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- ...tronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Polynesian/Tuamotu. It is the name of HIP 112122 (β Gru, HR 8636) in constellation Gr ...Donald S. Marshall (1964). A Dictionary of Some Tuamotuan Dialects of the Polynesian Language. Published by the Peabody Museum of Salem Massachusetts and Het Ko2 KB (229 words) - 23:50, 18 June 2025
- ...nds}<ref>Makemson, Maud W. (1941). ''The Morning Star Rises: an Account of Polynesian Astronomy''. New Haven: Yale University Press.</ref>863 bytes (116 words) - 15:09, 3 July 2024
- !Polynesian842 bytes (93 words) - 06:01, 12 December 2024
- Polynesian name for the constellation Coma Berenices.<ref>Collocott, Ernest E.V. (1922921 bytes (120 words) - 10:54, 17 May 2025
- There are many versions of a widespread Polynesian story of two children fleeing their uncaring parents to become two shining1 KB (189 words) - 22:16, 18 June 2025
- ...tring figures from the Gilbert Islands, instalment no. 4. ''Journal of the Polynesian Society'' 46, 41-48.</ref> The Maudes identified the name as specifically2 KB (231 words) - 10:54, 17 May 2025
- ...IPA: /bubu/) and "bosor" (IPA: /bosor/). Bubu is derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian and Proto-Austronesian, which means fish trap. This meaning is also used in4 KB (618 words) - 04:06, 24 June 2025
- Lumbung (IPA: /ˈlum.buŋ/, [ˈlum.bʊŋ]) is inherited from Malay, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, means rice barn or granary.8 KB (1,290 words) - 10:35, 23 June 2025
- Asu (IPA: /ˈasu/ [ˈa.su]) is derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian and Proto-Austronesian, means dog. This word is used in Alune, Bakumpai, ''11 KB (1,819 words) - 10:11, 23 June 2025
