V

• The fourteenth letter in the Samoan alphabet. It is pronounced as in English.

• Va, s. 1. a space between. ‘O lo la va. 2. A noise. Pe se soa le va i le faga.

• Va, v. 1. to rival. 2. To have a space between.

• Va‘a, s. 1. a canoe, a boat, or a ship. Si‘i ifo le va‘a e nofoafa. 2. The priest of an aitu.

• Va‘aali‘i, s. a priest of the gods.

• Va‘aalo, s. a bonito-fishing canoe.

• Va‘ai, v. to look at; pl. va‘ai; pass. va‘aia; redup. va‘ava‘ai; recip. feva‘aia‘i.

• Va‘ai, s. the handle of a gouge. Taia i le tafoa, taia i le va‘ai.

• Va‘aiga, s. 1. a prospect, an outlook. 2. Spectacles. ‘O lana va‘aiga.

• Va‘aimoa, s. a rat-trap.

• Va‘aomala, s. a canoe of misfortune, a canoe with which misfortune occurs. Le a fa‘aea le va‘aomala.

• Va‘aomanu, s. a canoe of prosperity, one with which success is met with, as in fishing.

• Va‘aotaua, s. war-speakers.

• Va‘a‘ula, s. See Va‘aloa. E, se va‘a‘ula ‘ea le a tulei, talofa e.

• Va‘afa‘atau, s. 1. the minister who conveyed a message of an aitu, a priest. 2. An intercessor.

• Va‘ala‘au, s. a raft.

• Va‘aloa, s. the aitu's canoe, in which souls were ferried to the other world. (Charon.) Le va‘aloa ‘ua toto‘o atu.

• Va‘amafatotoga, s. one who has a command of language.

• Vaapiapi, a. narrow.

• Vaapiapi, v. to be narrow.

• Va‘aselau, s. a hundred (canoes).

• Va‘atalatala, s. one who knows the old tales.

• Va‘atu‘itu‘i, s. a kind of raft for sailing about on.

• Va‘ava‘a, s. 1. the breastbone of birds. ‘O lona va‘ava‘a. 2. The name of a fish.

• Va‘ava‘ai, v. redup. of va‘ai.

• Va‘ava‘aitaula‘i, v. to look intently.

• Va‘ava‘alauti, s. a child's play-canoe with a ti leaf sail.

• Vae, s. the leg of an animal, an insect, a stool, table, &c.

• Vae, v. 1. to divide. Ia ‘e vae fetalaiga. 2. To set a net; pass. vaea; redup. vavae, vaevae.

• Vaea, v. pass. of vae, to be divided. ‘O le masina ‘ua vaea.

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• Vaealuga, s. a challenge.

• Vaeane, v. to divide off. An apologetic term when about to say what might be offensive. Vaeane lau a fioga. Saving your presence.

• Vaeoso, a. ready, prompt, as to go on a message.

• Vaeoso, v. to be ready, to be prompt.

• Vaeuli, s. name of one kind of crab.

• Vaefa, s. (the four-legged) a pig, so called before chiefs. ‘O lona vaefa.

• Vaefa, v. to divide into four.

• Vaefatafata, s. half a fathom, a yard.

• Vaefua, v. to separate in a club match without either party being worsted.

• Vaega, s. 1. a division. 2. A party leaving their own people and joining the enemy.

• Vaegalemu, s. the half.

• Vaegalemu, v. to divide in halves.

• Vaeliuloa, s. the middle of a fishing canoe.

• Vaeloto, v. to be between, to be in the midst.

• Vaelua, v. to divide into two.

• Vaeluagalemu, v. to divide evenly into two.

• Vaeluagamalie, v. to divide evenly into two.

• Vaelupeina, v. to be unsuccessful in pigeon-catching.

• Vaematua, s. the big toe.

• Vaemoe, v. to divide off some of a party to sleep elsewhere, as where there is not room for all. Tou vaemoe i ai ma le malo ‘ua tiliva‘agoto.

