Polynesian Animals
Included here are animal names and words compared with Polynesian languages such as Sāmoan language and Hawaiʻian language.
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| English | Sāmoan Word | Hawaiʻian Word | Tongan Word | Tahitian Word | Māori Word | Scientific |
| Bat (Flying Fox) | Peʻa | ʻŌpeʻapeʻa | Peka | ʻIore Pererau | Pekapeka | Chiroptera |
| Blacktip Reef Shark | Malie Alamata | Manō pāʻele | Carcharhinus melanopterus | |||
| Bluespotted stingray | Fai Tala | Neotrygon kuhlii | ||||
| Brown noddy | Gogo | Anous stolidus | ||||
| Burrowing Sea Urchin | Tuitui | Echinometra Mathaei | ||||
| Centipede | Atualoa | Kanapī | Scolopendra subspinipes | |||
| Chicken | Moa | Moa | Moa | Moa | Heihei | Gallus gallus |
| Coconut Crab | Ūū | Uʻa vāhi | Birgus Latro | |||
| Coral | ʻAmu | ʻĀkoʻakoʻa | Katoa | Toʻa | Kāoa | Anthozoa |
| Cow | Povi | Pipi wahine | Pulu | Puaʻatoro | Kau | Bos taurus |
| Crab | Paʻa | Pāpaʻi | Paka | Paʻapaʻa | Pāpaka | Brachyura |
| Dog | Maile | ʻĪlio | Kulī | ʻŪrī | Kurī | Canis familiaris |
| Dolphinfish | Masimasi | Mahimahi | Mahimahi | Mahimahi | Coryphaena hippurus | |
| Fish | Iʻa | Iʻa | Ika | Iʻa | Ika | |
| Fluted Giant Clam | Faisua | ʻOlepe | Tridacna Squamosa | |||
| Great frigatebird | Atafa | Fregata minor | ||||
| Horse | Solofanua | Lio | Hoosi | Puaʻahorofenua | Hōiho | Equus ferus caballus |
| Lesser frigatebird | Atafa | Fregata ariel | ||||
| Manta Ray | Fai Malie | Hāhālua | Manta Birostris | |||
| Octopus | Feʻe | Heʻe | Feke | Feʻe | Wheke | Octopus Cyanea |
| Palolo Worm | Palolo | Palola viridis | ||||
| Pig | Puaʻa | Puaʻa | Puaka | Puaʻa | Kunekune | Sus scrofa, Sus scrofa domesticus |
| Portuguese man o' war | Vaʻa tau | Physalia physalis | ||||
| Rectangular triggerfish | Sumu aloalo | Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa | Rhinecanthus rectangulus | |||
| Reef triggerfish | Sumu aloalo | Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa | Rhinecanthus rectangulus | |||
| Rock Crab | Amaʻama | ʻAʻama | Grapsus | |||
| Scalloped Hammerhead | Mataʻitaliga | Manō kihikihi | Sphyrna lewini | |||
| Sea Urchin | Vaga | Wana | Vana | Vana | Kina | Echinoidea |
| Shark | Malie | Manō | ʻAnga | Maʻo | Mangō | |
| Skipjack Tuna | Aku | Katsuwonus pelamis | ||||
| Wahoo | Paāla | Ono | Valu Louniu | Pāere | Acanthocybium solandari | |
| Wedge-tail Triggerfish | Sumu aloalo | Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa | Rhinecanthus rectangulus | |||
| Whitebanded Triggerfish | Sumu uoʻuo | Rhinecanthus aculeatus | ||||
| Yellowfin Tuna | Asiasi | ʻAhi | Takuo | ʻAʻahi | Thunnus albacares |
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