CEFR Level
B2
Samoan — Upper Intermediate Vocabulary
246 words
Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics.
| # | Word | Type | IPA | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'Aikupito | Nauna | A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo. | |
| 2 | 'avapuhi | Nauna | An Asian and Polynesian plant related to ginger, Zingiber zerumbet, whose inflorescence contains a substance used as a s… | |
| 3 | 'elefane | Nauna | /ʔe.leˈfa.ne/ | A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia. |
| 4 | 'epikopō | Nauna | ||
| 5 | 'ese'esega | Nauna | The quality of being different. | |
| 6 | 'Iselani | Nauna | An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe. | |
| 7 | 'Iukureini | Nauna | A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv. | |
| 8 | ae a | Fa'a'au | Indicates enthusiastic agreement. | |
| 9 | afa fine | Nauna | ||
| 10 | agaleaga | Fa'auiga | ||
| 11 | agavaivai | Fa'auiga | ||
| 12 | aisakulimi | Nauna | A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured. | |
| 13 | alomalala | Nauna | tattler (bird). | |
| 14 | aso nei | Fa'aveape | On the current day or date. | |
| 15 | bonudatra | Nauna | A person (often male) who is believed to ward off witchcraft and heal through magical powers; a shaman. | |
| 16 | e aʻao | Veape | ||
| 17 | e leai | Fa'aveape | ||
| 18 | e savali | Veape | To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more… | |
| 19 | ekalesia | Nauna | Any religious group or place of worship; a temple. | |
| 20 | eleʻelea | Fa'auiga | ||
| 21 | fa'afafine | Nauna | fa'afafine (a biologically male person who behaves as a female socially). | |
| 22 | fa'afanua | Nauna | geography. | |
| 23 | fa'afatama | Nauna | synonym of fa'atama. | |
| 24 | fa'afetai | Veape | An expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given. | |
| 25 | fa'afetai fo'i | Fuaiupu | Used to acknowledge thanks; ritual reply to “thank you”. | |
| 26 | fa'agata | Nauna | Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease. | |
| 27 | fa'alupega | Nauna | ceremonial salutation composed of the list of local courtesy titles. | |
| 28 | fa'amalama | Nauna | An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building… | |
| 29 | fa'amanū | Nauna | ||
| 30 | fa'amatai | Nauna | ||
| 31 | fa'atama | Nauna | a tomboy; more generally, a biologically female person who behaves as a male socially. | |
| 32 | fa'atasi | Fa'aveape | At the same time, in the same place; in close association or proximity. | |
| 33 | faatafafa | Fa'auiga | Having a tendency to flirt often. | |
| 34 | faatau atu | Veape | ||
| 35 | faatau mai | Veape | ||
| 36 | fagupa'u | Nauna | A flexible, saclike bottle, usually made of rubber, intended to be filled with hot water and placed on some part of the… | |
| 37 | faʻa molemole | Veape | ||
| 38 | faʻafanua | Nauna | A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other featur… | |
| 39 | faʻafetai | Nauna | ||
| 40 | faʻalava | Fa'auiga | Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat. | |
| 41 | faʻalogo | Veape | ||
| 42 | faʻapefea | Fa'aveape | ||
| 43 | faʻatali | Veape | ||
| 44 | faʻatasi | Fa'aveape | ||
| 45 | faʻatāugā | Nauna | Severe pain or anguish, of mind or body. | |
| 46 | faʻatoaga | Nauna | ||
| 47 | fai'titili | Nauna | The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt. | |
| 48 | fai'toto'a | Nauna | A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may ha… | |
| 49 | faia'ina | Veape | To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc). | |
| 50 | faigofie | Fa'auiga | ||
| 51 | failauga | Nauna | talking chief; orator. | |
| 52 | faitotoʻa | Nauna | ||
| 53 | fale falaoa | Nauna | A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold. | |
| 54 | fale ta'ele | Nauna | ||
| 55 | falelalaga | Nauna | weaving bee. | |
| 56 | falema'i | Nauna | A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given… | |
| 57 | falemeli | Nauna | ||
| 58 | faleoloa | Nauna | An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual esta… | |
| 59 | faletupe | Nauna | A branch office of such an institution. | |
| 60 | fasefulu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic… | |
| 61 | fasi povi | Nauna | ||
| 62 | fasipovi | Nauna | The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food, or a food designed to replicate its taste and texture (like plant-b… | |
| 63 | fatugaʻo | Nauna | An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine. | |
| 64 | fe'aina'i | Veape | to eat quickly. | |
