SA, verb particles past tense, generally denotes an action or state of longer duration than does

na.

SA, adj. 1. to be holy, sacred 2.forbidden. see

FAASA; FAATAGA; TAGA. respect word

for canoe.

SAA - dwarf

SASAA - to pour.

SA'E, v.t. to capsize, to upset a boat.

SAEI, v.t. to tear, to rip. pass. saeia, see MASAE; SASAE. to skin a fish.

SA'EU, v.t. to stir, as koko. pass SAEUA.

SAI, n. a pig sty.

S_'I, adj. to be angry, accusing.

SA'ILI, v.i. to seek, to search for. redup. sailiili. pass. sailia. see SUESUE.

SAISAI, c.t. to bind together, to tie up, as aprisoner, pass. saisaitia. see NOANOATIA; NONOA.

SAITO, n. grain, wheat, lana saito.

SAO, v.i. to arrive safely, to escape danger, to enter a place where it is difficult. see FAASAO; LAVEAI. n. contribution.

SAO, v.t. to contribute for certain purpose.

SA'O, adj. 1. straight pl. sasao. 2. right, correct. see TONU.

SA'O, n. High Chief (family or village)

SAOFA'I, n. the ceremony and celebration of

conferring a title on a prospective chief. lana

saofai.

SAOFA'I, v. to sit cross legged flat on the floor.

SAOGAL_M_, v.i. to arrive safely, to be safe.

SAOG_TUPE, n. a collection of money for a special purpose. see LAFOGA;

TAULAGA.

SA'OLOTO, adj. free, not constrained,at liberty. see FAITALIA.

SA'OLOTOGA, n. freedom, liberty, free agency. lona saolotoga.

SAOSAOA, adj. swift. see VAVE.

SAU, v.i. to come. pl. o mai. see SUSU; AFIO;

MALIU.

SAU, sing. possesive pron. the indefinite form of the pronoun lau, your. sau mea, a thing of yours.

SAU, n. dew. o le sau o le po.

SA'U, singular possessive pron. the indefinite form of

the pronoun la'u. ny, mine.

SA'U, n. name of a fish

SAU_, adj. cruel. oppressive. also FAASAUA.

SAUAGA, n. persecution, cruelty oppression. lona

saua, which he suffered. lana sauaga, with

which he oppressed others.

S_UNI, v.t. to prepare. pass. saunia, see SAUNIUNI.

SAUNIA, adj. prepared, ready. see SAUNI.

SAUNIUNI, v.t. to prepare, to get ready. redup. of sauni. pass. saunia.

SAUNIGA, n. 1. a church service la tatou sauniga.

see LOTU; TAULAGA. 2. an ordinance, such as baptism. O le sauniga le faamanatuga, the ordinance of the

sacrament. 3. a ceremony.

SAUNIGA LOTU, n. a church service. la tatou sauniga lotu. see SAUNIGA.

SAUNOA, v,i, respect word, to give a speech.

SAUNOA, v.t. to waste food or money. v.t. to be

cruel. E saunoa i tamaiti.

SAUSAU, v.t. to sprinkle water.

SAUTE, n. South. syn. TOGA, see MATU; SASA'E; SISIFO.

SAGA, adv. 1. continually, unremittingly. see PEA; SOO; ATILI. Ia saga fai pea. 2. n. corn.

SAGA, n. corn

SAGOLE, v.i. to ransack (noisily but not with intent to steal). redup. sagolegole. see

VETE.

SAKA, v.t. to boil food.

SAKA, n. boiled food. lana saka.

SALA, n. 1. a fine. lona sala, with which he was

fined. lana sala, which he imposed. see

FAASALA. v.t. to trim a hedge.

SALAFALAFA, adj. flat, plane see.

MAFOLAFOLA

SALALAU, adj. scattered, spread about, see

FAASALALAU.

SALAMO, Psalm.

SALAM_, v.i. 1. to repent from sin. 2. to change one's mind with regard to a past or intended

action, thought, etc. on account of regret

or dissatisfaction. Sa ou faatau se ofu fou, ae mulimuli ane sa ou salamo ai.

SALAM_, n. repentence. lona salamo.

