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Samoan — Upper Intermediate Vocabulary

95 words

Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics.

#	Word	Type	IPA	Definition
1	'avapuhi	Noun		shampoo ginger, Zingiber zerumbet.
2	'elefane	Noun	/ʔe.leˈfa.ne/
3	'epikopō	Noun
4	afa fine	Noun
5	agaleaga	Adjective
6	agavaivai	Adjective
7	aisakulimi	Noun		ice cream.
8	alomalala	Noun		tattler (bird).
9	ekalesia	Noun		the church (a Christian religious organization).
10	fa'afafine	Noun		fa'afafine (a biologically male person who behaves as a female socially).
11	fa'afanua	Noun		geography.
12	fa'afatama	Noun		synonym of fa'atama.
13	fa'afetai	Verb
14	fa'alupega	Noun		ceremonial salutation composed of the list of local courtesy titles.
15	fa'amanū	Noun
16	fa'amatai	Noun
17	fa'atama	Noun		a tomboy; more generally, a biologically female person who behaves as a male socially.
18	failauga	Noun		talking chief; orator.
19	fale falaoa	Noun
20	fale ta'ele	Noun
21	falelalaga	Noun		weaving bee.
22	falema'i	Noun
23	faleoloa	Noun		shop, store.
24	fasefulu	Adjective
25	fe'aina'i	Verb		to eat quickly.
26	filifili	Verb		to judge; to decide.
27	fitafita	Noun		policeman.
28	fitusefulu	Adjective
29	gagana fa'aaloalo	Noun		special vocabulary used when speaking respectfully, often when addressing chiefs.
30	i lagi	Preposition
31	ivasefulu	Adjective
32	kapeneta	Noun
33	lapataiga	Noun
34	lava-lava	Noun, Verb
35	lavalava	Noun		An everyday item of clothing traditionally worn by Polynesians and other Oceanic peoples, consisting of a single rectang…
36	lialiaʻi	Verb		to whirl something around.
37	limasefulu	Adjective
38	lua lau	Noun
39	luasefulu	Adjective
40	ma'anunu	Noun		A tree species of the family Rubiaceae, Tarenna sambucina var. sambucina.
41	ma'oma'o	Noun		Gymnomyza.
42	manuali'i	Noun
43	matalafi	Noun	/ˌma.ta.ˈla.fi/	Wedges used to tighten sennit fastenings of a canoe.
44	matapapa'e	Noun		Zosterops sp., especially Zosterops samoensis (Samoan white-eye).
45	māvaevae	Noun
46	mea faitino	Noun
47	moetotolo	Noun
48	mogamoga	Noun		cockroach.
49	nofoaafi	Noun
50	nusipepa	Noun		newspaper.
51	olamatua	Noun		grandmother.
52	onosefulu	Adjective
53	palusami	Noun		coconut pudding wrapped in leaves.
54	papalagi	Noun, Adjective		foreigner.
55	pe'ape'a	Noun
56	pereketa	Noun
57	perofeta	Noun
58	piʻopiʻo	Noun, Adjective		meandering (of rivers etc).
59	puletasi	Noun		two piece dress.
60	sefulu fā	Adjective
61	sefulu fitu	Adjective		seventeen.
62	sefulu iva	Adjective
63	sefulu lima	Adjective
64	sefulu lua	Adjective
65	sefulu ono	Adjective
66	sefulu tasi	Adjective
67	sefulu tolu	Adjective
68	sefulu valu	Adjective
69	seki a	Interjection		cool, great, excellent, the best, wonderful (popular Samoan exclamation).
70	silisili	Noun, Adjective, Adverb		very much; muchly.
71	soafafine	Noun		female soa.
72	soga'imiti	Noun		A Samoan male who has completed the traditional pe'a tattoo.
73	solofanua	Noun
74	supoketi	Noun		spaghetti.
75	ta ilo	Noun		search me.
76	tala fou	Noun
77	tamafafine	Noun
78	tamai pato	Noun
79	tamaoaiga	Noun
80	tamatane	Noun
81	tau'anave	Noun		A tree, Cordia subcordata.
82	ti'otala	Noun		kingfisher.
83	tolusefulu	Adjective
84	tuafafine	Noun		female relative of a male who belongs to the same generation.
85	tulafale	Noun		talking chief; orator.
86	tulilima	Noun
87	tusitala	Noun		author, writer.
88	tutumalili	Noun
89	uila afi	Noun		motorcycle.
90	umu sa	Noun		sacred oven brought to a newly completed house.
91	vaʻalele	Noun
92	valusefulu	Adjective
93	vaomatua	Noun
94	vasavasa	Noun		whistler (bird).
95	volipolo	Noun		volley-ball.

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