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Pages in category "Samoan words and phrases" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ' ʻAiga;
Samoan (Gagana faʻa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa, pronounced [ŋaˈŋana ˈsaːmʊa]) is a Polynesian language spoken by Samoans of the Samoan Islands.Administratively, the islands are split between the sovereign country of Samoa and the United States territory of American Samoa.
Samoan words and phrases (1 C, 39 P) Samoan-language films (4 P) Songs in Samoan (1 P) Pages in category "Samoan language" ... This list may not reflect recent ...
Samoan words and phrases (1 C, 39 P) Pages in category "Polynesian words and phrases" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The contemporary classification of the Polynesian languages began with certain observations by Andrew Pawley in 1966 based on shared innovations in phonology, vocabulary and grammar showing that the East Polynesian languages were more closely related to Samoan than they were to Tongan, calling Tongan and its nearby relative Niuean "Tongic" and ...
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Another Samoan salutation To life, live long! properly translated Ia ola! also echoes in places such as Aotearoa (New Zealand), where the formal greeting in Māori is Kia ora and in Tahiti (French Polynesia) where it is 'Ia orana. Talofa is also the greeting of the island of Lifou (New Caledonia), and of the island state of Tuvalu.
Palagi (pronounced IPA: [/'pɑːlʌŋiː/] – singular) or papalagi (plural) is a term in Samoan culture of uncertain etymology, sometimes used to describe foreigners. Papālagi~Pālagi is a word in the Samoan language describing non-Samoans, usually white foreigners of European or American descent. In Samoa the term is used to describe ...