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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Maʔava | Kind of fish (Teuthis rostratus) |
| Tokelau | Maligi | Be spilt, spill over |
| Kapingamarangi | Malili | Fish sp. |
| Nukuoro | Malili | Goatfish sp. |
| Tokelau | Malili | (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) |
| Tongan | Malili | Red mullet |
| Tongan | Maalolo | Flying-fish |
| Pukapuka | Manini | (Acanthurus triostegus) |
| Tokelau | Mata i taliga | Hammerhead shark |
| Samoan | Memea | Goatfish sp. |
| Tokelau | Memea | Gold-lined Goatfish (Mulloidichthys auriflamma) |
| Tongan | Meemea | A reef fish |
| Tokelau | Moomoa | Boxfish (Ostracion sp.) |
| Tokelau | Naa | Negative imperative particle |
| Marquesas | Nenue | A fish (Kyphosus sp.). Saupe, chub (Kyphosus spp.) (Atl). |
| Pukapuka | Nanue | A fish (Kyphosus sp.) |
| Samoan | Nanue | A fish (Kyphosus sp.) |
| Tokelau | Nanue | Rudderfish (Kyphosus cinerascens) |
| East Uvea | Nifa | A sardine |
| Marquesas | Nifa | (Sardinella marquisensis). Poisson-savon; soapfish (Fatu Hiva) (Atl). |
| Tuamotu | Nifa | Juvenile Abula sp. |
| Easter Island | Niuhi | A kind of shark ; Mackerel Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) |
| Tokelau | Noa | Just, mere, of no importance. Postposed particle mainly in nominal sentences |
| Tokelau | Nofu | Stonefish sp. |
| Tokelau | O/i | Verbal particule. A conjunction (sic) that one action follows another in sequence. And, and then . Introduces independent clauses in narrative where it indicates sequential (ofte consequential) action. When oi introduces subject complements there is frequently an implication of fulfilment of the situation of the clause |
| Tuvalu | Oo | Small reddish baitfish ; tiny fish on which the bonito feed |
| Tongan | Oo | Fish sp., small, with poison back fins ; almost certainly Siganus |
| Marquesas | Ono | Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri). Thazard, poisson thonidé de la famille des scombridés (Lch). Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) (MQS) (Atl). |
| Tokelau | Ono | Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) |
| Tuvalu | Paala | Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) |
| Niue | Paala | Tiger Fish. Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) (Sph). |
| Pukapuka | Paala | Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) |
| Rarotongan | Parangi | A surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus) |
| Tahitian | Paraʔi | A surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus). Poisson-chirurgien, famille des Acanthuridae (Acanthurus bleekeri) et espèces voisines (Lmt). |
| Tongan | Palangi | A fish (Acanthurus sp.) |
| Hawaiian | Walu | Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) Problematic |
| Niue | Palu | Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus). Fish spp., mainly snapper and jobfish (Lutjanidae) (Sph). |
| Anuta | Panauko | |
| Pukapuka | Papo | (Cheilinus trilobatus) ; Scarlet-breasted Maori-Wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus) |
| Pukapuka | Papo/papo | (Cheilinus trilobatus) when juvenile |
| Rennellese | Papu | Several kinds of dark-brown Wrasse |
| Pukapuka | Pui | Small sp. of eel Problematic |
| Nukuoro | Sahole | Mountain Bass |
| Samoan | Safole | Kuhlia sp. |
| Tokelau | Haafole | Kuhlia taeniura and K. marginata |
| Tokelau | Hakulaa | (Xiphias gladius) and other swordfish spp. |
| Niue | Haohao | Pipefish. Trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis) (Sph). |
| Samoan | Saosao | Predatory and dangerous kind of fish |
| Tokelau | Haohao | (Sphyraena forsteri) when fully mature |
| Tongan | Hapatuu | Sphyraena sp. ; kind of Parrotfish |
