PA, v.i. 1. to explode, to burst, of tyres, balloons, etc. 2. go off as a gun. 3. to be barren, of women; `o le pa o le fanaia.

PA, n. 1. a wall, a fence. 2. an explosion; not able to produce children.

PA'A, n. a crab. lana pa'a.

PA'A'A, adj. 1. bone dry,crisp like leaves. 2. rough, bullying.

PA'E'E, adj. thin, skinny, of people. pl. pa'e'e'e. see TINOVALE.

PA'ELA, v.i. to miss, to throw and miss, shoot and miss etc. also ELA, `Ua paela lau togi.

PAELO, n. barrel. keg. lana paelo.

PA'EPA'E, adj. white. pl. papae.

PA'EPA'EMA, adj. pure white.

PA'I, v.i. to touch, to reach to, to arrive at. pl. papai, pass. paia. see TAGO.

PA'IA, adj. to be holy, to be sacred, to be dignified.

PAIE, adj. to be lazy.

PAO, n. a thuddling noise, a chopping, or hammering noise.pl. pa'o'o. pass. paotia. see PISA.

PAO - to stop.

PAOA, n. power, lona paoa. see UILA; MANA.

PAOLO, n. shade, lona paolo.

PAU, v.i. to be as far as; to reach to, be bounded by. pau mai i Savaii, as far as Savaii. pau mai Savaii pau mai Manua, from Savaii to Manua.

PAU LAVA, expression. just because, that's just the way it is, nothing can be done about it. also PAU A.

PA'U, n. 1. skin, of a person or animal. 2. bark of a tree. lona pau.

PA'U, v.i. 1. to fall, to fall down. 2. to be bankrupt. 3. to commit fornication or adultery. pl. pauu pass. see GAU. 4. to reduce price.

PAULI, adj. maroon, reddish purple.

PAUNA, n. a pound (in weight)

PAUNI, n. a pound, (money - $2.80). lana pauni.

PAGA, interj. how annoying! too bad; what a shame!how sad!

PAGA, n. partner

PAGATIA, v.t. to be troubled, to be in distree, to be unfortunate.

PAGOTA, n. a criminal, a prisoner.

PAKETE, n. a bucket, a pail. lana pakete.

PALA, adj. 1. completely rotten. 2. ripe, of bananas, fa'i pala. see PULA.

PALA'AI, adj. cowardly. pl. palaaai.

PALA'AI, n. a coward.

PALAPALA, n. mud. palapala o le auala; blood.

PALAPALA, adj. muddy, dirty, filthy see ELEELEA.

PALAUVALE - to swear.

PALASI, v.i. to fall down, to drop down. (more violent than pa'u). see PAU.

PALE, n. 1. a crown,a wreath for the head, a headdress. 2. a reward. lona pale. see TAUI.

PALU, v.t. to mix with the hands as `ava, to knead. pass. palua.

PALUSAMI, n. native food, taro leaves cooked with coconut cream.

PAMU, v.t. to pump. lana pamu.

PENISINA, n. chalk, lana penisina, my chalk. penisina.

PAPA, adj. flat, of anything that you flatten our as siapo, cloth etc.

PAPA, n.l. a large of flat rock. papa o le fanua. see MAA. 2. a sitting mat.

PAPA, n. Kingship

PAPAU, adj. to be shallow. pass. paulia. ant.LOLOTO.

PAPALAGI, n.a white person. also PALAGI. (sky bursters)

PAPATISO, v.t. to babtize pass papatisoina.

PAPATISOGA, n. baptism, lona papatisoga, which he baptize.

PASI, v.t. to pass, to graduate from school. pass.pasia.

PASI, n. a bus. la tatou pasi, which we ride in, lana pasi, which he drives.

PATA, n. butter, lana pata. Name of a species of banana.

PATE, n. 1. a bat used for hitting something. lana pate. 2. a girl who has lost his or her

virginity, a non virgin.

PATE, n. 1. name of a garden plant. 2. small wooden `drum' lana pate. see TAGIPALAU.

PATI, v.t. to clap one's hands. redup. patipati.

PATO, n. a duck, lana pato.

PATO, a person with swollen neck glands.

PATUPATU, adj. lumpy.

PE, interrogative particle. see PO.

PE, conj. or whether .. or.

PE, adj. 1. to be dead, of animals or plants. 2. to be low or out, of hte tide. 3. to be asleep or numb, of legs, arms etc. 4. out, as in baseball. pl. pep_. see OTI MATE, SUA.

