Glossary

arava : lemon shark

fafapiti : manta ray

fai : ray

fai i’u : sting ray

faimanu : eagle ray

hoa : natural path enabling water exchanges between the ocean and the lagoon

ma’o : shark

ma’o mamaru : white tip shark

ma’o mauri : black tip shark

ma’o raira : requin gris

ma’o tapete : silver tip shark

ma’ohi : Polynesian islanders

ma’o tuamata :hammer head shark

marara :flying fish

moana / moana nui : the ocean / the big ocean

motu :islet

niamatai : Windward Islands

ou’a : dolphin

paumotu : Tuamotu habitant

peue : braided rugs

poe rava nui : Tahitian cultured pearl

purau : species of tree

raromatai : Leeward Islands

tiare : Family of the gardenia with a very pleasant fragrance – symbolizes
Tahiti and her islands

tiki : carving – anthropomorphic entity, which symbolizes the first
Man or a protective ancestor

tohora : whale