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Polynesian glossary
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- Iaorana : Hello
- Nana : Bye bye
- Mauruuru : Thank you
- Fare : House
- Motu : Islet
- Toere : Tahitian drums
- Ma'a tahiti : Tahitian food
- Iri'iri : White Coral shingle
- Hoa : Channel
- Aito : Iron tree
- Maoa : Tahitian winkle
- Peue : Polynesian mat
- Tapa : Polynesian bark cloth
- Tiare : Flower (in general)
- Tiare Tahiti : Tiare Tahiti, endemic ("gardenia tahitientis")
- Tiare Apetahi : Endemic flower from Raiatea Apetahi Mountain and who looks like a hand or half a Tiare Tahiti flower
- Tatau : Tattoo
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