玻里尼西亞 bō lǐ ní xī yǎ - Polynesia

太平洋 tài píng yáng - Pacific Ocean

成千上萬 chéng qiān shàng wàn - thousands upon thousands

島嶼 dǎo yǔ - islands

夏威夷群島 xià wēi yí qún dǎo - Hawaiian Islands

東南端 dōng nán duān - southeastern end

復活節島 fù huó jié dǎo - Easter Island

西南端 xī nán duān - southwestern end

紐西蘭 niǔ xī lán - New Zealand

玻里尼西亞大三角 bō lǐ ní xī yǎ dà sān jiǎo - Polynesian Triangle

薩摩亞 sà mó yà - Samoa

東加 dōng jiā - Tonga

大溪地 dà xī dì - Tahiti

相似 xiāng sì - similar

人類學 rén lèi xué - anthropology

學者 xué zhě - scholar

分布 fēn bù - to be distributed

印度洋 yìn dù yáng - Indian Ocean

南島語族 nán dǎo yǔ zú - Austronesian peoples

向南擴散 xiàng nán kuò sàn - to spread southward

震驚 zhèn jīng - shocked / astonished

阿美族 ā měi zú - Amis tribe

排灣族 pái wān zú - Paiwan tribe

泰雅族 tài yǎ zú - Atayal tribe

原住民族 yuán zhù mín zú - indigenous peoples

構詞 gòu cí - word formation

傳統習俗 chuán tǒng xí sú - traditional customs

文化上的連結 wén huà shàng de lián jié - cultural connection

基因 jī yīn - gene

證據 zhèng jù - evidence

線粒體 xiàn lì tǐ - mitochondria

遺傳學 yí chuán xué - genetics

擁有 yǒng yǒu - to have / to possess

共同 gòng tóng - common / shared

遺傳特徵 yí chuán tè zhēng - genetic traits

發源地 fā yuán dì - place of origin

精湛 jīng zhàn - highly skilled / superb

航海技術 háng hǎi jì shù - navigation skills

地圖 dì tú - map

羅盤 luó pán - compass

觀察 guān chá - to observe

星象 xīng xiàng - stars / celestial phenomena

洋流 yáng liú - ocean currents

雲層變化 yún céng biàn huà - cloud changes

鳥類路徑 niǎo lèi lù jìng - bird migration paths

精準的移動 jīng zhǔn de yí dòng - precise movement

雙體船 shuāng tǐ chuán - catamaran

兩側 liǎng cè - both sides

平衡木 píng héng mù - balance beam / outrigger

獨木舟 dú mù zhōu - canoe

拓展領土 tuò zhǎn lǐng tǔ - to expand territory

關鍵 guān jiàn - key / crucial

工具 gōng jù - tool

紋身 wén shēn - tattoo

象徵 xiàng zhēng - to symbolize

成年 chéng nián - adulthood

社會地位 shè huì dì wèi - social status

英勇事蹟 yīng yǒng shì jì - heroic deeds

身分地位 shēn fèn dì wèi - social identity / status

干欄式建築 gān lán shì jiàn zhù - stilt house

高架 gāo jià - elevated / raised

防潮 fáng cháo - moisture-proof

防蟲 fáng chóng - insect-proof

社會結構 shè huì jié gòu - social structure

階級 jiē jí - social class

巫術 wū shù - witchcraft / shamanism

嚴謹 yán jǐn - strict / rigorous

首領制度 shǒu lǐng zhì dù - chieftain system

自然神靈 zì rán shén líng - nature spirits

萬物都有靈 wàn wù dōu yǒu líng - all things have spirits

超自然的力量 chāo zì rán de lì liàng - supernatural power

崇尚 chóng shàng - to advocate / to revere

飲食 yǐn shí - diet

核心作物 hé xīn zuò wù - staple crops

芋頭 yù tou - taro

山藥 shān yào - yam

香蕉 xiāng jiāo - banana

椰子 yé zi - coconut

主食 zhǔ shí - staple food

毛利人 máo lì rén - Māori people

部落 bù luò - tribe

挖掘 wā jué - to dig

土坑 tǔ kēng - pit in the ground

放置 fàng zhì - to place

石頭 shí tou - stone

悶燒 mèn shāo - to cook by slow heating (in a sealed environment)

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