CEFR Level
B1
Samoan — Intermediate Vocabulary
254 words
Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters.
| # | Word | Type | IPA | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'a'a | Verb | to be obstinate. | |
| 2 | 'afa | Noun | sennit coconut fiber. | |
| 3 | 'ailao | Noun | traditional demonstration of a warrior's prowess by dancing with knives. | |
| 4 | 'aisago | Verb | to eat with relish. | |
| 5 | 'anava | Noun | sharp club. | |
| 6 | 'ato | Noun | ||
| 7 | 'ava | Noun | ||
| 8 | 'oso | Noun | Stick used for planting taro. | |
| 9 | 'oti | Noun, Verb | ||
| 10 | 'ulo | Noun | ||
| 11 | 'ulu | Noun | breadfruit. | |
| 12 | 'Upolu | Noun | Upolu (an island of Samoa). | |
| 13 | ‘ārasi | Noun | ||
| 14 | a'afia | Adjective | ||
| 15 | a'atasi | Noun | Polynesian cress, Rorippa sarmentosa. | |
| 16 | afafine | Noun | ||
| 17 | afii | Noun | bundle of fish. | |
| 18 | afolau | Noun | longhouse (used for guests). | |
| 19 | afuafua | Verb | to become pregnant, conceive an idea. | |
| 20 | agatonu | Noun | correct behaviour. | |
| 21 | aiga | Noun | ||
| 22 | aitu | Noun | ||
| 23 | alelo | Noun | ||
| 24 | aleva | Noun | ||
| 25 | ali'i | Noun | ||
| 26 | aloe | Noun | ||
| 27 | alofa | Noun, Verb | ||
| 28 | asini | Noun | ||
| 29 | āsiosio | Noun | whirlwind, tornado. | |
| 30 | atafa | Noun | frigatebird. | |
| 31 | atali'i | Noun | ||
| 32 | atua | Noun | /a.tu.a/ | god (deity). |
| 33 | aualama | Noun | the social class of unmarried girls and wives of untitled men. | |
| 34 | aumaga | Noun | the social class of untitled men (mostly young men). | |
| 35 | avaga | Noun | man who elopes. | |
| 36 | fa'a | Preposition | in the manner of; in (a specified) fashion. | |
| 37 | fa'ama | Verb | ||
| 38 | fā'i | Noun, Verb | it is believed that. | |
| 39 | fafine | Noun, Adjective | ||
| 40 | fagu | Noun | bottle gourd or calabash, Lagenaria siceraria. | |
| 41 | faitino | Adjective | ||
| 42 | fala | Noun | a woven mat made from the leaves of the pandanus. | |
| 43 | falaoa | Noun | ||
| 44 | fale | Noun | house (abode). | |
| 45 | faleo'o | Noun | hut; beach fale; annex to a house. | |
| 46 | falesa | Noun | church (building used for religious worship). | |
| 47 | faletua | Noun | wife of a chief; first lady. | |
| 48 | fana | Noun, Verb | gun, riffle. | |
| 49 | fanua | Noun | ||
| 50 | fe'e | Noun | ||
| 51 | fefe | Verb | get scared. | |
| 52 | fiafia | Noun | competition; get-together. | |
| 53 | fiasili | Adjective | desiring to be paramount. | |
| 54 | fili | Verb | to choose, to pick. | |
| 55 | finauga | Noun | ||
| 56 | fitu | Adjective | ||
| 57 | fono | Noun | social class of headmen. | |
| 58 | fua'o | Noun | booby (bird). | |
| 59 | fuāmoa | Noun | poultry egg, hen's egg. | |
| 60 | fuga | Noun | /fu.ŋa/ | |
| 61 | gagana | Noun | ||
| 62 | galu | Noun | ||
| 63 | galue | Verb | ||
| 64 | gogo | Noun | tern; noddy. | |
| 65 | ʻanae | Noun | mullet (fish). | |
| 66 | ʻaoʻao | Noun | ||
| 67 | ʻatiu | Noun | cantaloupe, muskmelon - Cucumis melo. | |
| 68 | ʻofe | Noun | common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris). | |
| 69 | ʻoti | Noun | ||
| 70 | ʻupu | Noun | word, speech. | |
| 71 | ifilele | Noun | Intsia bijuga. | |
| 72 | ifoga | Noun | ceremonial humiliation process used to ask pardon. | |
| 73 | igoa | Noun | /ɪ.ˈŋo.a/ | |
| 74 | iloa | Verb | ||
| 75 | kāgalū | Noun | ||
| 76 | keke | Noun | ||
| 77 | kīsila | Noun | ||
| 78 | kitara | Noun | ||
| 79 | la'a | Verb | ||
| 80 | lā'au | Noun | ||
| 81 | lafo | Noun | cloth used as gratuity for a talking chief. | |
