NA, pron, he, she, it, used before the verb. generally, but not always used only with transitive verbs. see IA.

NA, verb particle signifying the past tense. generally denotes an action or state of shorter duration than does sa. Na alu i Apia le pasi. The bus went to Apia.

NA, adj. those (near the person spoken to) see LENA.O fa'i na - those bananas.

NA, v.t. 1. to quiet or hush a child 2. to hide or conceal something 3. to keep an unpleasant thing or situation from public knowledge. a;sp nana, faana.

NA, adv. only, when followed by a verb the form na `ona is used. Ahe can only lie down but cannot sleep. E na ona mafai ona taoto i lalo ae le mafai ona moe. When followed by a noun or pronoun the form na `ona'is used. Only Samu can go. Na o Samu e mafai ona alu.

NA'A, n. net for catching pigeon

NAI, prep. from. out (from inside) of. see MAI.

NAI, article. plural of si. plural article, has the force of diminishing or expressing affection for, or the meaning of `a few' nai mea, few things.

NAIFI, n. a knife, lana naifi. se PELU. AGAESE.

NA ONAPO, n. those days.

NAUA, adv. exceedingly, extravagantly.

NAUMATI, adj. to be lacking of water, to be destitute, to be dry.

NAUNAU, v.i. to desire earnestly. see MANA'O. to long for.

NAUNAU, adv. exceedinly. tele naunau mea ai. lots of food.

NAUNAUTA'I, v.i. to desire earnestly.

NAMU, n. 1. a mosquito. 2. lime or whitewash. lana namu.

NAMU, v.i. to smell, to have an odor, to smell of, as namu mea mu. see MANOGI.

NANA, v.t. to hide or conceal something, to keep something from public knowledge.

NANEI, adv. after a while.

NANU, v.i. 1. to stutter. 2. to speak a foreign language. e.g. English

NEI, adj. these. see LENEI.

NEI, adc. now.

NE'I, adv. lest, nei alu o ia, lest he go.

NENEFU, adj. to be dim, to be indistinct, to be blurred. syn. FAANENEFU.

NI, article. some, any, plural of se.

NIU, n. 1. the coconut tree, niu of le faatoaga. 2. an immature coconut. lana niu. see POPO.

NIFO, n. a tooth, an animals horn lona nifo.

NILA, n. a needle. lana nila.

NIMO, v.i. to be out of sight. `Ua vave ona nimo atu le vaalele. The plane was quickly out of sight.

NI NAI, article. some few, a few.

NINI, v.t. to apply ointment etc. to the skin

NINI'I, adj. small. see LILI'I.

NINIVA, adj. dizzy, light- headed, giddy, sickish, nauseated.

NISI, (NI ISI), adj. some other, other, any others. see ISI.

NOANOA, v.t. to bind or tie up, pass. noanoatia, syn. SAISAI.

NOANOAGA, n. bonds (of rope, etc) fastenings, something with which or by which one is bound. noanoaga a Satani, Bonds of Satan.

NOFO, v.i. 1.to sit. 2. to remain. 3. to live (at a certain location) see ALAALA.

NOFOA, n. a chair,lona nofoa.

NOFO AITALAFU, v.i. to be indebted. Tatou te nonofo aitalafu i le Atua. We are indebted to God.

NOFOAAFI, n. a railroad train. lona nofoaafi, on which he rides, lana nofoaafi, which he governs the use of.

NOFOAIGA, n. a reign (of a king etc).

NOFOAGA, n.a dwelling place, a place to sit. o lou nofoaga.

NOFO FAAPOULIULI, v.i. to live together out of wedlock. also NOFO PO.

NOFONOFOVALE, v.i. to sit idly, to sit around wasting time.

NOFOPOLOGA, v.i. to be a slave, to be enslaved.

NOFO SAUNIA, v.i. to be prepared.

NOFOSALA, v.i. to be under condemnation.

NOFO-TANE, v.i. to take a husband. see FAIAVA; FAAIPOIPO.

NONO, v.t. to borrow. also NO. see FAANOI.

NONOA, v.t. to tie, (of ropes knots, etc) to knot.

NONOA, n. a knot, a lashing.

NOVEMA, n. the month of November.

NUANUA, n. a rainbow.

NU'U, n. 1. a village. 2. a people lona nuu. see TAGATA.

NUSIPEPA, n. newspaper. lana nusipepa.

NUTI, v.t. to break in very small pieces. pl. nunuti.

NUTIPALA, v.t. to crush to dust. pass. nutipalaina. also NUTI MOMOMOINA.