Samoan Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:53, 23 September 2020

Key Words[edit | edit source]

In order to find and use specific types of Fijian records, you will need to know some key words in Fijian. This section gives key genealogical terms in English with Fijian equivalents.

English	Samoan
baptism(s)
birth
boy	tama
burial(s)
cemetery
census
child(ren)
daughter	afafine
female
death(s)
father	tama
girl	teine
death(s)
husband
index(es)
maiden name
man	tamaloa
male
marriage
month
mother	tina
name
name, given
name, surname
parent(s)
parish
son	atali'i
spouse
wife
woman	fafine
year

Months[edit | edit source]

English	Samoan
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Days of the Week[edit | edit source]

English	Samoan
Sunday	aso sa
Monday	aso gafua
Tuesday	aso lua
Wednesday	aso lulu
Thursday	aso tofi
Friday	aso faraile
Saturday	aso to'ona'i

Numbers[edit | edit source]

Cardinal[edit | edit source]

English	Samoan
1	tasi
2	lua
3	tolu
4	fa
5	lima
6	ono
7	fitu
8	valu
9	iva
10	sefulu
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
200
1000

Ordinal[edit | edit source]

English	Samoan
1st	muamua
2nd	lona lua
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
28th
29th
30th
31st
40th
50th
60th
70th
80th
90th
100th
200th
1000th

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