PEA, adv. continually, still, has the meaning of `go ahead, do it anyway', or `don't stop'. fai pea, keep doing it. see SAGA, ATILI, SO'O.

PE'A, n. 1. a large fruit eating bat, a flying fox. 2. a tatoo.

PE'APE'A - n. a swallow (bird).

PEAU, n. a wave in the ocean. peau o le sami. syn. GALU.

PE'EPE'E, n. coconut cream.lana peepee.

PEI, v.i. like, as, e pei ona ou fai, as I do. e pei o le matagi. like the wind. see PEISEAI.

PE FAAPE'_, adj. `what does it look like? pe faapei lona foliga? what does he look like?

PEISEA'I, v.i. as though, as if. see PEI.

PEITA'I, conj. but, yet, but yet, nevertheless. see AE PEITAI.

PELE, adj. dear, beloved.

PELE n. a pack of playing cards. v.i. Sa pel_ le aiga. The family played cards.

PELE, n. a loved one, a beloved or dear person, a sweetheart, lana pele.

PELE, n. a green leaf plant whose leaves can be cooked as vegetable.

PELEUE, n. a coat. lona peleue.(PELAUE)

PELU, n. a sword, a bush knife, lana pelu. also SAPELU. see NAIFI.

PELUPELU, n. small fish

PENIUTU, n. a fountain pen. lana peniutu.

PE NI A FA `OE? expression. What is your opinion?

PENINA, n. a pearl. lana penina.

PENITALA, n. a pencil. lana penitala.

PEPE, n. 1. a baby, lana pepe. 2. a miller or a butterfly.

PEPELO, n. a lie. lana pepelo.

PEPELO, v.i. to lie, pass. pelogia.

PERAIMERI, n. the Primary section of the school.

PERETANIA, n. 1. Britain. 2. an Englishman.

PERENISE, n. prince.

PERITOMEINA, adj. to be circumcised.

PEROFETA, n. a prophet, o le perofeta a le Atua. o le perofeta o le nuu.

PESE, v.t. to sing a song. pl. pepese.

PESE, n. a song. lana pese.

PESI, v.i. 1. to beat upon, to blow, as of the wind. 2. to spread or come with force, as an epidemic.

PETI, adj. fat, of animals not humans. pl. pepeti. see PUTA.

PETI, v.i. to bet, to gamble.

PETI, a bet.

PI'ILIMA, v.i. to fold ones' arms.

PI'ITIA, adj. stick to; endorse.

PI'IMAU, v.i. to hold fast, to stick fast to something as to good things. the right see PIPII MAU.syn. UUMAU.

PI'O, adj. 1. crooked (in one place) 2. piopio, crooked here and there, all over. 3. dishonest.

PILI, n. a lizard. see MOO.

PIPII, v.i. to stick to something to adhere. pass. piitia.

PIPILI, adj. crippled, lame, disabled in one's limbs.

PIPISI, adj. to be infectious, to be contagious. v.t. to blow out water through the mouth.

PISA, v.i. to make unnecessary noise, as in talking or shouting.

PISA, n. a noise made by people, a confusion of voices. la latou pisa. syn. PISAO;

PISAPISAO; an outcry, a shouting. see PAO.

PISI, v.i. to splash. pass. pisia.

PISIA, v.t. passive. 1. to be infected, as with a contagious diseas. 2. to be influenced by an evil example. 3. to be stained.

PITO, n. the end of an object, such as a stick. lona pito.

PITO ANE, prep. next to. Nofo pito ane i le toeaina.Sit next to the old man.

PO, interrogative particle used before some verbal particles to form a question. used before ua, `o, `o loo. e.g. Po o fea le tusi? Where is the book?

PO, conj. or, whether, (between nouns. pronouns, etc.) see PE. e.g. O ai e matua o le tama po o le teine?

PO, v.t. 1. to slap. 2. to clap with clapped hands. to be blind.

PO, n. 1. night. see AO; POULIULI. 2. a slap.

PO'A, adj. male (of animals) povi po'a, a bull.

POI, n. dessert made of ripe bananas and coconut cream.

POU,n. an upright post, pou o le fale.

PO'U, n. a skin ulcer. lona po'u. a scaby.

POULIULI, adj. dark (lacking light) ignorant, heathen).

POULIULI, n. darkness ignorance, lona pouliuli. see PO; POGISA; MALAMALAMA.

POGAI, v.i. to come from the original . see MAFUA.

POGISA, n. darkness ignorance, lona pouliuli. see POULIULI.

