Samoan Genealogical Word List: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 13:58, 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) | fanau |
| daughter | afafine |
| female | |
| death(s) | oti |
| father | tama |
| girl | teine |
| husband | |
| index(es) | |
| maiden name | |
| man | tamaloa |
| male | |
| marriage | |
| month | masina |
| mother | tina |
| name | |
| name, given | |
| name, surname | |
| parent(s) | matua |
| parish | |
| son | atali'i |
| spouse | |
| wife | toalua |
| woman | fafine |
| year | tausaga |
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 |
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| 1000 |
Ordinal[edit | edit source]
| English | Samoan |
|---|---|
| 1st | muamua |
| 2nd | lona lua |
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