Gambese/Lexicon

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 * word /pronounciation guide/ \\ *root word < Root language ISO code

part of speech. definition If the word's equivalent cannot be found in that language, that language will be removed from the list. If the etymology is unclear (i.e., reconstructed by myself with Hawaiian, Māori, Marquesan, and Samoan words), it will be listed as *Ø.
 * Hawaiian: word in Hawaiian
 * Māori: word in Māori
 * Marquesan: word in Marquesan
 * Samoan: word in Samoan

Word List

 * ariki /a.ri.ki/ \\ *‘ariki < PP

n. chief, leader, mayor
 * Hawaiian: ali‘i
 * Māori: ariki
 * Samoan: ali‘i
 * hoa /ho.a/ \\ **

n. friend, companion
 * Hawaiian: hoa
 * Māori: hoa
 * horohorona /ho.ro.ho.ro.na/ \\ *Ø

n. animal
 * Hawaiian: holoholona
 * Māori: karekarehe
 * ika /i.ka/ \\ *ika PP

n. fish
 * Hawaiian: i'a
 * Māori: ika
 * Marquesan: ika
 * Samoan: i'a
 * kurī /kʉ.ri:/ \\ *kulī PP

n. dog
 * Hawaiian: ‘īlio
 * Māori: kurī
 * Marquesan: nuhe, peho
 * Samoan: ‘ulī
 * manu /ma.nʉ/ \\ *manu PP

n. bird
 * Hawaiian: manu
 * Māori: manu
 * Marquesan: manu
 * Samoan: manu
 * ma'wa /ma.ʔʷa/ \\ *matu‘a PP

n. parent, elder, senior

adj. elder, olden, parent, old, ancestral
 * Hawaiian: makuakāne - father (makuahine - mother)
 * Māori: matua - parent
 * Marquesan: motua - father
 * Samoan: matua - parent


 * nahasi /na.ha.ʃi/ \\ *נָחָשׁ nakhásh < heb

n. snake
 * Hawaiian: naheka
 * Māori: neke
 * Marquesan: puhi henua

Swadesh List
Note that an asterisk in the Proto-Polynesian section means a direct derivation and those marked with a double asterisk are words that I am subbing into Proto-Polynesian from reconstructed Hawaiian. In the Gambese section, french loans are indicated by an italicized fr. next to the pronunciation and words whose ancestors are reconstructed from analyzing Hawaiian, Māori, and Samoan words are indicated by an italicized haw.