Samoan	English
alo	to row, to paddle
alofa	to love
alu	to go
asu	to smoke (give off smoke)
eto	to lick
fa'afetai	to thank
fa'amaulalo	to lower
fa'amā	to embarrass
faitau	to count
fana	to shoot
fefe	to get scared
fia	to want to do something
fili	to choose, to pick
filifili	to pick, to choose
fola	to spread, to strew
galue	to work
ifi	to smoke a pipe
iloa	to spot, to notice
inu	to drink
la'a	to step
lafo	to throw
lama	to fish by torchlight
leai	to be absent, there is no
lele	to fly
leoleo	to be on guard
lia'i	to whirl or swing around
logo	to hear
mafu	to ferment
malaga	to travel, to journey
matagi	to blow, to be windy
mate	to die
mau	to keep, to hold
miti	to dream
moe	to sleep
moetotolo	to rape a sleeping woman
mālō	to defeat
mālōlō	to be well, to rest
mānava	to breathe
māvaevae	to be cracked
ola	to live, to be alive
oti	to die
pani	to punch, to hit
puna	to jump
siva	to dance
solo	to move forward
sulu	to illuminate
susu	to suck
sū	to be moist
ta'avale	to roll, to drive
tagi	to cry
tala	to tell, to recount
tanu	to bury
tao	to cook, to bake
tatau	to wring out
tausi	to care for
tofu	to dive
toso	to pull, to drag
tuli	to chase
tunu	to broil, to boil
tupu	to grow
tusi	to write
tā	to strike, hit
tāu	to wring out
tūlei	to push, to shove
veve	to be numerous
vevesi	to bustle
āfuafua	to become pregnant
āvaga	to elope
'a'a	to be obstinate
'oso	to dig
'oti	to cut
Aokuso	August
Aso Faraile	Friday
Aso Gafua	Monday
Aso Lua	Tuesday
Aso Sa	Sunday
Aso Tofi	Thursday
Aso To'ana'i	Saturday
Fepuari	February
Setema	September
Tesema	December
a'a	root
a'atasi	Polynesian cress
afafine	daughter
afo	fishing line
afā	cyclone, hurricane
afī	bundle of fish
agatonu	correct behaviour
ago	turmeric
aitu	ghost, spirit
ali'i	noble
aloe	aloe
alomalala	tattler (bird)
ane	termite
ao	day
aso	day
atali'i	son
ate	liver
atiu	cantaloupe, muskmelon
atua	god, deity
atule	jack mackerel
aualama	unmarried girls, wives of untitled men
ava	passage through a coral reef
fa'afanua	map
fa'afāfine	fa'afafine
fa'atama	tomboy
fa'i	banana
fafine	woman
fagu	bottle gourd, bottle
fai	stingray
failāuga	talking chief, orator
fala	pandanus, woven mat
falaoa	bread
fale	house
fale ta'ele	bathroom
fale'oloa	shop, store
falema'i	hospital
faleo'o	hut
falesā	church
faletua	wife of a chief
fanua	land, Earth
fao	nail (metal)
fata	shelf
fatu	heart
fau	cottonwood hibiscus
fe'e	octopus
fetū	star
fiafia	competition, get-together
fitafita	policeman
foe	oar, paddle
fono	assembly of headmen
fua	egg
fue	whisk (talking chief symbol)
fuga	flower
fulu	feather
fulū	flu, influenza
futu	tree of genus Barringtonia
fuāmoa	hen's egg
fīnauga	argument, dispute
gagana	language
galu	wave
gogo	tern, noddy
ifilele	ipil tree
ifoga	ceremonial humiliation process
igoa	name
ivi	bone
i'a	fish
kalama	grammar
kapisi	cabbage
keke	cake
kirikiti	cricket (game)
kitara	guitar
kofe	coffee
komiti	committee
kukama	cucumber
kusi	goose
kāgalū	kangaroo
kālone	gallon
lagi	sky, heaven
lago	fly (insect)
lali	log drum
lano	lake
lanu	color
lapata'iga	warning
lau	leaf
laulau	table, tray
laulaufaiva	tongue
lavalava	lavalava
lega	turmeric powder
leitiō	radio
leo	voice, sound
lima	arm, hand
loi	ant
