How To Use Samoan In A Sentence
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It was a simple rectangle of crudely mounded basalt rocks, a distinctive arrangement reminiscent of the way Samoans and other Polynesians marked their dead in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Samoan oratory is delivered in a cadence and clarity of voice that is clear and ringing.
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The Samoan was the most interesting, taking his palagi woman to native places where no one else was Caucasian, and doing physical things like sailing and swimming.
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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Pago Pago on Tutuila was a much used whaling port and the strategic value of the Samoan Islands attracted warships as well as trading vessels.
American Samoans lack U.S. citizenship; 5th in a 21st Century American Colonies series
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The ball went flying skyward, our nuggetty Samoan centre, Viiga caught it and ran away and scored - we had it won.
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These men were all palagi and their signs were in French and English, with the only Samoan writing being insults.
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He was on the first step down, and Lainey, in a muumuu, with her bizarre headdress, towered over him like some huge Samoan goddess.
FAMILY PICTURES
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Opponents have organized two of the biggest protests in Samoan history, and a new activist group -- People Against Switching Sides, or PASS -- has geared up to fight the plan.
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The Samoan team lodged a formal protest after the referee sent off the wrong player.
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The fa'a Samoa (the Samoan way of life) is entrenched in aiga or family.
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The Samoan union didn't have the money to reimburse me.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Samoan team lodged a formal protest after the referee sent off the wrong player.
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Taylor is by common consent the best New Zealand batsman since Martin Crowe and, with the muscularity that comes from his Samoan background, without doubt its most consistently ferocious hitter.
New Zealand's boundary bounty should not be demeaned by cries of 'fix'
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So I called my Samoan cook, Harry, to learn what he knew about the matter.
Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899
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Instead, many Western Samoans seek to immigrate to American Samoa.
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Show some pity on those persons bilingual in Samoan who have been sadly disappointed with their resume rejections with the CIA since 9/11 too, Lisa.
Iraqi democracy « BuzzMachine
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The destination is known for its rugby and the national sport of kilikiti, the Samoan version of cricket which involves singing and dancing and is a social event played by all members of the family.
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Samoans are quite simply the friendliest, most hospitable people you're ever likely to meet.
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Some will return this year, not to perform but to check out the second iteration, which promises to be equally broad in scope, with performances of Spanish flamenco, South African gumboot, zapateo criollo, step dancing, and Samoan sasa - a call-and-response from that involves a lot of chanting and slapping the floor.
East Bay Express
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Samoan villages are equally complex in their structure, with a plethora of different levels of matai, or chiefs.
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At his birth a Samoan was supposed to be taken under the care of some god, or _aitu_, as it was called.
Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before
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Most older expatriate Samoans are immigrants, although many of their offspring are natural-born citizens of their host countries.
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While Samoans prefer colorful floral designs in both their lavalava and tops, darker colors are preferred on formal occasions.
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Samoan fishing industry
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The Samoan-born yokozuna, the winner of 12 titles, has struggled unsuccessfully for two years with a wrist injury.
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Many traditional Samoan villages ban beach wear such as bikinis and swimming suits.
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In the beating in an upper-level bathroom, police were looking for a man described as a Samoan or Pacific Islander in his late 20s, with a goatee and a ponytail, who stands more than 6 feet tall and weighs more than 220 pounds.
SFGate: Top News Stories
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The assailant is described as a Samoan or Pacific Islander in his late 20s, with a goatee and ponytail, who stands more than 6 feet tall and weighs more than 220 pounds.
SFGate: Top News Stories
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The Samoans booked their place with a 31-13 win over Tonga in Apia to move to the top of the triangular Oceania qualifying competition.
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Mile High Milo, Ty called the Samoan bouncer who filled up the entryway.
Good Girl Gone Bad
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But the special delight of the Samoan is the _malanga_.
A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
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The committee worked hard to find the "undercounted" populations, like Spanish-speaking residents and Tempe's Samoan community, he said.
ASU News | The State Press | Arizona State University
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He has compared a prominent opponent of the switch to a local 'avaava' fish -- a sea creature that swims in shallow waters and eats garbage, an insult in Samoan culture.
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Toleafoa is a Samoan matai chiefly title bestowed upon his eminence by the local authorities, presumably for helping them build a stadium without sinking them into a huge pile of debt a la South Africa 2010.
Which stadiums are home to the most champions?
