CEFR Level
C1
Samoan — Advanced Vocabulary
34 words
Can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognize implicit meaning.
| # | Word | Type | IPA | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai se a | Suinauna | ||
| 2 | e aunoa ma | Sofa'i | ||
| 3 | fa'a-le-agāga | Fa'auiga | spiritual. | |
| 4 | fa'afuase'i | Fa'auiga | Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly. | |
| 5 | fa'ai'uga o vāiaso | Nauna | The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries… | |
| 6 | fa'amaulalo | Veape | To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to… | |
| 7 | faamolemole | Nauna | Someone who is not of noble rank. | |
| 8 | faaparataiso | Fa'auiga | Of or resembling paradise. | |
| 9 | faasaienisi | Nauna | ||
| 10 | faʻapiʻopiʻo | Nauna | ||
| 11 | feiloai mulimuli ane | Fuaiupu | see you later. | |
| 12 | foto (of stingrays) | Nauna | The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything w… | |
| 13 | fune (of breadfruit) | Nauna | In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things. | |
| 14 | i aso uma | Fa'aveape | ||
| 15 | i le va | Sofa'i | ||
| 16 | i tala atu | Fa'aveape | ||
| 17 | kolokotaila | Nauna | Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order C… | |
| 18 | lanu mea mata | Fa'auiga | ||
| 19 | laulaufaiva | Nauna | ||
| 20 | leai se mea | Suinauna | Not any thing; no thing. | |
| 21 | maile aivao Ausetalia | Nauna | A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo). | |
| 22 | Manuia le Kerisimasi | Fuaiupu | Used to express good wishes on or before Christmas Day. | |
| 23 | manuia le po | Fuaiupu | A farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep. | |
| 24 | manuia le taeao | Fa'a'au | Used as a greeting when meeting someone for the first time in the morning. | |
| 25 | o le fea | Fa'auiga | ||
| 26 | o le pi | Nauna | ||
| 27 | pikuku kekemoko tramoleningo | Veape | To discern an overall pattern from a mass of detail; to see the big picture, or the broader, more general situation. | |
| 28 | puna ifo tausaga | Nauna | A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, Februar… | |
| 29 | sáhpánfálli | Nauna | ||
| 30 | tau-aŋavale | Fa'auiga | Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is lo… | |
| 31 | taule'ale'a | Nauna | young man. | |
| 32 | tu'ulafoa'i | Veape | To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. | |
| 33 | tutu i afi | Veape | To cause to begin to burn. | |
| 34 | tutu le afi | Veape | To cause (something) to be on fire; to set (something) alight. |