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

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