This lesson is the key for you to open the animal word in Tahitian with the vocabulary of animals living on earth, in the sky, in the sea.
I precise that in this lesson, I will not include the fish vocabulary. In fact, in Tahiti, each fish species has its little name !
Generalities
Of course, let’s start learning how to say :
| English | Tahitian |
| The animal | Te ‘animara |
Animals living on earth
In this second chapter, here is the vocabulary of animals living on earth.
| English | Tahitian |
| The dog | Te ‘urī |
| The cat | Te mīmī |
| The mouse | Te ‘iore |
| The fowl | Te moa (veut dire aussi : le poulet, le pénis) |
| The pig | Te puaa |
| The horse | Te puaahorofenua |
| The cow | Te puaatoro |
| The goat | Te puaaniho |
| The sheep | Te māmoe |
| The lezard | Te moo |
Animals living in the sky
In this third chapter, let’s list animals from the sky.
| English | Tahitian |
| The bird | Te manu |
| The mosquito | Te naonao |
| The fly | Te ra’o |
| The gnat (which sting is painful) | Te nono |
| The bee | Te manu pātia |
| The wasp | Te manu pātia |
Animals living in the sea
In this new chapter, let’s discover sea animals.
| English | Tahitian |
| The fish | Te i’a |
| The flying fish | Te mārara |
| The dolphin | Te ôu’a |
| The whale | Te tohorā |
| The ray | Te fai |
| The manta ray | Te fāfā piti |
| The shark | Te ma’o |
| The starfish | Te taramea |
| The shrimp | Te ôura pape |
| The lobster | Te ôura miti |
| The sea crab or river crab | Te paapaa |
| The eel, the moray eel | Te puhi |
| The octopus | Te fee |
| The turtle | Te honu |
To discover
As I write this lesson, I think of the yellow lezard of Moorea legend.
| Tahitian | English |
| Moo | The lezard |
| Rea (de re’are’a) | Yellow |
| Moorea | Name of the island next to Tahiti |
For those who wish to discover this legend (in French), here is the link : Legende moorea
And the next lesson ?
With this lesson, we learned the animals vocabulary in Tahitian. And also, we learned 34 words and expressions in Tahitian. In the next lesson, we will learn the fruits and vegetables vocabulary.