An Introduction to Samoan Custom
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'afa, sennit
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afi, package (cooked fish)
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afolau, long house
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agaga, soul, disembodied spirit
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agai'ava, the kava 'aumaga
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'ai, a form of food presentation
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'aiava, a form of food presentation aiga, family
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Aiga-i-le-Tai, The Family-in-the Sea, a district of Samoa
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ailao, public acknowledgment of gift
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'aisi, to beg
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'aisiga, party of entertainers
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aitu, spirit
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alagalima, forequarters of pig
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alagavae, hindquarters of pig
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alava, coconut-stem fibres
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Alei, an ancestor of Aleipata
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ali'i, chief
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ali'i and faipule, chiefs and orators
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alo, belly flap of pig
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amo, yoke
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amoga, burden
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amo'ulu, a form of food presentation
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'ana, a small seaweed
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anae, mullet
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'apa'apa, fin, flipper
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apofu, a fresh-water fish
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'asi, coconut-shell scraper
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asiga, a form of food presentation
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Aso To'ona'i, Saturday
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atua, a class of gods
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atule, a fish
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aualuma, unmarried daughters of chiefs and orators
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'Au'auna, Catholic Mission publication
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'aulama, coconut-leaf torches
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'aumaga, untitled men of village
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'aumaga, kava party
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Auva'a, one of the priests of Nafanua
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'ava, kava
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avaga, run-away marriage
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avasa, feast celebrating the completion of a fishing net
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avataeao, another term for laulautasi