| 82 | lagi | Noun | sky (atmosphere above a point). | |
| 83 | lago | Noun | fly (insect). | |
| 84 | lāʻau | Noun | tree, stick. | |
| 85 | lāʻua | Pronoun | they two, those two. | |
| 86 | laititi | Adjective | ||
| 87 | lali | Noun | ||
| 88 | lano | Noun | lake (body of water). | |
| 89 | lātou | Pronoun | they (three or more). | |
| 90 | laulau | Noun | table or tray. | |
| 91 | leai | Interjection | ||
| 92 | lega | Noun | ||
| 93 | leitio | Noun | ||
| 94 | lelei | Adjective | ||
| 95 | lenei | Adjective, Pronoun | ||
| 96 | leoleo | Noun | ||
| 97 | liaʻi | Verb | to whirl or swing around. | |
| 98 | lialia | Noun | any form of noodle esp. vermicelli used to cook sapasui. | |
| 99 | lima | Adjective | ||
| 100 | logo | Verb | to listen (to pay attention to a sound). | |
| 101 | lole | Noun | jellyfish. | |
| 102 | lotu | Noun | a church service. | |
| 103 | luko | Noun | /ˈlu.ko/ | wolf (Canis lupus). |
| 104 | lulu | Noun | ||
| 105 | lupe | Noun | dove, pigeon. | |
| 106 | māʻua | Pronoun | ||
| 107 | maile | Noun | ||
| 108 | mala | Noun | ||
| 109 | malaga | Noun | travelling party. | |
| 110 | malie | Noun, Verb | ||
| 111 | malo | Noun | government. | |
| 112 | malofie | Noun | a male tattoo. | |
| 113 | mālōlō | Verb | To become well; to recover from illness. | |
| 114 | malu | Noun | female tattoo. | |
| 115 | māmā | Noun, Adjective | /maːˈmaː/ | light, of little weight. |
| 116 | manaia | Noun | ceremonial household heir apparent. | |
| 117 | mano | Adjective | ten thousand. | |
| 118 | manu | Noun | bird (animal). | |
| 119 | manu'ai | Noun | parrotfinch. | |
| 120 | manuki | Noun | ape; monkey. | |
| 121 | manusa | Noun | ||
| 122 | masi | Noun | meal of fermented ripe fruit from either ʻulu or bananas. | |
| 123 | masina | Noun | ||
| 124 | masiofo | Noun | wife of a Samoan paramount chief (tamaʻaiga). | |
| 125 | mata | Noun | ||
| 126 | matagi | Noun, Verb | to blow; to be windy. | |
| 127 | matai | Noun | headman; chief. | |
| 128 | matau | Noun | ||
| 129 | mātou | Pronoun | ||
| 130 | matu'u | Noun | ||
| 131 | matuā | Noun | any household elder. | |
| 132 | mauga | Noun | ||
| 133 | meli | Noun | ||
| 134 | miti | Noun | triller; starling. | |
| 135 | moavao | Noun | ||
| 136 | moni | Adjective | related by blood; biological. | |
| 137 | moso'oi | Noun | ylang ylang (Cananga odorata). | |
| 138 | muamua | Adjective | ||
| 139 | mumua | Noun | ||
| 140 | musu | Noun, Adjective | unwillingness. | |
| 141 | nāmeri | Noun | ||
| 142 | namu | Noun | ||
| 143 | nifo | Noun | tooth, tusk. | |
| 144 | nifoa | Adjective | toothed; having teeth. | |
| 145 | nonu | Noun | ||
| 146 | oloa | Noun | ||
| 147 | oneone | Noun | ||
| 148 | pa'a | Noun | ||
| 149 | pagotā | Noun | wrongdoer. | |
| 150 | pālagi | Noun, Adjective | foreigner. | |
| 151 | pani | Noun | ||
| 152 | papa | Noun | ||
| 153 | pato | Noun | ||
| 154 | pe'a | Noun | bat (flying mammal). | |
| 155 | pepe | Noun | butterfly. | |
| 156 | piʻo | Verb | bend, curve. | |
| 157 | piʻoga | Noun | ||
| 158 | pisupo | Noun | any canned food. | |
| 159 | po'a | Noun, Adjective | male animal. | |
| 160 | pola | Noun | blind used a retractable wall. | |
| 161 | potu | Noun | ||
| 162 | potumoe | Noun | ||
| 163 | poutu | Noun | column; post. | |
| 164 | povi | Noun | ||
| 165 | pua'a | Noun | /pu.ˈa.ʔa/ | |
| 166 | puaʻa | Noun | alternative spelling of pua'a. | |
| 167 | pule | Noun | ||
| 168 | pulu | Noun | rubber; flexible material made from coagulating natural latex of Funtumia elastica (pulu vao), Castilla elastica (pulu m… | |
| 169 | puna | Noun | spring of water. | |
