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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tokelau | Saaputu | Maori snapper (Lutjanus rivulatus) |
| Tikopia | Saa | Small fish of anchovy type. |
| Tokelau | Hahaa | A fish (Spratelloides delicatulus) |
| Rennellese | Sasabe | General name for Flying-fish |
| Tokelau | Hahave | (Cypselurus simus) |
| Tokelau | He | Indefinite nonspecific singular article |
| Tokelau | Hee | Go astray, err |
| Tokelau | Hetahi | Another, any other |
| Pukapuka | Yipa | Young flying-fish |
| Rarotongan | ʔUe/ʔue | Globefish, Pufferfish |
| Tokelau | Humu | General name for Balistes spp. |
| Kapingamarangi | Daa | A fish (Holocentrus sp.) |
| Nukuoro | Daa | A fish (Holocentrus sp.) |
| Tokelau | Taa | (Holocentrus spinifer), Armoured Soldierfish |
| Tongan | Taʔa | (Holocentrus spinifer), Armoured Soldierfish |
| Anuta | Takape | Lutjanus carponotatus |
| Marquesas | Kokape, tekape (MQN), teʔape (MQS) | Lutjanus kasmira. Perche à raies bleues, poisson de la famille des lutjanidés (Lch). |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Takape | Lutjanus kasmira (Taumako) |
| Rapa | Takape | Lutjanus kasmira |
| Marquesas | Taʔataʔa | A fish (Adioryx caudimaculata). Poisson-écureuil; squirrelfish [spp.] (Atl). |
| Nukuoro | Daladala | Squirrelfish sp. |
| Tokelau | Talatala | Violet Soldier Fish (Myripristis violaceus) |
| Tokelau | Talu | Since, either, because of |
| Marquesas | Taanifa (MQS). Taniha (MQN) (Dln). | A fish (Lutjanus monostigma). Vivaneau églefin, perche à tache noire; Blackspot Snapper (Atl). |
| Niue | Tenifa | General name for shark |
| Pukapuka | Taniwa | A fierce shark |
| Tokelau | Taotao | Flutefish (Fistularia petimba) |
| Tongan | Tootao | Cornetfish (Aulostomus sp.) |
| Tokelau | Tau- | Persistive or habitual meaning |
| Tokelau | Tautu | Diodon hystrix, porcupine fish |
| Pukapuka | Tavatava | (Gymnosarda unicolor) |
| Tokelau | Tavatava | (Gymnosarda unicolor) when eighteen to twenty-four inches long |
| Tongan | Kavakava | (Euthynnus yaito) Problematic |
| Tokelau | Te | Specific article singular |
| Tokelau | Teetee | Arothron meleagris, white-spotter pufferfish |
| Marquesas | Pa/tihi | Butterfly fish. Poisson papillon; Idole maure (Ua Pou) (Lch). |
| Rarotongan | Tiʔitiʔi | Butterfly fish |
| Tokelau | Tifitifi | General name for Butterfly Fishes (Chaetodontidae) |
| Tongan | Sifisifi | Butterfly fish |
| Anuta | Tonu | Coral Trout (Plectropomus leopardus) |
| Tokelau | Tonu | Coral Trout (Plectropomus leopardus) |
| Tongan | Tonu | Coral Trout (Plectropomus leopardus) |
| Tokelau | Tuu-lia | Be perched upon by birds |
| Pukapuka | Tuupoupou | Trumpet Fish (Aulostomus valentini) |
| Tahitian | Auapa-tohe-/tupou/ | Trumpet Fish (Aulostomus valentini) |
| Tokelau | Tuupoupou | Trumpet Fish (Aulostomus valentini) |
| Tongan | ʔUfu | Fish sp., (Anampses sp.) |
| Rennellese | Ugabi | Parrot Fish with long pointed head |
| Tokelau | Ulafi | Probably Yellow Parrot Fish (Scarus harid) |
| Pukapuka | Ulua | Big-head Jack (Caranx ignobilis) |
