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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 or  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. 

FITIUTA

Faalupega o Fitiuta

Afio Galea’i, o le na mua i ao, o le vaimagalo, o le tamaitai o le ao, o le se’e talaluma, o le ilamutu o puapuaga, ma o ia foi o le Pulefano.

Susu le Faleifa o le Alofi o Amoa (Moaaliitele, Tofele, Poumele ma Tauiliili)

Susu Ma’opu (Moeteitei, Paopao, Nunu ma Ale)

Maliu mai Suafa nu’u, o Sa Matuafaiga, o e na uluai tuia upu o le maota (Filiupu, Logoa’i, Ve’e ma Ale)

Susu Usoalii (Alii uma o le nuu)

Maliu mai le fetalaiga i le tootoo o le Faleula – tauaitu (Laapui, Sega, Taaga, Malaie)

Mamalu mai Lefolasa ma le aumaga paia.

MALAEFONO

Faleula
Vaiamutei
Malaeovavau

 MAOTA O ALII

Galea’i             -           (1)        Pule i Nu’utu
                        -           (2)        Tutu
                        -           (3)        Faleula

Tofele               -                       Pesega

Poumele           -           (1)        Fotu o Vaatiu
                                    (2)        Falefau

Moaaliitele        -           (1)        Tufu o le Mataafa
                                    (2)        Mutiatele

 IGOA IPU A ALII

Galea’i             -           (1)        O le na mua i ao, aumaia faatupu fealofani
                        -           (2)        Le malama i Saua, aumaia pule i ao

Tofele               -           Pule aoaoa

SAOTAMAITAI

Galeai               -           Tauaveave
Tofele               -           Laulauga
Poumele           -           Pafuti
Moaaliitele        -           Falenaoti
Tauiliili  -           Iliganoa

 IGOA IPU A SAOTAMAITAI

E tapa fua

 SAOAUMAGA

Folasa

 IGOA IPU A SAOAUMAGA

E tapa fua

 SAVALI

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 TOGA

Alavatualua
Matumaivai
Afimutasi i le matasaua

LAGI

E lagi i faalupega