Samoan — top 365 words

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#	Samoan	English
1		to row, to paddle
2		to love
3		to go
4		to smoke (give off smoke)
5		to lick
6		to thank
7		to lower
8		to embarrass
9		to count
10		to shoot
11		to get scared
12		to want to do something
13		to choose, to pick
14		to pick, to choose
15		to spread, to strew
16		to work
17		to smoke a pipe
18		to spot, to notice
19		to drink
20		to step
21		to throw
22		to fish by torchlight
23		to be absent, there is no
24		to fly
25		to be on guard
26		to whirl or swing around
27		to hear
28		to ferment
29		to travel, to journey
30		to blow, to be windy
31		to die
32		to keep, to hold
33		to dream
34		to sleep
35		to rape a sleeping woman
36		to defeat
37		to be well, to rest
38		to breathe
39		to be cracked
40		to live, to be alive
41		to die
42		to punch, to hit
43		to jump
44		to dance
45		to move forward
46		to illuminate
47		to suck
48		to be moist
49		to roll, to drive
50		to cry
51		to tell, to recount
52		to bury
53		to cook, to bake
54		to wring out
55		to care for
56		to dive
57		to pull, to drag
58		to chase
59		to broil, to boil
60		to grow
61		to write
62		to strike, hit
63		to wring out
64		to push, to shove
65		to be numerous
66		to bustle
67		to become pregnant
68		to elope
69		to be obstinate
70		to dig
71		to cut
72		August
73		Friday
74		Monday
75		Tuesday
76		Sunday
77		Thursday
78		Saturday
79		February
80		September
81		December
82		root
83		Polynesian cress
84		daughter
85		fishing line
86		cyclone, hurricane
87		bundle of fish
88		correct behaviour
89		turmeric
90		ghost, spirit
91		noble
92		aloe
93		tattler (bird)
94		termite
95		day
96		day
97		son
98		liver
99		cantaloupe, muskmelon
100		god, deity
101		jack mackerel
102		unmarried girls, wives of untitled men
103		passage through a coral reef
104		map
105		fa'afafine
106		tomboy
107		banana
108		woman
109		bottle gourd, bottle
110		stingray
111		talking chief, orator
112		pandanus, woven mat
113		bread
114		house
115		bathroom
116		shop, store
117		hospital
118		hut
119		church
120		wife of a chief
121		land, Earth
122		nail (metal)
123		shelf
124		heart
125		cottonwood hibiscus
126		octopus
127		star
128		competition, get-together
129		policeman
130		oar, paddle
131		assembly of headmen
132		egg
133		whisk (talking chief symbol)
134		flower
135		feather
136		flu, influenza
137		tree of genus Barringtonia
138		hen's egg
139		argument, dispute
140		language
141		wave
142		tern, noddy
143		ipil tree
144		ceremonial humiliation process
145		name
146		bone
147		fish
148		grammar
149		cabbage
150		cake
151		cricket (game)
152		guitar
153		coffee
154		committee
155		cucumber
156		goose
157		kangaroo
158		gallon
159		sky, heaven
160		fly (insect)
161		log drum
162		lake
163		color
164		warning
165		leaf
166		table, tray
167		tongue
168		lavalava
169		turmeric powder
170		radio
171		voice, sound
172		arm, hand
173		ant
174		candy, sweets
175		church service
176		hole, pit
177		wolf
178		barn owl
179		dove, pigeon
180		fermented fruit meal
181		machine, engine
182		queen
183		muscle
184		eye
185		headman, chief
186		ax
187		heron
188		parent
189		mountain
190		seat of emotions
191		thing, object
192		mail
193		chicken, fowl
194		ocean, deep sea
195		bed
196		cockroach
197		island
198		dolphin
199		flying fish
200		male tattoo
201		lung
202		beauty
203		moon, month
204		fishhook
205		knife
206		mosquito
207		tooth, tusk
208		coconut
209		stonefish
210		noni
211		rainbow
212		newspaper
213		leopard
214		old woman, grandmother
215		sand
216		crab
217		pie
218		bucket
219		balloon
220		coconut pudding
221		cattle, beef
222		pig
223		cowrie, shell
224		puletasi (two-piece dress)
225		rubber, latex
226		box
227		prisoner
228		white person (clipping)
229		election, vote
230		night
231		swordfish
232		science
233		skirt
234		barracuda
235		fantail (bird)
236		lorikeet
237		sailor
238		cent
239		century
240		state
241		tapa cloth
242		cigarette
243		scone, muffin
244		grey hair
245		mustard
246		cheese
247		female soa (envoy)
248		chocolate
249		horse
250		sauce
251		sausage
252		spaghetti
253		one
254		three
255		four
256		six
257		seven
258		eight
259		nine
260		ten
261		hundred
262		hello
263		goodbye
264		goodbye, life (greeting)
265		please
266		thank you very much
267		yes
268		I (subject pronoun)
269		I, me
270		you (singular)
271		he, she
272		we (exclusive)
273		we (inclusive)
274		you (plural)
275		they
276		good
277		bad
278		big, large
279		small
280		hot
281		cold
282		new
283		old
284		red
285		blue
286		green
287		white
288		black
289		yellow
290		painful, sore
291		hungry
292		thirsty
293		poor
294		rich
295		tall, long
296		short
297		far
298		near
299		morning
300		afternoon
301		evening
302		night
303		today
304		yesterday
305		year
306		week
307		boy, child
308		girl
309		father
310		mother
311		brother (of a woman)
312		sister (of a man)
313		sibling (same sex)
314		wife
315		husband
316		lady
317		person, man
318		parent, elder
319		children, offspring
320		family
321		village
322		homeland
323		sea, ocean
324		water
325		forest
326		sun
327		rain
328		waterfall
329		animal, bird
330		dog
331		cat
332		money
333		work, industry
334		school
335		teacher
336		children
337		paper
338		boat, canoe
339		wharf
340		road, way
341		car
342		airplane
343		my (o-class possessive)
344		all, every, entirely
345		nation, country
346		forest, bush
347		taro
348		nice, beautiful, lovely
349		ancestor
350		month; moon
351		to eat
352		to teach, to learn
353		opinion, thought, idea
354		to remember
355		song; to sing
356		time
357		to talk, to converse, to chat
358		to speak; speech, language
359		inside, within
360		meal, food
361		respect; respectful
362		usual, ordinary, familiar
363		speech, oratory
364		way, path, method
365		important; war