| OC | ||
| Hawaiian | nalu | wave, surf; full of waves; to form waves; wavy, as wood grain |
| nalu-nalu | rough, of a sea with high waves | |
| Kapingamarangi | ŋolu | large wave |
| Vitu | ŋalu | tide |
| Tuvaluan | ŋalu | a wave; rough (of sea); raised part of canoe foredeck designed to prevent entry of waves |
| Anuta | ŋaru | breakers, surf (rarely: wave) |
| Rennellese | ŋagu | wave; to form waves |
| Samoan | ŋa-ŋalu | (of the sea) be rippled, ruffled |
| ŋalu | wave, breaker; (of the sea) be rough | |
| Tongan | ŋalu | wave (when rolling in), breaker or surf |
| ŋa-ŋalu | (of the sea) to show a track where a fish has just been swimming near the surface | |
| Rarotongan | ŋaru | wave, ocean swell |
| Maori | ŋaru-ŋaru | rough with waves |
| ŋaru | wave of the sea; corrugation | |