| 170 | pusa | Noun | ||
| 171 | samala | Noun | ||
| 172 | sefulu | Adjective | ||
| 173 | sega | Noun | ||
| 174 | selo | Adjective | ||
| 175 | sene | Noun | a hundredth of a Samoan tala. | |
| 176 | siapo | Noun | ||
| 177 | sigano | Noun | The fragrant male flower of the pandanus. | |
| 178 | sikoni | Noun | ||
| 179 | sili | Verb, Adjective | best; highest; superior; noble. | |
| 180 | sina | Adjective | grey (referring to hair). | |
| 181 | sinapi | Noun | ||
| 182 | sisi | Noun | ||
| 183 | siva | Noun, Verb | ||
| 184 | so'a | Noun | crossbeam (horizontal pieces of wood in a house). | |
| 185 | solo | Verb | to move swiftly. | |
| 186 | susu | Noun | ||
| 187 | ta'i | Adverb | ||
| 188 | ta'i'o | Noun | shearwater. | |
| 189 | taavale | Noun | ||
| 190 | tafolā | Noun | ||
| 191 | tafolo | Noun | breadfruit pudding with coconut sauce. | |
| 192 | tagata | Noun | human being. | |
| 193 | tagī | Noun, Verb | to complain. | |
| 194 | tāʻua | Pronoun | ||
| 195 | tala | Noun | the currency of Samoa; tala. | |
| 196 | talie | Noun | Indian almond or tropical almond, Terminalia catappa. | |
| 197 | taliga | Noun | ||
| 198 | talo | Noun | ||
| 199 | tama | Noun | any household male of one's parent's generation. | |
| 200 | tamaʻi | Noun | ||
| 201 | tāne | Noun, Adjective | ||
| 202 | tānoa | Noun | large bowl for drinking kava. | |
| 203 | tanu | Verb | ||
| 204 | tapu | Noun, Adjective | ||
| 205 | tapui | Noun | hieroglyphic sign put on personal property to render it taboo to others. | |
| 206 | tasi | Adjective | ||
| 207 | tatau | Noun, Verb | to wring out (of a wet cloth, kava, coconut milk). | |
| 208 | tātou | Pronoun | ||
| 209 | taupo | Noun | ceremonial household princess. | |
| 210 | tausi | Noun, Verb | wife of a talking chief. | |
| 211 | tava'e | Noun | tropicbird. | |
| 212 | teine | Noun | ||
| 213 | tele | Adjective | ||
| 214 | tiale | Noun | ||
| 215 | timu | Noun | ||
| 216 | tinā | Noun | /tiˈnaː/ | |
| 217 | tino | Noun | body; torso. | |
| 218 | toa'ina | Noun | grandfather. | |
| 219 | toga | Noun, Adjective | /to.ŋa/ | Tonga (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania). |
| 220 | togo | Noun | ||
| 221 | toʻi | Noun | ||
| 222 | tolo | Noun | sugar cane. | |
| 223 | toloa | Noun | ||
| 224 | tolu | Adjective | ||
| 225 | toso | Verb | ||
| 226 | toto | Noun | /ˈto.to/ | |
| 227 | tuagane | Noun | male relative of a female who belongs to the same generation. | |
| 228 | tufuga | Noun | master builder. | |
| 229 | tulei | Verb | to push; to shove. | |
| 230 | tuli | Noun, Verb, Adjective | plover; sandpiper; curlew; godwit; whimbrel; small shorebird. | |
| 231 | tulivae | Noun | ||
| 232 | tuna | Noun | ||
| 233 | tunoa | Noun | kitchen (separate from the house). | |
| 234 | tupe | Noun | disk made from coconut used in game of throwing called lafoga. | |
| 235 | tupu | Noun | reigning king or queen. | |
| 236 | tusi | Verb | ||
| 237 | uafu | Noun | ||
| 238 | uati | Noun | ||
| 239 | uaua | Noun | thews and sinews. | |
| 240 | uʻamea | Noun | ||
| 241 | uliuli | Noun | ||
| 242 | umukuka | Noun | hut for the oven. | |
| 243 | va'a | Noun | canoe, sled. | |
| 244 | vaalele | Noun | ||
| 245 | vaiaso | Noun | ||
| 246 | valu | Adjective | ||
| 247 | vanu | Noun | ||
| 248 | vasa | Noun | ||
| 249 | ve'a | Noun | rail (bird). | |
| 250 | veve | Noun, Verb | /ˈve.ve/ | leaves placed over an oven as insulation. |
| 251 | vini | Noun | fruit tree (Otaheite gooseberry). | |
| 252 | vovo | Adjective | capable of doing something. | |
| 253 | vōvoga | Noun | use, point of doing sth. | |
| 254 | vulu | Noun |