An Introduction to Samoan Custom

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  • lafo, a cane plant

  • lagi, Heaven

  • lagi, death ceremony

  • lapalapa, coconut leaf midrib

  • lau, sections of thatch

  • lau, a method of fishing

  • lauao, hair portion of head-dress

  • laufao, wild banana

  • laui'a, fish plaited in coconut leaf

  • lau'ie, variety of pandanus

  • laulau, table, base of head-dress

  • laulautasi, a form of food presentation

  • laumei, turtle

  • lautalotalo, a plant

  • lavalava, waist cloth

  • lave, sticks of head-dress

  • leoleo, policeman

  • Letufuga, a family that practised mummification

  • loloifa'i, bananas cooked with coconut cream

  • loloitalo, sliced taro cooked with coconut cream

  • lomilomi, massage

  • lopa, a tree

  • lotu, church (the institution)

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Title: An Introduction to Samoan Custom

Author: F. J. H. Grattan

Part of: Tidal Pools: Digitized Texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific Studies

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