SALI, v.t. to scoop out, as with a knife, to cut coconut meat from the shell. pass. salia.

SALO - to squeeze out, to scrape

SALU, v.t. to sweep.

SALU, n. a broom. lana salu. syn. PULUMU.

SAMALA, n. a hammer, lana samala.

SAMA, yellow medicinal powder.

SAMASAMA, adj. yellow.

SAMI, n. 1. any body of sea water, deep, shallow or otherwise. see MOANA; VASA. 2. sea

water, (not called vai) see VAI. v.t. to celebrate a victory. sami le malo.

SANA, singular possessive pron. the indefinite form

of the pronoun lana, his, her, hers, its.

S_PATI, n. the Sabbath.

SAPASAPAI, v.t. to hold in the arms as a baby, pass. sapasapaia. also SAPAI.

SAPO, v.t. to catch something thrown or dropped.

pass sapoina.

SAPOGA - game of stones.

SASA, v.t. 1. to spank, to beat, to scourge. 2. to cut grass weeds bush, etc. pass. sasaina. see

FUE.

S_S_, n. popular Samoan dance

SASAA, v.t. to pour out. (from a vessel whose

opening is as large or larger than its other

diameters). pl. saati, see LIGI.

SASA'E, v.t. to tear, to rend. pass. saea, see SAEI; MASAE.

SASA'E, n. East.

SASA'E, v.t. to upset a canoe, to capsize. pass saena. syn. SAE. 2. to roll the stones of an oven in

order for baking. Sasa'e le umu.

S_TANI, n. Satan, the devil. see TIAPOLO.

S_VALI, v.i. to walk. pl. savavali. dim. savalivali.

S_VALI, n. a messenger, a message, an ambassador, lona savali, the message he received. lana

savali, the message be delivered. see FEAU.

SAVILI, n. a breeze, o savili o mauga.

SAVILIGIA, adj. breezy.

SE, article, a, an.

SE, relative pronoun. meaning one who, anyone who, anything that. see LE.

SE, v.i. to wander astray, see SESE.

SE, n. grasshopper.

SE _, interrogation a what? what?

SE_SE_, adv. seldom, rearely, once in a great while.

SE'E, v.i. to slip, to slide. pl. sese'e, redup. se'ese'e.

see MASEESEE; FAASEE. n. lady looking

after dead body of a person during

traditional ceremony.

SEEVAE, n. a shoe. lona seevae.

SEI, n. a flower in the hair. lona sei.

SE'I, imperative particle. let,let us, sei tatou o, lets go.

(It often implies `please' in the form of a request). see IA.

SE'I, v.t. to jerk, to snatch. pass. seia.

SE'IA, conj. until, til. used before verbs, seia uma, until finished. with nouns use seia oo i,

until. seia oo ia Aokuso, until August.

SE'I ILOGA or SE'ILOGA, conj. unless, except, see VAGANA.

S_OLI, n. hell, hades.

SEU, v.t. 1. turn a boat. 2. to snare, of pigeons etc. 2. to sweep from the air with nets. 3. to

interupt (a speech).

SEUSEU, v.t. to stir a liquid, mixture,solution, etc. see SAEU.

SEFULU, adj. ten.

SEFULUA'I, n. tithing, a tenth part lana sefuluai.

SELA, v.i. to be short winded, to pant.

SELAU, adj. hundred.

SELE, v.t. to cut, as the hair. see `OTI. 2. to shave. 3. to snare, to lasso. pass. selea.

SELE, n. a snare. also MATASELE.

SELEULU, n. scissors. lana seleulu.

SELENI, n. a shilling. lana seleni.

SELU, v.t. to comb. pass. selua.

SELU, n. a comb, lona selu.

SEMAN_, adv. 1. It looks as though, it probably

would have. Semanu e lavea le tamaitiiti i

le taavale. It looked as if the child would be

hit by the car. 2. Ana le timu, semanu ua ou

sau i le lotu. If it hadn't rained, I probably

would have come to church. Compare with

po ua. Ana le timu po ua ou sau i le lotu, I

would have .. no probably. about it.

SENE, n. a cent (US money) lau sene.

SESE, adj. 1. wrong, incorrect. 2. lost, astray.

