I

• The third letter in the Samoan alphabet, pronounced as ee in been. It is both long and short.

• I, an euphonic particle before pl. pronouns, except the second person, ‘O i maua.

• I, occasionally used as a sign of the imperative and subjunctive, instead of ia. Tu‘u i ai i‘ina ‘o Pipi‘i, i matou teua. I pu‘e, i tao ma ni ali‘i. Fagono.

• I, adv. yes; also Ioe, E. [This has only recently come into use, and is a contraction of Ioe.]

• I, prep. 1. in. Tau ina ta i malae. 2. At. Le tolo i Puava. 3. To. Po ‘ofea le ala i le nu‘u. 4. For. E sa‘afi Tu‘u i ona fanua. 5. Of. Lota mata‘u i le malo. 6. On. Teine, ti‘eti‘e i le pa. 7. On account of. ‘Ou te sau i le tala. 8. Concerning. ‘Ou te fesili i le ‘upu. 9. With. ‘Ou te alu i le malaga a le nu‘u.

• I, s. a very poisonous crab.

• I, v. 1. to take away the breath, as by a blow, or by anger or crying. 2. To rumble, as an empty belly. ‘Ua i le manava i le fia‘ai.

• ‘I, s. a fly, so called from its cry. Syn. Lago.

• ‘I, v. to cry, as a fly or a bird.

• ‘I, adv. here.

• Ia, pron. Malay, Iya, he, she. E alu ‘o ia. Sometimes it is used instead of na, which usually comes before the verb. Se gutu poto ia te tala saloa.

• Ia, 1. a precative particle before the imperative. Ia e alofa mai. 2.

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  Used after the verb when an imperative. Sau ia, ina alu.

• Ia, a suffix to some verbs to form the passive. Au mai i fale i maia.

• Ia, pron. pl. these.

• Ia, pronounced sharp, like ya, used to call attention in the middle of a tale or a speech: Well, then.

• Ia, prep. to; before pronouns. Fai atu ia te ia; and always instead of i before names of persons.

• Ia, interj. a response to the call toso, in dragging a log of wood, &c. Ia a.

• ‘Ia, the sign of the subjunctive. Lafo i fafo ‘ia laina.

• I‘a, Malay, Ikan, s. the general name for fishes, except the bonito (Thymnus) and shellfish (Mollusca and Crustacea). On Tutuila the bonito is called i‘a.

• I‘aafalelo, s. the name of a fish.

• I‘ai, adv. no, not so.

• Iao, s. the name of a bird, the wattled creeper (Ptilotis carunculata). It is called ‘i, to cry, and ao, daybreak, because it is heard at that time.

• Ia ‘oe, beware! take care of yourself.

• I‘aivililo, v. to be strong in war.

• I‘aui, s. a species of eel, said to grow too large for it to get into its hole.

• I‘amanu, s. lit. fish-beast; the whale. Syn. Tafola.

• I‘asina, s. the name of a fish.

• Iato, s. the bars connecting the outrigger with a canoe.

• Iatolo, s. small boils, mostly on the head.

• Iatolofanau, s. a succession of iatolo.

• I‘atuli, s. a small fish eaten by the tuli.

• I‘avai, s. 1. the eel. Syn. Tuna. 2. Fresh-water fish.

• Ie, v. to be weary of. Nearly Syn. Musu and Fiu. Soia ‘e te ie fa‘apea le tama.

• I‘e, the mallet for beating out the bark for making native cloth.

• ‘Ie, s. 1. the name of fine native mats, which are used much as money is. They constitute the most valuable property of the Samoans. The different kinds are—lalaga, ‘ie taua, ‘ie ‘ula, ‘ie sina or si ‘aloa. Ina lava-lava ni ‘ou ‘ie se tolu. 2. Foreign print and calico.

• ‘Ie‘ie, s. 1. a rag of cloth. Lava-lava ma lou ‘ie‘ie. 2. A species of creeper (Freycinetia) used for making fish-traps.

• ‘Iefa‘atupu, s. Syn. Anoi.

• I‘etosi, s. a mallet with grooves for beating out the bark of the paper mulberry and making Tutuga.