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Playing sports is a big part of living in Samoa, many open fields are almost daily used for a game of rugby, soccer or kilikiti -- the Samoan cricket version.
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In Samoan words all syllables are given equal timing with a slight accent placed on the penultimate syllable.
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Languages: Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
Tuvalu
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The Samoan had always been fastidiously cautious in guarding cash.
THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN
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As you know, Samoan girls are terrific liars when it comes to joking.
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Common Samoan is the Samoan language of commerce and normal village interactions, while Respect Samoan includes honorific terms used for others of equal or greater rank.
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The Samoan was the most interesting, taking his palagi woman to native places where no one else was Caucasian, and doing physical things like sailing and swimming.
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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If the contentants are well fed, the Samoan smoothy competitions are less likely to be finished.
Jeff Probst blogs 'Survivor: Samoa': episode #6 | EW.com
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He has compared a prominent opponent of the switch to a local 'avaava' fish -- a sea creature that swims in shallow waters and eats garbage, an insult in Samoan culture.
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The Samoan team lodged a formal protest after the referee sent off the wrong player.
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I later joked that I knew I was in trouble when, at the ten-minute mark, the American Samoan delegation started roasting a pig.
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P.M. to my Samoan lesson from Whitmee — I think I shall learn from him, he does not fool me with cockshot rules that are demolished next day, but professes ignorance like a man; the truth is, the grammar has still to be expiscated — dined with
Vailima Letters
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The giant waves followed a massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, that struck about 120 miles off the Samoan coast at 6:48 a.m. local time Tuesday.
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Yes, It is very indeed sad for people in Samoan really so awful struck earthquake/Tsunami … ..
Live Blog from the Anchor Desk 09/29/09
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While the appearance and garb of Samoan women are subject to a range of cultural restrictions, full-body tattoos are common on Samoan men.
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Over the same period other publishers produced a further 100 items, including the only publications in Pukapukan (from Mataaliki Press) and the Pasifika Press series of dictionaries and/or language course books in Samoan, Cook Islands Mäori and Tongan.
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand
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He dived triumphantly over and a fabulous farewell party for the Samoan seemed likely.
Times, Sunday Times
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Wondering how the wasted Stevenson could work so tirelessly, La Farge decided he must be an aitu, a Samoan devil spirit not bound by the laws of the flesh.
The Five of Hearts
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I gestured toward the brood of flip-flop wearing Samoans who were loading the washer with the efficiency of a surgical strike team.
Anhedonia (excerpt)
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But he thanked people for the support shown to his "aiga" - the Samoan word for family - since the story broke.
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Fire dancing is a relatively recent Polynesian tradition, originated by a Samoan dancer in 1946.
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The quality of the ship timbers produced by the Samoans did not escape notice.
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According to the 2000 census, Auburn is a community of 31,000 with about 7,500 (25%) with “ancestries which are equivalent to specific race & Hispanic/Latino groups, such as Cree, Thai, Samoan & Cuban.”
Can Anybody Figure This Out?
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Eloquent oratory has long been an integral part of the Samoan culture.
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_Narrangansett_ men, and a lot of flash Samoan _manaia, i. e._, "bucks," lent a hand in the proceedings; for even in those days the Germans were as much hated by the natives as they are at the present time.
Concerning "Bully" Hayes From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902
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I know that the Samoan people honoured him by bestowing a matai title of Tagaloa.
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The Samoan union didn't have the money to reimburse me.
Times, Sunday Times
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Li expressed the Chinese government's appreciation for the Samoan government's steadfast support for the great cause of China's reunification.
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Blackadder will need to inspire something from Scotland's forwards since the Samoan match looks like the only realistic chance they have of snatching a test win this summer.
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And then he was an _aitu_ a devil, and could speak neither Samoan, nor Fijian, nor
Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899
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The traditional art of barkcloth manufacturing has been all but lost in Samoan culture today.
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Not to mention that the Samoan twins had grown fat on coconut husks and melons in his absence.
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They were still "foxing," or as my Samoan servant called it, _le toga-fiti e mate_ (pretending to be dead).
The Call Of The South 1908
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Mary travels with a lifesize statue of Padre Pio which was carved from a solid piece of Samoan mahogany by Californian sculptor Tom Benson.
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But the eminent Samoan chief and scholar Napoleone Tuiteleleapaga finds none of these etymologies convincing.