Samoan Dictionary: English and Samoan, and Samoan and English, with a Short Grammar of the Samoan Dialect |
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Common terms and phrases
agavale aitu alii alofa applied aupito banana bird bonito breadfruit canoe chiefs cocoanut eleele elephantiasis eseese faailoga faalavelave faaleaga faalili faatasi faatau faatauvaa faatiga fafine fale fanau filemu filifili fish iloa ino'ino intens interj kind laau laitiiti lalo land latou laua lava leaga leai lelei leoleo lima loto luga mafai malosi manava mata matagi matou matua maua native nofo nouns particle pass pepelo pigeon plant plural prep pron pronouns pule pupula recipr redup reef Samoan savali sefulu segisegi shellfish siapo sili spear species stick susu ta'u taalo taga tagata tagi tala tali tane taofi taro tasi tatala tatau taua tele togafiti totonu tree tulafale tuli tupu tusa vavae vave verbs wind
Popular passages
Page 79 - . to beat a mat rolled up as a drum, preparatory to commencing a night-dance.
Page 75 - SANI, s. 1. a law by which all pigs found in the plantations were killed and eaten by the finder.
Page 91 - Tou, s. the name of a tree, the wood of which is used for cork, and the berries for paste.
Page 19 - ADJECTIVES. Some adjectives are formed from nouns by the addition of a, or (in the case of nouns signifying time) Oka.
Page 75 - SA'E, v. 1. to upset, as a canoe. 2. 1 o elevate one leg, as in the act of falling in a club match.
Page 69 - ... privileges and powers of the sister and her children were very great, and the relationship between her and her brother seems to have been of a semi1 Stuebel, p. 119. Cf. Kramer, SI vol. I, p. 430, vol. II, p. 59; Pratt, RSNSW vol. xxiv, p. 201. According to Pratt's dictionary manamatua was the term for the supernatural power of a parent bringing a curse on a disobedient child.
Page 69 - ... of the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet . This disappeared spontaneously before or soon after the yeast feeding was discontinued.
Page 63 - T. r. exhumer les os d'un chef pour les enterrer ailleurs (to exhume the bones of a dead chief for the purpose of reinterring in another place).
Page 19 - Every letter is distinctly sounded, so that there are no improper diphthongs. The proper diphthongs are au, as in...