• Vaenoa, s. the month of August—T.P.

• Vaenu‘u, s. a colony, a part of a land divided off to live in another place.

• Vaepau, v. to divide out in equal shares. Syn. Taupau.

• Vaesala, v. 1. to be very quick. 2. To be foremost in war to catch a prisoner, &c.

• Vaesapi, s. a cripple whose foot is turned.

• Vaesapi, v. to walk on the side of of the foot; pl. vaesasapi.

• Vaeta, s. the name of one kind of land-crab before full grown.

• Vaetataga, a. ready, prompt. Syn. Vaeoso.

• Vaetataga, v. to be ready, to be prompt.

• Vaetitipi, Malay, Tipis, v. to have sharp shins.

• Vaetoto, v. to walk among the dead. Ina vaetoto a pupula.—T.P.

• Vaetulilima, s. a measure, from the elbow to the end of the finger on the opposite hand.

• Vaetupa, s. elephantiasis in the leg.

• Vaetusa, v. to divide evenly.

• Vaevae, v. to divide in parts, to cut up.

• Vaevaeula, s. lit. like the legs of a crayfish, a variety of sugarcane.

• Vaevaegalelei, v. See Vaetusa.

• Vaevaegatasi, v. See Vaetusa.

• Vaevaga, s. 1. the lashing together with cross-bars of the two canoes which constitute a double one. 2. The name of the feast made on that occasion.

• Vaevave, a. quick.

• Vaevave, v. to be quick.

• Vai, Malay, Wai, s. 1. fresh water. 2. A water-bottle. ‘Ua ta‘e le vai e taumafa ai le ali‘i.

• Vai, s. the name of a bird (Ortygometra quadristrigata).

• Vaia, v. pass. from vai, s. to be wet.

• Vaiaitu, s. an inferior god.

• Vaiao, s. vai and ao (to search for), native herb medicine.

• Vaiali‘i, s. an inferior chief.

• Vaiania, s. a fissure in the reef under water.

• Vaiaso, s. a part of the day.

• Vaiata, s. the root branch of the ‘ava which do not sprout.—T.P.

• Vaiati, s. supplementary speeches, given when cach village or district has had its turn. ‘O lana vaiati.

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• Vaioa, s. a fissure in a rock.

• Vaiola, s. 1. water not liable to fail. 2. A fabled miraculous water giving life to any who bathed in it.

• Vaiulu, s. a breadfruit tree over-shadowed by others.

• Vaifafine, s. a good-looking, but not a beautiful, woman.

• Vaifanua, s. 1. Portions of land belonging to a chief. ‘O lona fia maimoa i ona vaifanua. 2. The cultivated land of a village.

• Vaifolo, s. a pill.

• Vaifusi, s. a blister plaster.

• Vaiga, s. water standing on the ground.

• Vaila, s. a place unshaded by trees.

• Vaila‘au, s. medicine.

• Vailau, v. to lie. (Tongan.)

• Vailalo, v. to have water standing in a house; pass. vailaloa.

• Vailepa, s. a pond, stagnant water.

• Va‘ili, v. to take out, as from a basket.

• Vailogoua, s. a water-hole supplied by the rain.

• Vailolo, s. 1. cocoa-nut juice poured over the lolo after the oil is pressed out. 2. Cocoa-nuts (to chiefs).

• Vailulu‘u, v. to sprinkle with juice of a cocoa-nut in order to remove a taboo.

• Vaima[gap — reason: unclear]ma, s.[gap — reason: unclear].

• Vaimasina, s. the space of[gap — reason: unclear]between the old and new moons, the night on which there is no moon.

• Vaimata, s. eye-water.

• Vaimili, s. liniment.

• Vaimuimui, v. to murmur for water. —Legend.

• Vainiu, s. a short cocoa-nut over-shadowed by tall ones.

• Vainiu, v. to prompt, as a speaker.

• Vainu‘u, s. 1. the space between two islands. 2. A north-easterly wind.

