Borrowings into English
Oceania
(1) Australian Aboriginal: billabong, boomerang, corroboree, didgeridoo, kangaroo, koala, kookaburra, murree, wallaby, wombat, yabber, yacker. (2) Polynesian, including:Hawaiian aloha, heiau, hula, kapu, lanai, lei, muumuu, ukulele/ukelele, wahine; Maori aroha, iwi, kauri, kiwi, Maoritanga, marae, moa, ngati, pakeha, pohutukawa, tangata whenua, tangi, toheroa, tuatara, whakapapa, whare; Tahitian tattoo; Tongan kava, taboo.
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