English words from Tahitian
- PapeeteThe capital city of French Polynesia.
- TiareA female given name. Used in Hawaii since the 1980s.
- pareoA wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian sarong.
- monoiA Tahitian oil infused with flower petals
- Bora BoraAn island group in the Leeward Islands in the South Pacific.
- mai taiA cocktail typically containing rum, curacao, and lime.
- OtaheiteTahitian.
- poë-birdSynonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”).
- purauA Polynesian shrub or small tree, Hibiscus tiliaceus, having yellow flowers and a fibrous bark.
- tamanuA tree (Calophyllum inophyllum), widely distributed in the Pacific islands, that yields a resin and a bitter oil (tamanol).
- TehaniA female given name.
- vahineSynonym of wahine (“a Polynesian woman”).
- vi-appleThe Otaheite apple (Spondias dulcis).