Entries from Johnson, Mahelona & Ruggles, 2015 in Pollex-Online
Johnson, Rubellite Kawena, Mahelona, John Kaipo & Ruggles, Clive. Na Inoa Hoku: Hawaiian and Pacific Star Names. Revised edition. Bognor Regis: Ocarina Books, 2015
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marquesas | Takeʔo | A star (unidentified) (Buck 1938b) |
| Tahitian | Taʔero | The planet Mercury Henry 1907) |
| Tongan | Takulua-alofi, Takulua-tua-fanua | Two large stars that rise, respectively, in front of and at the back of the island of Akana (Collocott 1922) |
| Samoan | Ao/tea | The Magellanic Clouds |
| New Zealand Maori | Ao/uri | One of the Magellanic Clouds |
| New Zealand Maori | Ara matua | The Ecliptic, the part of the heavens in which the principal stars, sun and moon pursue their annual course (Smith 1913) |
| Marquesas | A-oa-manu | A star and month name |
| New Zealand Maori | Aroaro-a-manu | A star name and the month of June (Best 1929b) |
| Penrhyn | A-roa-manu | A star and month name |
| Hawaiian | Hookuu ahiahi | Evening star (possibly a generic term) |
| Marquesas | Hetuu-ahiahi | Evening star (Handy 1923) |
| Easter Island | Hetuu rere | Falling star (Métraux 1940) |
| New Zealand Maori | Koko-tea, koko-uri | Large and small Magellanic Clouds (Makemson 1941) |
| Samoan | Le Taʔelo | The planet Mercury (Stair 1898) |
| Rarotongan | Manu | A month marked by the star Vero-mata-utoru (Buck 1932) |
| Tongan | Munifa | A month-name: December-January (Collocott 1922) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Miria | A month name marked by the star Tautoru (Buck 1932) |
| Tongan | ʔOnga-maʔafu | The Magellanic clouds (Lewis 1972) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Paroro-mua | August (Buck 1932) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Paroro-muri | September (Buck 1932) |
| Fijian | Mbalolo-muli | November |
| Pukapuka | Pipili-maa | Name of two stars in Scorpio (Makemson 1941) |
| Tupuaki | Pipini-ma | A star (unidentified) (Aitken 1930) |
| Easter Island | Pipiri | December |
| Easter Island | Pipiri-ma | A group of stars (Métraux 1940). |
| Moriori | Rehua-puanga | Star name: probably Antares |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Reu | A month marked by the star Au-ma-Tangaroa (Buck 1932) |
| Tongan | Humu | A dark patch of nebulosity near the Southern Cross (Makemson 1941), presumably the Coal-Sack. |
| Tuamotu | Humu-iti, Humu-nui | Constellations (Makemson 1941) |
| Samoan | Sumu | The Southern Cross (Akerblom 1968). A cluster of stars -- the sumu (fish) and toloa (duck) were taken up to heaven and became signs (Prt). |
| Tongan | Takelo | Two stars in the northern sky, so named because of their ruddy colour (kelo) (Makemson 1941). |
| Mangareva | Takurua | An unidentified star (Buck 1938a) |
| Samoan | Tau-lua-alofi, Taulua-tua-fanua | A pair of stars in Ursa Major (Stair 1898) |
| Kapingamarangi | Ti-humu-te, Ti-humu-mhe | A star: Hadar (Beta Centauri) (Emory 1965) |
| Kapingamarangi | Ti-humu-uri | A star: Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri) (Emory 1965) |
| Marquesas | Veʔo | A star (unidentified) (Handy 1923) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Vero-mata-utoru | A star (unidentified) (Buck 1932) |
| Tuamotu | Vero-mata-utoru | Brightest of all stars (Makemson 1941) |
| New Zealand Maori | Wero-i-te-ao-marie, Wero-i-te-aro-marino, Wero-i-te-kokota, Wero-i-te-ninihi, Wero-i-te-wawana, Wero-i-te-whakataka-pungarehu | Star names (Makemson 1941, Best 1922b) |
