Literally, "Welcome to the house" (colloquial). Laoa is the name given to the residence/house/home of a talking high chief (Matai). A talking high chief is called a Tulafale/Fetalaiga/Tofa. Fetalai is speak/talk, hence the name Fetalaiga, a talker/speaker. If the high chief was an "Ali'i (Lord), then his residence is called "Maota". Laoa and Maote are the respectful ways of saying residence/house/home. So the most respectful way of translating your sentence is, "Welcome to the residence of ??? (then use the Matai name of the Tulafale/Orator.
O le tulafale - 2011 was released on: New Zealand: 6 October 2011 Australia: 17 November 2011 USA: 20 January 2012 (Sundance Film Festival) Luxembourg: 1 March 2012 (Luxembourg City Film Festival) USA: 20 April 2012 (San Francisco International Film Festival) Fiji: April 2013 (Fiji Student Film Festival)
it has been translated as into English as "relationship", more precisely proper relationships between two entities, e.g., brothers and sisters, parents and children, alii (chiefs) and tulafale (orators), etc.
Matai is translated as a high chief of a village/family.
Back in the old days...but now we dont, we have Matai (cheif) Tulafale (orator) Alii (high cheif)...high cheif is the highest ranking position in samoan goverment...but every village as a high cheif, they are like mayors but have more powers than mayors....a country high cheif is the head of the country....he is the high cheif of all cheif, but shall not abuse power...
It mean what you don't what does it mean.
Mean is the average.
What does GRI mean? What does GRI mean?
The haudensaunee mean irguios
The correct usage is "what DOES it mean"
he was a mean person who lived with mean people in a mean castle on a mean hill in a mean country in a mean continent in a mean world in a mean solar system in a mean galaxy in a mean universe in a mean dimension
No, but sometimes "average" means "mean" - when it doesn't mean median, geometric mean, or something else entirely.