CAUTION: There are no definitive salutations for villages. There are number of contentious salutations given the fluidity of in the ranking of some titles depending of the village and the context in which the salutations are being used. The salutations given here are a collection of salutations which you could abbreviate of improvise depending on the situation you are in. The salutations used here have been drawn from the records of Dr Kramer and the past Methodist missionaries. The main purpose here is to help you in handling a situation in which you have to acknowledge the saluations of the persons you are dealing with in a formal ceremonial environment

O FAALUPEGA O SAVAII

 

O LE FAASALELEAGA

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TAFUA

Tulouna a oe le Toiloto

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Taufasisina ma alaala matuatala

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Sa Fatatu

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Lau fetalaiga a Lemaota ma lau tofa a Le’ulu

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Lau Susuga a Nonu ma Salafaioti

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Lau Afioga a Mata’utia

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Sa Taeloa

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Lau Afioga a Tofa ma lau Susuga a Sa’u

   

Alaala mai ‘Ili ma Saea ma lau fetalaiga a Fitiuafau

Tulouna a oe Salafaitele

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Le Suafa o Galu ma le Autapa’au, ma lau fetalaiga a Poulava

O le Autapa’au: E faasino ia Salu ma Togafau.

     

SALELOLOGA

Tulouna a oe le Lologapule

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A oe le Faitoaga. Lave I manino, lave I A’ava

Afio mai lau Afioga a Luamanuvae

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Afioga a Muagututi’a

Susu mai lau Susuga a Su’a

Tulouna a lo outou to’afia, ma le Falesalafai

Afio mai Tinousi o le Ma’upu

 

 

SALELAVALU

Tulouna a sa Silafaiga ma le Malae

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Lau Susuga Su’a ma le Aumaga

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Lau Afioga Tusani ma le aiga sa Tusani

Tulouna a Taumaupu

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Sa Ve’ama ma le taufia

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Lau Susuga Su’a alii

 

IVA

Tulouna a oe le Sasulu

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Le nofo a Ituaiga

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Tinifu o le tagata o le ‘a’ava

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Usoalii Faafeagai

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Lau Tofa Le’au’anae

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Le Falefa o ou alo

   

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Lau Afioga a Magele

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Lau Afioga a Tagaileono ma le aiga sa Tagaileono

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Lau Afioga a Lelevaga

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Lau Afioga a Tofilau o le To’oto’oalii ( o le Tofa foi)

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Lau Afioga a Fonoti

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Lou tou aiga na iva a’I aiga o Malietoa

 

VAI’AFAI

Tulouna a oe Taulauniu

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Lau Susuga Le Tagaloa

Tulouna a Taito ma Leota

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Aitu tagata o Sae Fataloto

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Le fofoga fetalai o Moemai Lealiie’e

Tulouna le Lafaaua o lau fetalaiga a Olo’apu

 

VAISA’ULU

Tulouna a oe le Salemuliaga

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Le Muli’agalelei ma le To’ainafo

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Lau Afioga a Tuioti. Ma lau fetalaiga a Ti’a

 

LALOMALAVA

Tulouna a oe le Safuamua

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Le nofo a Ituaiga

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Lau Susuga le Gatoloaifaaana

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Usoalii

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Lau Afioga a Taito ma Tumanuvao ma Fe’auli’a

 

SAFUA

Tulouna a oe le Matua

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Oe le Faleono

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Lau fetalaiga a Tevaga o le Tapa’au fanua

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Lau Susuga a Soana’I ma Patane

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Lau susuga le Tuisafua

 

SAPAPALII

Tulouna a le matua o Mago

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Luasi’ufanua

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Le aiga o sa Malietoa

Susu mai le Papalii ma le ati Papalii

Susu mai lau Susuga Malietoa na faalogo I ai Samoa

Tulouna a le Alaalafaga a Usoalii

Susu mai To’oa, o Sa’o na lua I la outou Alaalafaga

Susu mai Seiuli ma Tuilaepa

 

 

SAFOTULAFAI

Tulouna a oe le Safotulafai

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Le Tufuga Pule

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Oulua na pule o lau fetalaiga a Tuilagi, ma Namulau’ulu

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Le Tufuga to’atama’I

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Le Aiga sa Alaalatoa

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Le Tufuga alofa

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Lau tofa Pa’u, ma lau tofa a Letufuga, ma Tuma’ai. Ma le Afioga a lo outou matua o Alaalatoa

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Lau Faatufugaga

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Afio mai Leilua ma le to’alima o ou alo, Tulouna Alo o Malietoa. Susu mai Moananu ma Taulapapa

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Oe na ‘aimalae, Fau’olo

 

TAPUELEELE

Tulouna a Ma’upu Tufuga, ma le lauti laulelei, ma le Vai na lepa

Afio mai lou Tapa’au o le tupu o Salafai

 

Afio mai lau Afioga a Tagaloatea

Alaala mai le nofo a ‘aufono, I le pau mai I Puna, pau mai I le pa I A’eauli

 

FAGA

Tulouna a oe le Faleaana

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Pini ma Vaisau

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a Tagata matua

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Laufiso ma Tapuala

Afifio mai Alii e toa ono o Le Faga

Afifio mai ia le aiga Taulagi

Afio mai Tooala, Ufagalilo, Unasa, Nonumalo, Sooa’emalelagi ma Leafinealii

Afifio mai Vaafusuaga ma Toleafoa

 

AMOA I SASA’E

Tulouna a oe Salemuliaga

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Le Pule a Le’u’u

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Lau Afioga a Tofa

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Lau Afioga a Vaafusuaga

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Lau Susuga a Su’a o le Ma’upu

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Lau Afioga a Toleafoa

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Lau fetalaiga a Segi, o le Matua fetalai

 

AMOA SISIFO

Tulouna a oe le Pule a Sealiimalietoa, ma lau fetalaiga a Malaeulu

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Oe Salemuliaga

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Oe le aiga sa Tuala

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Le Taauso o Matafeo ma Vaiouga, ma Peseta ma le Matua o Lemalu, ma lau Afioga a Vui

Susu mai I’iga o lo outou Ma’upu

Tulouna a Sau’ia ma Ugapo na fua ao ia Salemuliaga

O LE ITU-O-TANE

LEALATELE

Tulouna a oe Salemuliaga

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Tulafale o Tevaga ma Vaifale

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Lau Afioga Sala ma lau Falevalu

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Lau Susuga a Muli’agatele

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Lau Afioga Tuala ma lau Falesefulu

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Le Aiga sa Tuala

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Lau Afioga ‘Aualiitia