• Vaipa, v. to strike a person or a house with a strip of banana stalk after contact with a chief, by which the taboo was removed.

• Vaipalolo, s. a season of the year, the wet season. E auma vaipalolo, peita‘i vaito‘elau.

• Vaipulu, s. one of the small divisions of the husk of a cocoa-nut.

• Vaipuna, s. a fountain. ‘O le vaipuna o le nu‘u.

• Vaisa, s. the preparatory wash used to fix a dye.

• Vaisalo, s. a preparation of young cocoa-nut and arrowroot, given to sick people.

• Vaisu, s. a native preparation of fish and expressed cocoa-nut juice; broth, soup.

• Vaisua, s. a space, 1. between rafters and beams; 2. between tatooing marks.

• Vaita, s. an intermission, as in music, or fits of pain.

• Vaita‘i, s. a gutter or channel to lead off water.

• Vaitau‘au, s. between the shoulders. ‘O lona vaitau‘au.

• Vaitausaga, s. the time between the two seasons.

• Vaitafe, s. a river.

• Vaitagata, s. above a common man.

• Vaitale, s. cough medicine.

• Vaitalo, v. overshadowed by others.

• Vaiti, v. overshadowed by others.

• Vaitane, a. not handsome, but good-looking.

• Vaitoamamanaia, v. to be very handsome.

• Vaito‘elau, s. a season of the year, the dry season.

• Vaitusi, s. ink. ‘O lana vailusi.

• Vaiva‘a, s. the space between the two canoes of a double canoe.

• Vaivae, s. 1. between the legs. 2. euphem. for faufilo.

• Vaivai, a. 1. loose, not tight, as a rope. 2. Watery, as thin gruel.

• Vaivai, v. 1. to be loose, as a rope. 2. To be watery.

• Vaivai, s. a puddle of water.

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• Vaivai, a. 1. weak, of the body. 2. Easily broken, as a stick of wood.

• Vaivai, v. 1. to be weak, of the body. 2. To be near death. ‘Ua vairai le ma‘i. 3. To be weak and unable to bear anything, as a stick.

• Vaivaiatai, to be weak ashore, but able to fish and paddle a canoe.

• Vaivailoloaina, v. to be perfectly wretched, as those who have their houses flooded.

• Vaivainoa, v. to be quite smooth, of the sea.

• Vaivaisai‘a, a. weak-bodied.

• Vaivao, s. the bush or unoccupied land between two villages.

• Vao, s. 1. bush, forest. 2. A tree, not producing anything edible. 3. A plant, a weed. 4. An uninhabited place in distinction from a village.

• Vao, a sign of the plural before some nouns. Lena vao tagata vale.

• Va‘o, v. to eat; redup. vava‘o, va‘ova‘o. Used only in abuse.

• Vaoa, a. overgrown with weeds.

• Vaoa, v. to be overgrown with weeds.

• Vaoa‘i‘iva, s. a forest far away.

• Vaogata, a. disobedient.

• Vaogata, v. to be disobedient.

• Vaogofie, a. obedient.

• Vaogofie, v. to be obedient.

• Vaolo, s. 1. a poisonous crab. 2. A disobedient, troublesome child. 3. Anything difficult.

• Vaomaoa, s. the forest.

• Vaomatua, s. the forest.

• Vaomotu, s. a clump of trees. Syn. Ulula‘au.

• Vaopuanea, s. the forest. Syn. Vaomaoa.

• Vaotu, v. to be overgrown with bush.

• Vaotuaniu, s. the name of a fern (Pteris quadriaurita).

• Vaovao, s. small weeds.

• Vau, v. to rub down, as arrowroot. 2. To be grieved at heart. Aue loto, e vaua e. Pl. vavau; pass. vaua; redup. vauvau.

• Va‘ule‘utu, v. to seek lice in the head.

• Vauliuli, a. wide, spacious. Syn. Vateatea.

• Vauliuli, v. to be wide, to be spacious.