lole	candy, sweets
lotu	church service
lua	hole, pit
luko	wolf
lulu	barn owl
lupe	dove, pigeon
masi	fermented fruit meal
masini	machine, engine
masiofo	queen
maso	muscle
mata	eye
matai	headman, chief
matau	ax
matu'u	heron
matuā	parent
mauga	mountain
mauli	seat of emotions
mea	thing, object
meli	mail
moa	chicken, fowl
moana	ocean, deep sea
moega	bed
mogamoga	cockroach
motu	island
mumua	dolphin
mālolo	flying fish
mālōfie	male tattoo
māmā	lung
mānaia	beauty
māsina	moon, month
mātau	fishhook
naifi	knife
namu	mosquito
nifo	tooth, tusk
niu	coconut
nofu	stonefish
nonu	noni
nuanua	rainbow
nusipepa	newspaper
nāmeri	leopard
olamatua	old woman, grandmother
oneone	sand
pa'a	crab
pai	pie
pakete	bucket
paluni	balloon
palusami	coconut pudding
povi	cattle, beef
pua'a	pig
pule	cowrie, shell
puletasi	puletasi (two-piece dress)
pulu	rubber, latex
pusa	box
pāgotā	prisoner
pālagi	white person (clipping)
pālota	election, vote
pō	night
sa'ulā	swordfish
saienisi	science
sakete	skirt
sapatū	barracuda
sau	fantail (bird)
sega	lorikeet
seila	sailor
sene	cent
senituri	century
setete	state
siapo	tapa cloth
sikareti	cigarette
sikoni	scone, muffin
sina	grey hair
sinapi	mustard
sisi	cheese
soafafine	female soa (envoy)
sokalate	chocolate
solofanua	horse
sosi	sauce
sosisi	sausage
supoketi	spaghetti
tasi	one
tolu	three
fā	four
ono	six
fitu	seven
valu	eight
iva	nine
sefulu	ten
selau	hundred
tālofa	hello
tōfā	goodbye
soifua	goodbye, life (greeting)
fa'amolemole	please
faafetai tele lava	thank you very much
ioe	yes
ou te	I (subject pronoun)
a'u	I, me
oe	you (singular)
ia	he, she
mātou	we (exclusive)
tātou	we (inclusive)
outou	you (plural)
i lātou	they
lelei	good
leaga	bad
tele	big, large
la'ititi	small
vevela	hot
malulu	cold
fou	new
tuai	old
mumu	red
lanumoana	blue
lanumeamata	green
pa'epa'e	white
uliuli	black
samasama	yellow
tigā	painful, sore
fiaai	hungry
fia inu	thirsty
mativa	poor
mauoa	rich
umi	tall, long
puupuu	short
mamao	far
latalata	near
taeao	morning
aoauli	afternoon
afiafi	evening
po	night
asō	today
ananafi	yesterday
tausaga	year
vaiaso	week
tama	boy, child
teine	girl
tamā	father
tinā	mother
tuagane	brother (of a woman)
tuafafine	sister (of a man)
uso	sibling (same sex)
avā	wife
tāne	husband
tama'ita'i	lady
tagata	person, man
matua	parent, elder
fanau	children, offspring
'āiga	family
nu'u	village
lotoifale	homeland
sami	sea, ocean
vai	water
vaomatua	forest
la	sun
timu	rain
afu	waterfall
manu	animal, bird
maile	dog
pusi	cat
tupe	money
gaosiga	work, industry
aoga	school
faiaoga	teacher
tamaititi	children
pepa	paper
va'a	boat, canoe
uafu	wharf
auala	road, way
taavale	car
vaalele	airplane
lo'u	my (o-class possessive)
uma	all, every, entirely
atunu'u	nation, country
vao	forest, bush
talo	taro
manaia	nice, beautiful, lovely
tuaa	ancestor
masina	month; moon
'ai	to eat
a'oa'o	to teach, to learn
manatu	opinion, thought, idea
manatua	to remember
pese	song; to sing
taimi	time
talanoa	to talk, to converse, to chat
tautala	to speak; speech, language
totonu	inside, within
taumafataga	meal, food
fa'aaloalo	respect; respectful
masani	usual, ordinary, familiar
lauga	speech, oratory
ala	way, path, method
taua	important; war