POLA, n. 1. the blinds (pola sisi) of a Samoan house. 2. thatch woven from coconut leaves (not

lau) 3. the coarse mats (pola vai) laid directly on the pebbles, made of coconut leaf.

POLE - North Pole, South Pole.

POLE, n. buoy.

POLO, n. a ball; knife, syn. AGAESE, NAIFI

POLO, n. chilli plant

POLOA'I, v.i. to command.

POLOA'IGA, n. a command, commandment. lana poloaiga, which he gave, lona poloaiga, which he received. see FAATONUGA.

POLOGA, n. a slave. see NOFO POLOGA.

POLOKA, v.i. to be blocked, obstructed, n. a block of wood, butter, ice.

PONA, n. 1. a fault. 2. a knot (in wood) 3. a joint 4. a lump.lona pona.

PONA, adj. faulty.

PONAIVI, n. a bone, a bone joint. lona ponaivi.

POPO, n. a mature coconut, copra. lona popo.

POPO, v.t. to bounce and catch the ball.

POPOLE, v.i. to worry, to be anxious. pass. polegia.

POPOLE, n. a worry, lona popole.

POTO, adj. intelligent, having knowledge, smart, well informed. see ATAMAI.

POTO, n. knowledge, wisdom learning, poto aoaoina. experience. poto masani. lona poto.

POTOPOTO, v.i. to gather together, to assemble, see FAAPOTOPOTO; AOFIA.

POTOPOTOGA, n. a gathering, an assembly. la latou potopotoga. see FAAPOTOPOTOGA.

POTU, n. a room. lona potu.

POVI, n. a cow, cattle. lana povi.

PU, v.i. to have a hole in. faapu, to make a hole in. n. a trumpet.

PUA'A, n. a pig.

PUA'I, v.i. to vomit.

PUAO, n. a mist.

PUAPUAGA, n. distress, affliction, torment, mental of physical. lona puapuaga, see PUAPUAGATIA; TUATUVALE; MALA.

PUAPUAGATIA, adj. distressed, pained, tormental.

PU'E, v.t. 1. to catch, to seize, to capture. 2. to take a picture, to record (or tape of disc). pass puea.

see SAPO.

PU'E, n. cluster of plants

PU'U - to swallow.

PUIPUI, v.i. 1. to protect. 2. to shut off, to enclose to shut out. Sa latou faia le pa e puipui ai le o

mai soo o tagata.

PUIPUI, n. a partition, a wall, see PUPUNI.

PU'UPU'U, adj. short of time, stature, length. pl. pupuu. see umi.

PULA, adj. ripe of fruit, vegetables, etc. see MOTO; PALA; OTA. n. type of taro.

PULATO'A, v.i. to gaze, to stare. see TULIMATAI.

PULE, v.i. to rule, to have authority. pass. pulea, see TAUPULE.

PULE, n. name of a shellfish

PULE, n. authority,power. lana pule see MANA.

PULE'AGA.

PULEA, v.t. to be governed.

PULEGA, n. a group of people in authority, a residency. (this is a collective noun, pulega o le a'oga - administration of the school.

PULELAA, n. a pulpit.

PULEPULE, v.i. to conspire, to decide secretly. see TAUPULE.

PULEPULE, adj. spotted. see TUSITUSI.

PULOU, n. a hat, a cap. lona pulou.

PULOU, v. oven covered with banana leaves.

PULU, n. 1. chewing gum 2. glue. 3. bullet. 4. the husk of a coconut, pulu o le niu.

PULU, n. mulberry tree

PULU `_'_, n. a bomb

PULU KAMU, n. bubble gum.

PULUVAGA, n. a mediator.

PUNA, v.i. to bubble as water, to boil, to spring. n. a swelling in the groin.

PUNAVAI, n. a spring or fountain of water. o le punavai o le nuu. see VAI PUNA.

PUNOU, v.i. to bow the head. pl. punonou, see IFO.

PUPULA, v.i. 1. to shine, to glow, pl. fepulafi, etc. 2. to stare at idly. see `I'ILA.

PUPUNI, n. a curtain,cloth or veil hung as a partition to make privacy or keep out light.

PUPUNI, v.t. 1. to close (of a curtain) see TAPUNI. 2. to forbid, to deny permission. pass. punitia.

PUSA, v.t. 1. to prepare and light an umu. 2. to smoke as the burning of green leaves not to smoke itself. see ULAULA.

PUSA, n. a box, a chest.

PUTA, adj. fat, of people. pl. puputa, see LAPO'A;

PETI.

PUTE, n. the navel.