| 65 | feinu mafaia | Nauna | A utensil for watering plants, consisting of a container with a handle and long spout, the spout sometimes being fitted… | |
| 66 | fesoasoani | Veape | ||
| 67 | fi'afi'a | Nauna | A myrtaceous tree (Syzygium malaccense) native to Malaysia and Australia, or the fruit of this tree. | |
| 68 | fia 'ai | Fa'auiga | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. | |
| 69 | fia inu | Fa'auiga | ||
| 70 | filifili | Veape | to judge; to decide. | |
| 71 | fitafita | Nauna | policeman. | |
| 72 | fitusefulu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabi… | |
| 73 | fua moa | Nauna | ||
| 74 | fufulu suavai | Nauna | A cream that moisturises the skin. | |
| 75 | fulufulu suka | Nauna | Heated sugar spun into thin threads and collected into a mass, usually on a stick. | |
| 76 | gagana fa'aaloalo | Nauna | special vocabulary used when speaking respectfully, often when addressing chiefs. | |
| 77 | gagana Sāmoa | Nauna | The Samoan language. | |
| 78 | gagana spaniolo | Nauna | A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas. | |
| 79 | gasegase | Fa'auiga | ||
| 80 | ʻaualiʻi | Nauna | A tropical tree grown for its edible fruit, almondlike nuts, and as an ornamental shade tree, Terminalia catappa. | |
| 81 | ʻausaʻalo | Nauna | A stool equipped with a spike attached to a handle, used for manual grating or scraping of meat inside a coconut kernel… | |
| 82 | i lagi | Sofa'i | ||
| 83 | i lalo | Sofa'i | ||
| 84 | i suiga | Fa'auiga | Extremely conservative; opposing revolution (such as the French Revolution); favoring a return to a "golden age" of the… | |
| 85 | i totonu | Fa'aveape | Inside, into, or within a building. | |
| 86 | ivasefulu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic… | |
| 87 | kapeneta | Nauna | ||
| 88 | koma liliu | Nauna | The Hawaiian apostrophe-like letter (ʻ ) used to indicate the glottal stop consonant. | |
| 89 | komipiuta | Nauna | A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can… | |
| 90 | kukapala | Nauna | Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo. | |
| 91 | lāʻau tautauʻofu | Nauna | A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human… | |
| 92 | laʻitiiti | Fa'auiga | ||
| 93 | laitiiti | Fa'auiga | ||
| 94 | lanu moana | Fa'auiga | ||
| 95 | lanu mumu | Nauna | The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (b… | |
| 96 | lapataiga | Nauna | ||
| 97 | latalata | Fa'aveape | ||
| 98 | laupapa fa'ase'e | Nauna | A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves. | |
| 99 | lausefulu | Fa'auiga | ||
| 100 | lava-lava | Nauna, Veape | ||
| 101 | lavalava | Nauna | An everyday item of clothing traditionally worn by Polynesians and other Oceanic peoples, consisting of a single rectang… | |
| 102 | le aso | Fa'aveape | ||
| 103 | lialiaʻi | Veape | to whirl something around. | |
| 104 | limasefulu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one. | |
| 105 | limu sami | Nauna | Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp. | |
| 106 | lua lau | Nauna | The cardinal number occurring after one hundred ninety-nine and before two hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals a… | |
| 107 | luasefulu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one. | |
| 108 | luasefulu fa | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number immediately following twenty-three and preceding twenty-five. | |
| 109 | luasefulu fitu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number immediately following twenty-six and preceding twenty-eight. | |
| 110 | luasefulu iva | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number immediately following twenty-eight and preceding thirty. | |
| 111 | luasefulu lima | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number immediately following twenty-four and preceding twenty-six. | |
| 112 | luasefulu lua | Fa'auiga | The number after twenty-one and before twenty-three. Represented in Arabic digits as 22. | |
| 113 | luasefulu ono | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number immediately following twenty-five and preceding twenty-seven. | |
| 114 | luasefulu tasi | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after twenty and before twenty-two, represented in Roman numerals as XXI and in Arabic num… | |
| 115 | luasefulu tolu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number immediately following twenty-two and preceding twenty-four; 23. | |
| 116 | luasefulu valu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number immediately following twenty-seven and preceding twenty-nine. | |
