foundation”).


manuia

From Proto-Polynesian *manu-qia. Cognates include Tuvaluan manuia and Samoan manuia.


lākau

From Proto-Polynesian *raqa-kau. Cognates include Hawaiian lāʻau and Samoan lā'au.


fānau

From Proto-Polynesian *fanau. Cognates include Hawaiian hānau, Maori whānau, and Tuvaluan faanau.


kekē

From Proto-Polynesian *keke. Cognates include Maori kekē and Samoan 'e'ē.


āeto

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


kupu tomua

From kupu (“word”) + tomua (“to commence”).

Kupu tomua mai na Faipule o Tokelau

1986, Amusia Patea, Faafoi Sakaria, Taunau Kele, Tokelau Dictionary:


iloiloga

From iloilo (“to examine; to investigate; to diagnose”) + -ga.


hēai

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *teqe-ai. Cognates include Samoan leai and Tuvaluan hē ai.


tuātina

From Proto-Polynesian *tuqa-a-tina. Cognates include Tongan tuʻasina and Tuvaluan tuātina.


ofo

From Proto-Polynesian *ofo. Cognates include Hawaiian oho and Samoan ofo.


tulivae

From Proto-Polynesian *turi-qi-waqe. Cognates include Tongan tuʻivaʻe and Samoan tulivae.


manulele

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


palatiho

Borrowed from French paradis, within the Roman Catholic tradition. Doublet of palataiho.


palataiho

Borrowed from English paradise. Doublet of palatiho.


laupapa

From Proto-Polynesian *lau-papa. Cognates include Hawaiian laupapa and Samoan laupapa.


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.


apohetolo

Learned borrowing from Samoan aposetolo, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos).


ālope

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


kimoa

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


mālō

From Proto-Polynesian *malo (“victorious”). Cognates include Maori mārō and Samoan mālō.


mālō

From Proto-Polynesian *malo. Cognates include Hawaiian mālō and Samoan mālō.


kukula

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


hehega

From a reduplicated form of Proto-Polynesian *seŋa. Cognates include Rapa Nui heŋaheŋa and Samoan segasega.


hāmahama

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


hega

tuft of feathers put on a skipjack lure in order to control its movement on the water


kāiga

From Proto-Polynesian *kaiga. Cognates include Hawaiian ʻāina and Samoan ʻāiga.


akalava

Learned borrowing from Samoan akarava, from Hebrew עַקְרָב.

der

Hebrew עַקְרָב


ālio

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


loimata

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


maligi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.