ArikiPolynesia in tē-hng tùi thoân-thóng sè-si̍p ê thâu-lâng á-sī kùi-cho̍k ê chheng-ho͘. Chit-chūn ū--ê só͘-chāi í-keng bô chit-chióng thoân-thóng--a[1]. Ariki chit-ê sû tī in bô-kâng tē-khu, iā-tio̍h ū bô-kâng-khoán ê kóng-hoat. Pat-chò kóng nā tī New Zealand kap Cook Kûn-tó, in hia ē kiò chò ariki. Tī Koh-oa̍h-cheh-tó hia, in kiò chò ꞌariki. Tī Tokelau kap Tuvalu in hia kiò chò aliki. Tī Samoa[2] kap Hawaiʻi in hia kiò chò aliʻi. Tī Société Kûn-tó kap Tahiti hia kiò chò ari'i.

Chham-khó Chu-liāu

siu-kái
  1. The title has disappeared or has no official or institutional status in some islands (e.g. French Polynesia, Hawai‘i, Easter Island).
  2. Tī Samoa mā ū lâng kóng aliki.