SESEGA, v.i. to be dazzled, as by the sun. to look

pale.

S_TEMA, n. the month of September.

SIAPO, n. bark cloth, tapa. lana siapo, which she made. lona siapo. which she wears.

SI'I, v.t. 1. to raise, to lift. 2. to transfer, to change

assignments. 3. to quote, pass. siitia. redup.

siisii. n.a. presentation of fine mats etc to a

family involved in a faalavelave.

SI'OSI'O, v.t. to surround, pass. siomia.

SI'OSI'OMAGA, n. environment

SIOSIOMIA, adj. surrounded, encompassed about.

SI'USI'U, n. a tail, lona si'usi'u. (also called iu for

sharks and other big fish.

SI'UFOFOGA, n. respect word for the voice. syn.

LEO.

SILAFAGA, n. sight, lona silafaga.

SILAFIA, v.t. to see, to know, to be known. see

ILOA.

SILI, adj. best,greatest, most superlative egree. v.t. to put the sword in its sheath.

SILIGA, v.i. to be late, to arrive late. see TUAI.

SILISILI 'ESE, adj. almighty (used of Duty only).

SILISILI ESE, n. the Almighty.

SILIKA, n. silk.

SINA, adj. sina vai, some water, a little water.

SINA, adj. white, grey, of hair.

SINAPI, n. the mustard seed.

SINASINA, adj. brilliantly white. see PA'EPA'E.

SINI, n. 1. a goal. lona sini see TINI. 2. Sydney.

SIPA, adj. not level. tilted slanted, also

FAASIPASIPA.

SISI, v.t. to hoist, as a flag, to raise with a rope or

other tackle.

SISI, n. 1. cheese, 2. snail

SISIFO, n. the west. see MATU; SAUTE; SASAE.

SISINA, v.t. to drip, to drop down liquid.

SISIPENI, n. a sixpence.

SIVA, v,i, to dance. pl. sisiva.

SIVA, n. a dance, dancing.

SIKOA, n. 1. score - 20 articles, 2. tini, tatao le polo

i laloo le pou o le malae lakapi.

SOA'AI, v.t. to sneak or to snatch food, as between meals. (but not steal).

SOES_, adj. disagreeable, offensive, annoying.

SOES_, n. respect word for beard or moustache. syn. `AVA.

S_IA, v.i. to stop, to cease from. Don't do it.

SOIA, interj. stop it!

SOIFUA, v.i. respect word, to live. syn. OLA.

SOISOI, v.i. respect word, to laugh,to smile, see

ATA; ATAATA; TOE, to mock.

SOO, v.i. 1. to join, to bring together. pl. sosoo, pass.

sootia. 2. to have seen or gone around. Ua ou

soo i le nuu. I have seen (in the sense of

having been around) the village.

SO'O, n. combined party. O le so'o a aoga.

SOO, adv. repeatedly, often, frequently. see PEA.

SOO, n. a disciple, soo o Iesu.

SOO, adj. any, (always followed by) see soo se mea, anything. soo se aso, any day.

SO'ONA, adv. 1. any old way, anyhow, without care, without consideration, sloppily. 2. soona fiafia, very happy, exceedingly.

SO'ONA FAI, adj. done without care or

consideration, sloppily done, carelessly

done, done without restraint or scruple.

SO'OTAGA, n. a connection, a union (of two or more things), a medium of communication. lo la sootaga by which they are connected. lana

sootaga, which he caused. lona fesootaiga,

with which he is connected. syn. FESOOTAIGA.

SOU, sing. possessive pron. indefinite form of the pronoun your, lou.

SOUSOU or SOU, adj. rough, foaming, of the sea, see GALU; MALU.

SOGASOG_, v.i. to persevere in many things but can

be used to persevere in one particular thing.

Ia tatou sogasoga i le tausiga o poloaiga.

SOGASOG_,adj. persevering.

SOGI, v.t. to cut.

SOGI, v.i. to kiss, see FEASOGI.

SOGISOGI, v.i. to sniff at in order to know what it smells like. pass. sogitia.

SOLA, v.i. to run away, to flee, to escape. pl. sosola.

SOLE, interj. a friendly call to a boy or man. see

SUGA.