• Vagai, v. 1. to face each other, as hostile armies. ‘O le taua tele o Samoa ‘ua vagai. 2. To sit astride. On Tutuila for magai.

• Vagaia, v. to be surrounded, to be besieged.

• Vagana, s. the speech of a Sagana tulafale.

• Vagana, conj. except, unless. ‘Ou te aunu‘ua, ‘a vagana ni fauvaemanu‘a.

• Vagana, a. loud-sounding, resounding, as waves or a water-fall.

• Vagana, v. to resound. Aue Fa‘atiu e, ‘ua vagana, ‘ua a‘u le iloa.

• Vagatai, s. a quarrel at sea. It takes either o or a in the genitive, &c.

• Vagato‘oto‘o, s. a quarrel between orators.

• Vagavao, s. a quarrel in the bush about boundaries.

• Vagavaga, s. one kind of fishing-net.

• Vagavagai, v. to surround; pass. vagaia.

• Vagilau, v. to talk constantly. (A jocular term.)

• Vagivagi, v. to talk constantly. (A jocular term.)

• Vala‘au, v. 1. to call to. 2. To invite, as passers-by to come and partake of food; pass. vala‘auina and vala‘auia; recip. fevala‘aua‘i; dimin. valavala‘au.

• Valaulapua. See Lavaulapua.

• Valasi, s. a chieftainess. Syn. Sa‘otamaita‘i.

• Valavala, a. wide apart.

• Valavala, v. to be wide apart.

• Vale, s. a fool, an idiot.

• Vale, a. 1. worthless. Lena vao tagata vale. 2. Unproductive, of land. 3. Needless. 4. Inactive. 5. Suffixed to some words to add intensity to the

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  meaning, as, atuatuvale, mutimutivale.

• Vale, adv. inactive. La inu ma nofonofo vale.

• Vale, v. 1. to be unproductive, as land. ‘Ua vale le lau‘ele‘ele. 2. To be worthless. ‘Ua vale lo matou tali.

• Valea, a. ignorant; pl. valea, valelea.

• Valea, v. to be ignorant; pl. valea, valelea.

• Vale‘ai‘afa, s. lit. one who cats sinnet; a great fool.

• Valeaatamai, v. to have a mixture of ignorance and smartness. Of a speaker.

• Valeosi, v. to govern badly, as a family or a village.

• Valegase, s. boxing-matches, and other games on the occasion of the death of a chief.

• Valetaitai, v. applied to payment quickly made because small.

• Valeta‘ita‘i, v. to lead astray.

• Valetu, v. to take no care of, to neglect.

• Valeiu‘ulima, v. to take no care of, to neglect.

• Valevale, a. threatening, inauspicious, as clouds. ‘O ao valevale.

• Valevale, a. fat. Always with a negative. Applied to a pig. E leai se valevale.

• Valevale, s. the name of a fish.

• Valevale, a. 1. young, of a child. 2. Childish, of the aged.

• Valevalematua, v. to be in one's dotage.

• Valevalenoa, a. beautiful, as a prospect.

• Valevalenoa, v. to be beautiful in prospect.

• Vali, s. paint.

• Vali, v. 1. to paint, to stain, as the body with turmeric. 2. To paint. 3. To whitewash; pass. valia.

• Vali, a. plastered. ‘O le fale vali.

• Valo, s. 1. a very delicious sort of crayfish. 2. fig. Anything very nice.

• Valo. See Va‘o.

• Valo‘a, s. one kind of jelly-fish.

• Valoaga, s. a prediction. ‘O lana valoaga.

• Valo‘i, v. to express covetous desires; redup. valovalo‘i.

• Valovalo, v. to whistle, of birds. Valovalo manu mua e.

• Valovaloia, v. to be praised and talked about for diligence in planting food; from valovalo.

• Valu, Malay, Walu, a. eight.

• Valu, v. 1. to scratch. 2. To scrape out, as cocoa-nuts; pl. valu; redup. valuvalu; pass. valusia.

