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Samoa
Samoa, originally called as Western Samoa, is a country surrounding the western region of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The country was once a territory of New Zealand, until it became independent in 1962.
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What does the Samoan word toluao mean in English?
I feel this could be a chiefly title (matai). So if I break it up into two words, tolu is three, ao is head. So I am surmising that this would be literally speaking, "three heads" (head of a family or "three leaders".
How do you pronounce 'Oute alofa ia oe'?
NOTE: The Hawaiian language is a phonetic language (almost like Spanish). Please keep that in mind when pronouncing the italicized words. It is also important that each vowel and/or diacritical mark in each word is pronounced clearly and correctly. Why? Because:
au (ah-oo) = I
ao (ah-oh) = Cloud
u'i (oo-'ee) = Beautiful
ui (oo-wee) = To ask
'āina ('aah-yeenah) = Land
aina (ahyee-nah) = Sexual intercourse
Actually, I think you are referring to the phrase Aloha (w)au iā 'oe. It means "I love you". I put the "w" in parenthesis because wau is the variation of au (please see example above). Usually, people say wau when they're using this phrase. Anyway, here's the pronunciation:
Aloha au iā 'oe. / Aloha wau iā 'oe.
(ah-lo-ha ah-oo ee-YAH 'oh-weh.) / (ah-lo-ha va-oo ee-YAH 'oh-weh.)
The horizontal line above the "a" is called a kahakō, or macron, and indicates an elongation in the indicated vowel. In this case, the "a" in iā is elongated, and is so illustrated by the capitalized letters in the parenthesis.
The mark before the "o" in 'oe is called an 'okina, equivalent to a glottal stop.
It means "go eat" and it is usually followed by a name of a food or if they are teasing someone then it would be followed by a parents name
Why is White Sunday so important to the Samoans?
Beauce white sunday is one of the special event in the samoan culture. Its the special ceremony for each one of you especially the childrens. This is the way why samoan people may have their christchian ways. They beleive in God and that why they celebrate White Sunday and become a Samoan culture ways
Do Samoans have black descendants?
It is not likely that Samoans would have Black descendant's However, it could be possible. The theory of Samoan origin states that the first Polynesians came way of south east Asia It seems very likely based on the evidence that supports this theory. However we can not be 100% certain that there were no other detours or groups that wondered off track. I have studied Samoan History and Polynesian Migration for a few years now, and it all seems to add up. What doesn't is the fact that there are strange similarities in traditional Samoan practices with that of ancient Egypt First off the ancient Egyptians worshiped a Sun god called RA. The Samoan word for Sun is La. It sounds very similar, just that the R has changed to a L. The Egyptians also wore a head dress made of horse hair and it was only for royalty. Just the same Samoans wear a head dress called a Tuiga that was traditionally made of actual human hair from different family members combined to form something like a wig, which is usually worn only by the Virgin Daughter of chiefs, (Taupou). Another is the staff. In Samoa the Staff, or the stick held by the talking chief is a symbol of stability and strength, I found the same thing in Egypt Aside from these types of coincidence's there are the names along the cost of Africa that sound very much like Samoan names or Polynesian names. So to really answer the question I would have to say that it is more likely that Samoans or the group of people of which Polynesians and Samoans descend could have lived and worked side by side with black people or Africans they may have even mixed it up a little. I had a Black instructor in college who once said to me "some Samoans look more African than the African Americans in the U.S."
What does the words a mea fai mean in Samoan?
A mea e fai? (What is there to do?). O a au mea e fai? (What are you going to do?). O a au mea o fai? (What are you doing?) "E fai" indicates what you are going to do in the future. "O fai" indicates the present, what are you doing now.
How do you say hot weather in Samoan?
LoL well its "e vevela le tau" that's the weathers hot
or you can say "ese le vevela o lenei aso" which means gosh its so hot today :)
How do you say my mothers love in Samoan?
"My Mother's Love" - "Le Alofa (The Love) o (of) lo'u (my) Tina (Mother)" or "Alofa o lo'u Tina" - "Love of my Mother". Please don't flag this again as an inferior answer, as this is the correct translation.
What is the best English translation of the Samoan word manaia?
If you mean "manaia", then it translates to, beautiful, gorgeous, sophisticated, easy to the eye, lovely
What type of government does Samoa have?
There is no West Samoa. Just Samoa. It 'used' to be called "Western" Samoa until the early 90's when the government decided that the "colonial-given" name Western Samoa no longer had a place in the democratic and independant country. The Samoan government is both a democracy and monarchy. (a mixture of both)
What countries border Samoa in the south?
Tonga, Niue, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji, Norfolk Island, French Polynesia, Pitcairn Island
How do you say cochshell in Samoan?
Well it means is a shell that samoan people use in the past.FoaFoa is how u say it in samoa...<3