SOLI, v.i. 1. to tread on, to trample. 2. to transgress a law, to break a law. pass. solia.

SOLIG_T_L_FONO, n. a transgression.

SOLIVALEA, v.t. to tresspass, to enter without permission.

SOLO, v.t. to wipe, as with a towel. pass. soloina. syn. soloi.

SOLO, v.t. 1. to pass along, as a road or a line. Sa

solo ane tagata e faatalofa i le tupu. 2. to

slide or fall, as rocks in a landslide or a

rock wall. n. a rhyming verse.

SOLO, n. a towel.

SOLO, adv. along, from place to place. n.a.

procession.

SOLOI, v.t. to wipe, pass. soloia. syn. solo.

SOLOFANUA, n. horse.

SOLOMULI, v.i. to go backwards, to backslide, to retrogress. ant. ALUALU I LUMA.

SOLOSOLO, n. a handkerchief.lona solosolo. Name

of a village.

SOLO T_'ELE, n. a bath towel.

SONA, sing. possessive pron. indefinite form of the pronoun lona, his her, its, any of its.

SOPO, v.t. to cross over,to pass over. redup. sosopo. pass. sopoia. to travel on foot.

S_S_, v.i. 1. to draw near, to come a little closer, soso mai. 2. to move over, to go away a little, soso atu.

SOSO, adj. idiotic. poor quality of taro, etc.

SOSO'O, v.t. to connect, to join, to bring together, to bring two ends of something together. see SOO.

SOSOO, adj. next following this one.

SOSOPO, v.i. to speak or act rudely to somebody of higher rank.

SUA, v.t. to plough. pass. suatia. (ground-breaking

ceremony, sauniga o le suatia o le ele'ele).

SUA, adj. (sua le tai, to be high tide). high level. Sua le tai

SUA, adj. 1. to contain liquid, as a tank, well, etc. Ua sua le pakete? Does the bucket have water in

it? 2. to discharge matter, as an abscess.

(ma'i sua, a boil) pl. susua. n. presentation of food to a chief etc.

SUA, n. a juice or liquid of any kind as suavai, su_susu, suamoa, suaia. lana sua.

SU_U'U, n. oil, lana suauu.

SUAU'U PA'IA, n. consecrated oil. lana suauu paia.

SU_MALIE, adj. sweet, ant. oona.

SUAFA, n. respect word. name. lona suafa. syn.

IGOA.

SU_SUSU, n. milk. o le siasisi o le povi. lana suasusu, which he drank see SUSU.

SU_VAI, n. 1. water, syn. VAI o le suavai o le vaitafe.

2. respect word for food. lana suavai.

SU'E, v.t. 1. to search, to examine. 2. to give or take a test, pass. suea.

SUE, n. a sea fish

SUEGA, n. test, an examination. lana suega.

SU'ESU'E, v.i. to study, to search out, to do research. pass. suesuea.

SUI, v.t. 1. to change, to exchange, to substitute, to replace. 2. to dilute (also

FAASUAVAIA). pass suia. n. a

representative of someone or any organisation.

SUILAPALAPA, n. thigh.

SU'I LE NIU -to make a hole in the eye of the

coconut.

SU'ISU'I, v.t. to do needlework, or to sew.

SU_, n. a shovel, a spade. lona suo.

SUGA, interj. a friendly call to a girl or woman. see SOLE.

SULI, n. an heir.

SULU, v.t. 1. to take refuge,to resort to for help. 2. to wrap around and fasten, of an ie lavalava.

SULU, v.i. to fall down.

SULUFA'IGA, n. a refuge.lona sulufaiga.

SUNI, n. name of a sweet scented flower.

SUPAANIUETA or SUPA, - superannuation.

SUSU, n. 1. milk. syn. suasusu. lana susu, he drinks.

o le susu o le povi, the cow's milk. the

woman's breast. o le susu o le fafine.

SUS_, adj. wet. Faasusu, v. to wet.

SUSULU, v.i. to shine, to shed light, of the heavenly bodies.

SUSUNU, v.t. to burn up, to set fire to in order to destroy. pass. susunuina. see TAFU.

SUKA, n. sugar. lana suka.