• Valu, v. to scrape, as taro, &c.; pl. vavalu; pl. valua. ‘Ua tao le talo le valua, ma le talo vavalu.

• Valuapo, s. night, dark night.

• Valufau, s. the name of a shell-fish.

• Valuga. See Valusaga.

• Valugafulu, a. eighty.

• Valugalau, a. 1. eight hundred. 2. Eight, in counting fish, &c.

• Valusaga, s. scrapings, as of taro, &c. Lona of the thing. Lana of the person to whom it belongs.

• Valuvaili, v. to provoke to anger.

• Valuvalu, v. redup. of valu, to awaken a chief by scratching his legs.

• Valuvalu, s. a native preparation of food. ‘O lana valuvalu.

• Vana, s. 1. a sea-urchin (Echinus). 2. A spike of the same used to point a drill. A sail-needle, used for the same purpose.

• Vanavana, v. to contend, to persist in a contention.

• Vane, s. the cry of the paroquet (Coryphilus fringillaceus).

• Vane, v. 1. to sharpen tattooing instruments, or a fly-hook. 2. To enlarge a hole, or the branch of a fly-hook. 3. To throb, from pain.

• Vanevane, v. 1. to cry. of the paroquet. 2. To talk. (Used in abuse.)

• Vanimonimo, s. the distant sky, the heavens.

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• Vanu, s. a valley, a ravine, a chasm.

• Vanutato, a. deep down, of a valley.

• Vanuvanu, a. full of chasms.

• Vasa, s. the ocean, especially of the space between two distant points of a journey, along an iron-bound coast, or between two islands. ‘O le mafu mai vasa.

• Vasa‘i, v. to alternate, to intervene.

• Vasafaiga, s. the space between two armies.

• Vasaloloa, s. the great ocean. Ne‘i faifai fa‘aletonuga le tagata o le vasaloloa.

• Vasamasina. See Vaimasina.

• Vasasui, s. the part between the hind legs of a pig; euphem. for Fufa.

• Vasavasa, s. 1. the name of a bird, somewhat like the latulatu. [The vasavasa is Pachycephala icteroides (Peale). and I have never seen a latulatu that was distinct from this species. But Peale made two other species, Pachycephala flavifrons and P. albifrons. If the latulatu is distinct, it is probably one of these.—S. J. W.] 2. The name of a fish.

• Vase, v. to rule lines; pass. vasea.

• Vase, s. a variety of taro.

• Vaseuli, s. a dark kind of vase.

• Vasega, s. a class.

• Vasesina, s. a light-coloured vase.

• Vasevase, v. to poise the spear preparatory to throwing.

• Vasivasi, s. one kind of breadfruit, common on Tutuila.

• Vasivasi, v. to be unaccustomed, to be not well acquainted with, as some kinds of work.

• Vata, verbum obsceni-simum.

• Vatau, v. to be at variance, to be at war with. ‘O le tama lea na vatau ma I‘amafana.

• Vateatea, a. wide, spacious.

• Vateatea, v. to be wide, to be spacious. Syn. Vauliuli.

• Vatele, a. wide.

• Vatele, v. to be wide.

• Vati, s. the name of a fish.

• Vatia. s. a native dish of food, made of cocoa-nut and arrow-root.

• Vativati, s. the name of a bird. Syn. Latulatu.

• Vatu‘e, s. one kind of sea-urchin (Echinus).

• Vavae, v. from vae, 1. to divide. E vavac le toga le Puaivine. 2. To cut off. E vavae‘ese. 3. To divide off, of troops going over to the enemy. E vavae isi i le tago‘au a Matua; pass. vaea; redup. vaevae.

• Vavae, s. 1. the cotton plant. 2. A lamp wick. (Introduced from Tahiti.)

• Vavaeleola, v. See. Talaleola.

• Vavai, v. to be flexible.

• Vavao, v. to forbid; pass. vaoia.

• Vavao, s. a prohibition. ‘O lana vavao.

• Vavao, s. a confused noise.

