Entries from Hooper 1994 in Pollex-Online
Hooper, R. (1994). Reconstructing Proto Polynesian fish names. Austronesian terminologies: continuity and change. A. Pawley and M. Ross. Canberra, Pacific Linguistics: 185-230.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samoan | Saosao | Predatory and dangerous kind of fish |
| Tahitian | Faafaa/piti | Manta ray (Manta alfredi) Problematic |
| Tahitian | Faaroa | Spotted sea bass (Epinephelus tauvina). Mérou (Epinephelus areolatus) (Lmt). |
| Tahitian | ʔAtara | (Epinephelus socialis). Loche marbrée (Epinephelus polyphekadion) (Bct). |
| Tahitian | Ira | A term embracing several kinds of illness . |
| Tahitian | ʔAhiʔa ʔavaʔava | (Oxalis corniculata) |
| Tahitian | ʔApe | (Alocasia macrorrhiza). Plante à larges feuilles ressemblant au taro (Colocasia macrorrhisa) (Lmt). |
| Tahitian | ʔAute ʔuʔumu | (Hibiscus rosa sinensis) |
| Tahitian | ʔOfeʔofe | (Centotheca lappacea L.) |
| Tahitian | Paraʔi | A surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus). Poisson-chirurgien, famille des Acanthuridae (Acanthurus bleekeri) et espèces voisines (Lmt). |
| Tahitian | Auapa-tohe-/tupou/ | Trumpet Fish (Aulostomus valentini) |
| Tahitian | Varu | (Gymnosarda unicolor). The name of a fish (Dvs). |
| Tikopia | Saa | Small fish of anchovy type. |
| Tokelau | Alaala | Striped Jack (Carangoides gilberti) |
| Tokelau | Alogo | Surgeonfish sp. (Ctenochaetus striatus) |
| Tokelau | Atu | Bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis) |
| Tokelau | Atule | Silver Scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) |
| Tokelau | Aua | Silvery mullet (Neomyxus chaptalii) |
| Tokelau | Ava | Milkfish, Salmon Herring (Chanos chanos) |
| Tokelau | Eve | (Epinephelus hexagonatus), Orange Sea Bass |
| Tokelau | Fai/kili/ | (Himantura spp.) |
| Tokelau | Faaloa | (Epinephelus tauvina) |
| Tokelau | Faapuku | Marbled Sea-bass (Epinephelus microdon) |
| Tokelau | Foki | Also, and, too, again |
| Tokelau | Gatala | Honeycomb Sea Bass (Epinephelus merra) |
| Tokelau | Aga | Hand-span (used as a measuring-unit) |
| Tokelau | Api | Spotted Surgeonfish (Acanthurus guttatus) |
| Tokelau | Kafa | Diamond-scaled Mullet (Mugil vaigiensis) |
| Tokelau | Kaafai | If, allowing that (in open conditions); when, at which time (not used of past time) |
| Tokelau | Kana | If (counterfactual) . (used in hypothetical, 'unreal' conditions) |
| Tokelau | Kanae | Mullet spp. (Mugil cephalus) (Crenimugil crenilabis) |
| Tokelau | Kata | Large size of Caranx melampygus and C sexfasciatus |
| Tokelau | Ki | Direction towards a goal including physical movement but extending to the arguments of perception, communication and cognition, to |
| Tokelau | Koomulo | (Caranx sexfasciatus) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tokelau | Iloa/gia | Known of |
| Tokelau | Laulaufau | Moorish Idol (Zanclus canescens) |
| Tokelau | Lupo | Juveniles of all (Caranx spp.) |
| Tokelau | Ma- | Denoting events or processes which come about spontaneously or by accident, without a purposeful agent |
| Tokelau | Ma- | Prefix indicating possibility of performing/suffering the action |
| Tokelau | Magoo | Generic term for sharks |
| Tokelau | Malatea | Napoleon fish (Cheilinus undulatus) |
| Tokelau | Malau | Fish spp. of genera (Holocentrus, Adioryx, Myripristus, Flammeo) |
| Tokelau | Maligi | Be spilt, spill over |
| Tokelau | Malili | (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) |
| Tokelau | Mata i taliga | Hammerhead shark |
| Tokelau | Memea | Gold-lined Goatfish (Mulloidichthys auriflamma) |
| Tokelau | Moomoa | Boxfish (Ostracion sp.) |
| Tokelau | Naa | Negative imperative particle |
| Tokelau | Nanue | Rudderfish (Kyphosus cinerascens) |
| Tokelau | Noa | Just, mere, of no importance. Postposed particle mainly in nominal sentences |
