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The following words used in English exist as loanwords from one or more Polynesian languages. Words from Hawaiian and Māori are listed separately at List of English words of Hawaiian origin and List of English words of Māori origin respectively. Kava An intoxicating drink made from plant roots. From Tongan. Mai Tai
Hawaiian words and phrases (1 C, 39 P) M. Māori words and phrases (2 C, 73 P) P. Polynesian titles (15 P) S. Samoan words and phrases (1 C, 39 P) Pages in category ...
Still today, Polynesian languages show strong similarity, particularly cognate words in their vocabulary; this includes culturally important words such as tapu, ariki, motu, fenua, kava, and tapa as well as *sawaiki, the mythical homeland for some of the cultures.
Tahitian (Tahitian: Reo Tahiti, part of Reo Māʼohi, languages of French Polynesia) [2] is a Polynesian language, spoken mainly on the Society Islands in French Polynesia.It belongs to the Eastern Polynesian group.
Hawaiian vocabulary often overlaps with other Polynesian languages, such as Tahitian, so it is not always clear which of those languages a term is borrowed from. The Hawaiian orthography is notably different from the English orthography because there is a special letter in the Hawaiian alphabet, the ʻokina.
The term ama is a word in the Polynesian and Micronesian languages to describe the outrigger part of a canoe to provide stability. Today, among the various Polynesian countries, the word ama is often used together with the word vaka (Cook Islands) or waka or va'a (Samoa Islands, Tahiti), cognate words in various Polynesian languages to describe a canoe.
Hawaiian (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi]) [7] is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed.
Polynesian words and phrases (4 C, 7 P) R. Rongorongo (1 C, 15 P, 14 F) Pages in category "Polynesian languages" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of ...