| 117 | ma'anunu | Nauna | A tree species of the family Rubiaceae, Tarenna sambucina var. sambucina. | |
| 118 | ma'oma'o | Nauna | Gymnomyza. | |
| 119 | mafanafana | Fa'auiga | Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfo… | |
| 120 | maʻalili | Fa'auiga | Having a low temperature. | |
| 121 | malamalama | Veape | ||
| 122 | manuali'i | Nauna | ||
| 123 | manulele | Nauna | ||
| 124 | matafaga | Nauna | ||
| 125 | matagofie | Fa'auiga | ||
| 126 | matalafi | Nauna | /ˌma.ta.ˈla.fi/ | Wedges used to tighten sennit fastenings of a canoe. |
| 127 | matapapa'e | Nauna | Zosterops sp., especially Zosterops samoensis (Samoan white-eye). | |
| 128 | matematika | Nauna | An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between… | |
| 129 | maualuga | Fa'auiga | ||
| 130 | mauga mū | Nauna | A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle… | |
| 131 | māvaevae | Nauna | ||
| 132 | mea faitino | Nauna | ||
| 133 | moetotolo | Nauna | ||
| 134 | mogamoga | Nauna | cockroach. | |
| 135 | moli meleke | Nauna | The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or y… | |
| 136 | moli tipolo | Nauna | A yellowish citrus fruit. | |
| 137 | moli Toga | Nauna | The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or y… | |
| 138 | mulimuli | Veape | ||
| 139 | mulimuli ane | Fa'aveape | ||
| 140 | musumusu | Veape | To address in a whisper, or low voice. | |
| 141 | netipolo | Nauna | A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by pa… | |
| 142 | nofoaafi | Nauna | ||
| 143 | nusipepa | Nauna | newspaper. | |
| 144 | olamatua | Nauna | grandmother. | |
| 145 | ole a | So'oupu | ||
| 146 | onosefulu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic n… | |
| 147 | paʻepaʻe | Fa'auiga | ||
| 148 | palanikeke | Nauna | A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting. | |
| 149 | palusami | Nauna | coconut pudding wrapped in leaves. | |
| 150 | papalagi | Nauna, Fa'auiga | foreigner. | |
| 151 | parataiso | Nauna | A very pleasant place, such as a place full of lush vegetation. | |
| 152 | paʔepaʔe | Fa'auiga | Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light. | |
| 153 | pe fia | Fa'aveape | ||
| 154 | pe'ape'a | Nauna | ||
| 155 | peʻepeʻe | Nauna | A thick white liquid produced by soaking the white inner flesh of the seed of the coconut in water and straining. It is… | |
| 156 | penitala | Nauna | A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sha… | |
| 157 | pepa puipui | Nauna | Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings. | |
| 158 | pereketa | Nauna | ||
| 159 | peresetene | Nauna | The head of state of a republic. | |
| 160 | perofeta | Nauna | Someone who speaks by divine inspiration. | |
| 161 | piʻopiʻo | Nauna, Fa'auiga | Not straight; having one or more bends or angles. | |
| 162 | platipusi | Nauna | A semiaquatic monotreme from eastern Australia with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail… | |
| 163 | pogipogi | Nauna | The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period. | |
| 164 | polofesa | Nauna | A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank. | |
| 165 | pona fite | Fa'auiga | In good faith; sincere; without deception or ulterior motive. | |
| 166 | pona fitesi | Nauna | Good, honest intentions. | |
| 167 | puletasi | Nauna | two piece dress. | |
| 168 | pulou aitu | Nauna | A fungus producing such fruiting bodies. | |
| 169 | pulu Arapi | Nauna | An edible substance taken from one of two species of sub-Saharan acacia trees, Senegalia senegal and Vachellia seyal, us… | |
| 170 | purinise | Nauna | The (male) ruler or head of a principality. | |
| 171 | purinisese | Nauna | A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. | |
| 172 | sagasaga | Nauna | A tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant of the species Coix lacryma-jobi (family Poaceae), native to southeast Asi… | |
| 173 | saʻoloto | Fa'auiga | ||
| 174 | sāmasama | Fa'auiga | Of a hue attributed to Far East Asians, especially the Chinese. | |
| 175 | sanasana | Nauna | A tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant of the species Coix lacryma-jobi (family Poaceae), native to southeast Asi… | |
| 176 | sefulu afe | Fa'auiga | ||
| 177 | sefulu fā | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen. | |
| 178 | sefulu fitu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic num… | |
| 179 | sefulu iva | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numer… | |
| 180 | sefulu lima | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16). | |
| 181 | sefulu lua | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numera… | |