• Vava‘o, v. redup. of va‘o.

• Vavau, s. ancient times.

• Vavau, a. lasting, perpetual.

• Vavau, v. from vau, to pound or bruise a person.

• Vavaga, s. a quarrel. ‘A ni vavaga i tafa‘i, pe ni ‘aumaga femisa‘i.

• Vavala, v. to be streaked, as the sky with the dawn. ‘Ua vavala mai ata.

• Vavalalata, a. near together.

• Vavalalata, v. to be near together.

• Vavale, s. 1. snail slime. 2. Slime from the fau tree. 3. Phlegm, mucus. 4. Semen emitted on a cloth.

• Vavale, a. slimy.

• Vavale, v. to be slimy.

• Vavalo, v. 1. to bubble up, as a spring. 2. To predict. 3. To express covetous desires; pass. valoia.

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• Vavaloloa, s. the wide ocean. Pe maua i le vavaloloa?

• Vavamamao, a. far apart.

• Vavamamao, v. to be far apart.

• Vavane, v. to introduce the hand, as through the bottom of a basket, or into a fa‘aotaga.

• Vave, a. quick; pl. vavave.

• Vave, v. to be quick; pl. vavave; redup. vavevave.

• Vaveao, s. the early morning.

• Vavega, s. a miracle. ‘O ona vavega.

• Ve‘a, s. the name of a bird (Rallus pectoralis).

• Ve‘u, v. to grow in great numbers, to increase greatly, of men or animals.

• Vela, Malay, Pelah, a. cooked, opp. to mata.

• Vela, v. 1. to be cooked. 2. To be well cooked. 3. To burn, as a house, before chiefs for mu. 4. fig. To be useful ‘Ua vela lana umu i lo tatou nu‘u; applied to a warrior, carpenter, &c.

• Velasia, v. pass. of vevela.

• Velavela, v. to be very severe, as a famine or epidemic.

• Vele, v. to weed; pl. vevele; redup. velevele; pass. velea. ‘Ua le fua lelei, ‘a ‘ua vele ma motusi.

• Velefuti, v. to break off weeds without pulling up the roots.

• Veli, s. 1. a fish which stings on being touched. 2. East wind (on Tutuila).

• Veli, v. 1. to have the flesh creep, as from disgust or fright. ‘Ua veliveli le tino ina ‘ua pa‘u le tama. 2. To be eager for, to long after, as the absent or the dead; pl. veveli; redup. veliveli; pass. velivelia.

• Velia, v. to be stung by a veli.

• Velo, s. 1. the cover of the stern of a canoe. ‘O lona velo. 2. The horns of a crayfish. 3. The name of a fish.

• Velo, v. 1. to dart, to cast a dart or spear. 2. To push off a canoe, &c.; pass. velosia; redup. velovelo.

• Veloa‘i, s. the oldest of a litter of pigs. ‘O lona veloa‘i.

• Velovelo, s. 1. a point of land running into the sea. 2. A point of land jutting away beyond the straight line into another piece of land. ‘O le velovelo o le fanua.

• Velovelo, v. to spear, as fish.

• Veni, a. bloated and puffed up with disease.

• Venia, v. to be bloated with veni; redup. venivenia.

• Veta, v. to peel off, as the skin of an infant.

• Vete, s. 1. booty, prey, spoils of war. ‘O le vete o le taua. 2. The name of a fish.

• Vete, v. 1. to spoil, to seize as booty. 2. To undo a parcel of native food. Ina vete ia le afi. Pass. vetea; redup. vetevete.

• Vetiveti, s. the name of one kind of yam.

• Veve, s. 1. leaves covered over an oven of food to keep in the heat. ‘O le veve o le umu. 2. The liver of a pig. (So called before chiefs instead of ate.)

• Veve, v. to be numerous, of men and animals.

• Vevela, v. to be hot; pass. velasia. Applied to the sun, fire, &c.

• Veveli, v. from veli, to long for to show affection on meeting friends.

• Vevelo, v. pl. of velo.

