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Samoan — Elementary Vocabulary

129 words

Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance.

#	Word	Type	IPA	Definition
1	-ga	Phrase		Used to make a verb into a noun with a related meaning.
2	'e	Pronoun		Pronunciation spelling of he.
3	'ea	Noun		The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere: a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
4	'i	Preposition
5	'o	Adverb		Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative.
6	'oe	Pronoun		(Pronoun).
7	'ou	Pronoun		(Pronoun).
8	A	Noun, Pronoun
9	a'a	Noun
10	a'u	Pronoun		(Pronoun).
11	afā	Noun		A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific of…
12	afe	Adjective		A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10³ (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.).
13	afi	Noun		fire (oxidation reaction).
14	ago	Noun
15	aʻu	Pronoun		The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
16	ai	Pronoun
17	ala	Noun
18	alo	Noun		smooth, soft side of a thing.
19	alu	Verb
20	ama	Noun		An extension mechanism, often retractable when not in use, on a boat, vehicle, or structure which helps to stabilize it…
21	amo	Noun		A yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load.
22	amu	Noun
23	ana	Noun		A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
24	ano	Noun		The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser…
25	ao	Noun		A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
26	apa	Noun
27	asi	Adjective		The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
28	aso	Noun		The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud…
29	asu	Noun		The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
30	ate	Noun		A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible fo…
31	atu	Noun		A medium-sized perciform fish of species Katsuwonus pelamis, in the tuna family.
32	ava	Noun		The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
33	ave	Verb
34	ē	Pronoun, Preposition		by (a person or animate object).
35	ele	Noun		A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fir…
36	ena	Noun		A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
37	esi	Noun
38	fā	Adjective		A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••).
39	fa'afetai	Interjection		thank you.
40	fa'amolemole	Interjection		Used as an affirmative to an offer.
41	fai	Verb
42	fau	Noun		cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus).
43	fia	Verb		want to do something.
44	foe	Noun
45	fou	Adjective		new (recently made or created).
46	fua	Noun		An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embr…
47	fue	Noun		whisk (symbol of talking chiefs/orators).
48	ʻau	Noun
49	ʻe	Pronoun
50	ʻo	Adverb		Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to signify that they are declarative.
51	ʻoe	Pronoun
52	ʻou	Pronoun		The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
53	i	Adverb, Preposition		used to mark the following (noun or noun phrase) as a direct object.
54	i'a	Noun		A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
55	i‘u	Noun		The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
56	ia	Adverb, Pronoun		Precedes a name to mark it as a direct object.
57	iao	Noun		Any of the many Australasian birds of the family Meliphagidae, which have a tongue adapted for obtaining nectar from flo…
58	ifi	Noun		A tropical tree native from Malaysia across the southern Pacific (Inocarpus fagifer).
59	iʻa	Noun		fish (vertebrate animal).
60	ii	Adverb
61	ina	Adverb		Marks the imperative mood, for positive commands.
62	inu	Verb
63	ioe	Adverb
64	ipu	Noun		The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.
65	isi	Pronoun		A certain number, at least two.
66	isu	Noun
67	iva	Adjective		A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
68	ivi	Noun
69	iʔa	Noun		A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
70	la	Noun		A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
71	lau	Noun, Adjective		A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine.
72	le	Adverb, Pronoun, Article		the (the definite article).
73	leo	Noun		voice, sound.
74	loi	Noun		Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed al…
75	lua	Noun, Adjective		A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
76	luu	Adjective
77	ma	Pronoun, Preposition, Conjunction
78	mai	Preposition
79	mau	Noun
80	me	Noun		The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.
81	mo	Preposition		Directed at; intended to belong to.
82	moa	Noun		banana blossom, flower at the end of its bunch.
83	moe	Verb		To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
84	na	Pronoun
85	nei	Adverb		At the present time.
86	ni	Article		some (plural indefinite article).
87	niu	Noun		coconut (fruit of coco palm).
88	o	Preposition
89	oʻa	Verb		To remove the husk from (a coconut or cereal grain).
90	ola	Interjection		Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
91	one	Noun
92	ono	Adjective		A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••).
93	oti	Noun, Adjective
94	pai	Noun
95	po	Noun		A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before su…
96	poi	Noun		Samoan poi.
97	sau	Noun
98	se	Article		a (singular indefinite article).
99	soa	Noun		an ambassador from a boy to the object of his affections.
100	sua	Noun
101	sui	Verb
102	tā	Verb, Pronoun		to adze, chip into shape, hew (of adze).
103	tae	Noun		Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intesti…
104	tai	Noun
105	talofa	Interjection
106	tao	Noun		To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
107	tāu	Noun, Verb		…
108	tea	Adjective		Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
109	tei	Noun		younger relative.
110	toa	Noun, Adjective		courageous.
111	toe	Adverb
112	tou	Pronoun
113	tua	Noun		Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de tuer.
114	tui	Noun		Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
115	ua	Noun, Adverb		present tense marker.
116	ufi	Noun
117	ula	Noun
118	uli	Noun, Adjective		taro sprouts.
119	ulu	Noun
120	uma	Adjective
121	umi	Adjective
122	umu	Noun		A traditional Māori pit oven, in which (suitably wrapped) raw food is lain on a base of heated stones.
123	uo	Noun
124	uso	Noun	/[ˈʊ.so]/	pith (the soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees).
125	uta	Noun		Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
126	vae	Noun		Initialism of variational autoencoder.
127	vai	Noun		water (clear liquid H₂O).
128	vao	Noun
129	vī	Noun		Spondias dulcis, ambarella or Otaheite apple.

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