| 182 | sefulu ono | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman nume… | |
| 183 | sefulu tasi | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits. | |
| 184 | sefulu tolu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three. | |
| 185 | sefulu valu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic… | |
| 186 | sefulutasi | Fa'auiga | ||
| 187 | seki a | Fa'a'au | cool, great, excellent, the best, wonderful (popular Samoan exclamation). | |
| 188 | selesele | Veape | To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine. | |
| 189 | silisili | Nauna, Fa'auiga, Fa'aveape | very much; muchly. | |
| 190 | soafafine | Nauna | female soa. | |
| 191 | soga'imiti | Nauna | A Samoan male who has completed the traditional pe'a tattoo. | |
| 192 | solofanua | Nauna | A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work. | |
| 193 | suʻisuʻi | Veape | ||
| 194 | sukalati | Nauna | A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans. | |
| 195 | supoketi | Nauna | spaghetti. | |
| 196 | ta ilo | Nauna | search me. | |
| 197 | ta'alili | Nauna | The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt. | |
| 198 | ta'aloga ta'avale | Nauna | A leisure establishment, freely open to the public, containing a variety of coin-operated devices, some of which are for… | |
| 199 | tagata fa'ase'e | Nauna | A person who rides a surfboard. | |
| 200 | tagata oti | Nauna | A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal. | |
| 201 | tagata taatele | Nauna | A member of the common people who holds no title or rank. | |
| 202 | taʻavale | Nauna | … | |
| 203 | tainasoa | Nauna | Any extinct reptile, not necessarily belonging to Dinosauria, that existed between about 230 million and 65 million year… | |
| 204 | tala fou | Nauna | Information about current events disseminated by the media. | |
| 205 | tamafafine | Nauna | ||
| 206 | tamai pato | Nauna | ||
| 207 | tamaimai | Nauna | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb. | |
| 208 | tamaitiiti | Nauna | ||
| 209 | tamaoaiga | Nauna | ||
| 210 | tamatamaʻi | Nauna | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb. | |
| 211 | tamatane | Nauna | ||
| 212 | tamateine | Nauna | ||
| 213 | tatau lava | Veape | To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sen… | |
| 214 | tau'anave | Nauna | A tree, Cordia subcordata. | |
| 215 | taufaafefe | Fa'auiga | Causing fear or anxiety. | |
| 216 | taugofie | Fa'auiga | ||
| 217 | taumafai | Veape | ||
| 218 | taumatau | Fa'aveape | ||
| 219 | tele milionea | Nauna | A person whose net worth is multiple million dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency. | |
| 220 | televise | Nauna | An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound. | |
| 221 | terorisi | Nauna | A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals. | |
| 222 | teti pea | Nauna | A plush toy in the shape of a bear. | |
| 223 | ti'otala | Nauna | kingfisher. | |
| 224 | toʻatasi | Fa'auiga | ||
| 225 | tolusefulu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30. | |
| 226 | tu'afale | Nauna | A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence. | |
| 227 | tuafafine | Nauna | female relative of a male who belongs to the same generation. | |
| 228 | tulafale | Nauna | talking chief; orator. | |
| 229 | tulilima | Nauna | ||
| 230 | tusifolau | Nauna | An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person f… | |
| 231 | tusitala | Nauna | A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer". | |
| 232 | tusitusi | Fa'auiga | Having stripes, decorated or marked with bands differing in color. | |
| 233 | tutumalili | Nauna | ||
| 234 | ufimata kesi | Nauna | A covering for the face with a filter to protect the user from poison gas. | |
| 235 | uiga fa'a-Ausetalia | Nauna | A pizza topped with bacon and pineapple (or sometimes ham), eggs, and often also onion. | |
| 236 | uila afi | Nauna | motorcycle. | |
| 237 | umu sa | Nauna | sacred oven brought to a newly completed house. | |
| 238 | vaʻa lele | Nauna | ||
| 239 | vaʻalele | Nauna | A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings. | |
| 240 | vai taele | Nauna | A pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed. | |
| 241 | vaiolini | Nauna | A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin… | |
| 242 | vaituloto | Nauna | ||
| 243 | valusefulu | Fa'auiga | The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Ara… | |
| 244 | vaomatua | Nauna | ||
| 245 | vasavasa | Nauna | whistler (bird). | |
| 246 | volipolo | Nauna | volley-ball. |