• Veveni, v. to be bloated; pass. venia, venivenia.

• Vevesi, v. to be disturbed, to be in confusion, to be in disorder.

• Vevete, v. from[gap — reason: unclear], to undo, as a parcel; pass. vetea.

• Veveto, Syn. Talauula, as tala veveto, of a constant talker.

• Vi, s. 1. the name of a tree, and its fruit. ‘O lona vi, of the tree; ‘o lana vi, of the fruit (Spondias dulcis). 2. The name of a shrub.

• Viavia, v. Syn. Vagivagi.

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• Vi‘i, v. to praise; pass. vi‘ia; redup. vivi‘i; dimin. vi‘ivi‘i. Ia tatou vivi‘i ia, ia aofaga tini.

• Vi‘i, s. a song in praise of a chief. ‘O lana vi‘i, of the poet; ‘o lona vi‘i, of the chief. Fa‘alupe fua le malae, anei e o‘o i vi‘iga.

• Vi‘iga, s. a song in praise of a chief. ‘O lana vi‘i, of the poet; ‘o lona vi‘i, of the chief. Fa‘alupe fua le malae, anei e o‘o i vi‘iga.

• Vi‘igase, v. to praise after death. Le Taulei‘a sa vi‘igase.

• Vigaviga, s. a great talker.

• Vi‘o, v. to curl the hair.

• Vila, s. a song with motion of the hands. ‘Ua ta le vila e le tama.

• Vilaluti, v. to covet food or property.

• Vili, Malay. Giri, s. 1. a gimlet. ‘O lana vili. 2. A whirlpool. ‘O le vili o le ava. 3. The name of a game of hazard. Applied to lots. ‘Ua fai le vili. 4. The name of a tree. So called because its fruit in falling turns round and round.

• Vili, v. 1. to bore a hole. 2. To writhe in pain. 3. To desire earnestly. ‘Ua vili mai lava atu i le pa. Pl. vivili; pass. vilia; redup. vilivili.

• Viligase, v. See Fitigase.

• Viligia, v. 1. to dry in the wind, to air. 2. To cool in the wind.

• Vilipa, s. a sail-needle used to point a drill. ‘O lana vilipa.

• Vilita‘i, v. to desire earnestly, to persevere; redup. vilivilita‘i.

• Vilitato, v. to exterminate.

• Vilivili, s. 1. the name of a tree with winged fruit found on Manu‘a (Gyrocarpus Jacquinii). 2. A small imperfectly formed breadfruit.

• Vilivili, v. to brandish, as a club.

• Vilu, s. a large parroquet.

• Vina, v. to urge on those already at work; redup. vinavina.

• Vinavina, s. the bow of a native drill. Ua sasagi fua le vinavina, ‘a ‘ua gau le matavana.

• Vinavina, v. to talk constantly, like a drill in motion.

• Vivao. s. a wild vi. O le ‘ulu e vivi nei.

• Vivi, v. to stink greatly. ‘Ua elo vivi.

• Vivi. v. to be prolific, of trees, to bear like the vi.

• Vivi‘i, v. redup. of vi‘i.

• Viviga, s. use, worth. Se a le viviga, a toe ‘au mai ai lena mea. Syn. Vovoga.

• Vivili, v. pl. of vili.

• Vivilu, v. 1. to begin to understand and talk, as a child. 2. To be forward in asking for food or property, or in quarrelling.

• Vivini, v. to crow.

• Vo‘ivo‘i, a. disobedient.

• Vo‘uvo‘u, a. disobedient.

• Volevole, s. a chestnut just formed.

• Volevolea, v. to feel faint at the pit of the stomach.

• Volu, s. a tortoise.

• Voluvolua, a. pimpled.

• Voluvolua, v. to be pimpled.

• Vovo, v. to be able, to be powerful. E vovo ‘oe ‘e te mafaia. ‘Ua vovo le ali‘i ‘ua seu le taua; redup. vovovovo.

• Vovoga. See Viviga.