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Pratt was the first person to document the Samoan language.He authored the first dictionary and grammar of the language, A Samoan Dictionary: English and Samoan, and Samoan and English; with a Short Grammar of the Samoan Dialect, published in 1862 by the London Missionary Society's Press in Samoa. [5]
The first grammar and dictionary of the Samoan language, A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan Vocabulary, was written by Reverend George Pratt in 1862. [17] Pratt's valuable Samoan dictionary records many old words of special interest, specialist terminology, archaic words and names in Samoan tradition.
The proverbs were collected and authored by Rev George Pratt, an English missionary from the London Missionary Society who lived in Samoa for 40 years, mostly in Matautu on the central north coast of Savai'i Island. [2] Following is a list of proverbs in the Samoan language and their meanings in the English language. Ia lafoia i le fogavaʻa tele.
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Pratt authored the first Samoan English language dictionary A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan Vocabulary, first printed in 1862. [10] Pratt's valuable dictionary records many old words of special interest–specialist terminology, archaic words and names in Samoan tradition.
Faʻa Sāmoa consists of the Samoan language, customs of relationships, and culture, that constitute the traditional and continuing Polynesian lifestyle on Samoa and in the Samoan diaspora. It embraces an all-encompassing system of behavior and of responsibilities that spells out all Samoans' relationships to one another and to persons holding ...
Tao is a word in Polynesian languages and can have a number of different meanings.. In Samoan and Māori, a tao is a long traditional wooden spear. [1]The word also has another meaning in the Samoan language; tao also means 'to bake' or 'roast' in a traditional oven made of hot rocks above ground.
ʻAiga is a word in the Samoan language which means 'family.' ʻAiga consists of a wider family group of blood and marriage or even adopted connections who all acknowledge the matai (head of the family).