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An Introduction to Samoan Custom

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  • 'afa, sennit

  • afi, package (cooked fish)

  • afolau, long house

  • agaga, soul, disembodied spirit

  • agai'ava, the kava 'aumaga

  • 'ai, a form of food presentation

  • 'aiava, a form of food presentation aiga, family

  • Aiga-i-le-Tai, The Family-in-the Sea, a district of Samoa

  • ailao, public acknowledgment of gift

  • 'aisi, to beg

  • 'aisiga, party of entertainers

  • aitu, spirit

  • alagalima, forequarters of pig

  • alagavae, hindquarters of pig

  • alava, coconut-stem fibres

  • Alei, an ancestor of Aleipata

  • ali'i, chief

  • ali'i and faipule, chiefs and orators

  • alo, belly flap of pig

  • amo, yoke

  • amoga, burden

  • amo'ulu, a form of food presentation

  • 'ana, a small seaweed

  • anae, mullet

  • 'apa'apa, fin, flipper

  • apofu, a fresh-water fish

  • 'asi, coconut-shell scraper

  • asiga, a form of food presentation

  • Aso To'ona'i, Saturday

  • atua, a class of gods

  • atule, a fish

  • aualuma, unmarried daughters of chiefs and orators

  • 'Au'auna, Catholic Mission publication

  • 'aulama, coconut-leaf torches

  • 'aumaga, untitled men of village

  • 'aumaga, kava party

  • Auva'a, one of the priests of Nafanua

  • 'ava, kava

  • avaga, run-away marriage

  • avasa, feast celebrating the completion of a fishing net

  • avataeao, another term for laulautasi