• ‘I‘i, v. to give a prolonged scream or squeak.

• I‘i, s. sauce, or more near to the Scotch “kitchen;” anything used as a relish, or to qualify other food, as vegetables to eat with meat.

• I‘i, v. to be used as sauce. See ‘Ina‘i.

• ‘I‘i, s. the name of a small herb.

• I‘i, s. the name of a weed (Oxalis comiculata).

• I‘i, adv. here.

• ‘I‘i‘o, pl. of ‘i‘o.

• ‘I‘ila, v. to shine, to glisten, to glitter; applied to the eyes abusively; redup. ‘ila‘ila.

• ‘I‘ila, adv. there, at a distance.

• ‘I‘ina, adv. there, close at hand. Tu‘u i ai ‘i‘ina.

• ‘I‘inei, adv. here.

• ‘I‘ini, v. to do things slowly. See ‘Ini‘ini.

• ‘I‘ino, interj. Pshaw! See ‘Ino-‘ino.

• ‘I‘ino, a. bad, either physically or morally. ‘O le tagata ‘i‘ino.

• ‘I‘ite, v. to predict. to foretell; pass. ‘itea; recip. fe‘itea‘i. Se aso ifea na a‘u le ‘itea i Liula‘au.

• ‘I‘iva, a. tall, of the virgin forest. ‘O le vao a ‘i‘iva; redup. ‘iva‘iva.

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• ‘I‘ivi, a. pl. of ‘ivi, bony.

• Io, s. a long strip of fish or flesh.

• Io, adv. yes; commonly Ioe.

• I‘o, adv. yonder; redup. i‘oi‘o. ‘A ioio fo‘i, i‘u mai.

• I‘o, v. to wind, as sinnet round the arm, or a net.

• ‘I‘o, a. 1. full as a bottle, a well. 2. Full-sized, as a yam or a taro. 3. Covered, as a bone with meat; pl. ‘i‘io.

• ‘I‘o, s. the inside, the fleshy part.

• ‘I‘o, v. to be full, to be full-sized, to be covered with meat; pl. ‘i‘io.

• ‘Io, s. 1. the cry of a chicken. 2. A chicken, from its cry; redup. ‘io‘io.

• Ioao, s. the Upolu word for iotua.

• Ioalo, s. the strip of fish or flesh taken from the belly.

• Ioe, Malay, Iya, adv. yes.

• Ioio, s. the flesh of the sides under the arm.

• ‘Io‘io, v. to peep, to cry, as a chicken.

• ‘I‘o‘i‘o, v. to coil up, as sinnet round the fingers; pass. ‘i‘ofia.

• ‘I‘o‘imata, s. the eyeball. ‘Ua ta‘alo ‘i‘o‘imata. The eyes roll about, as from pain.

• I‘ofi, s. tongs, pincers.

• ‘I‘ofia, v. pass. of ‘i‘o‘i‘o.

• ‘Iole, s. a rat. Syn. ‘Imoa and ‘Isumu.

• Iotua, s. a strip of fish or flesh taken from the back.

• I‘u, Malay, Ikur, s. 1. the tail. ‘O lona i‘u. 2. The end, the extremity of anything.

• I‘u, v. 1. to end. ‘Ua i‘u le filifiliga a lo latou saofa‘iga. 2. To finish. 3. To fulfil. 4. To come upon. Ne‘i ioio i‘u mai; pass. i‘ua, and i‘uina.

• I‘u, a. finished, completed. Nanei a fai mea le i‘u.

• I‘uaina, v. to come to an end, to die.

• I‘ui‘u, s. the end, as of a cocoa-nut leaf; as Si‘usi‘u.

• I‘ufono, s. the decision of a council, what it ends in deciding on.

• I‘uga, s. ending, determination or decision of a deliberation. O lona i‘uga.

• I‘uleo, s. an echo. ‘O lona i‘uleo.

• I‘umaga, s. 1. the tail of the bonito when cut up (Thymnus). 2. The centipede, on Manu‘a. 3. The earwig.

• I‘umatagi, s. the end of a storm. ‘Ua lutiluti a se i‘umatagi.

• I‘usina, s. the name of a fish.

• I uta, adv. inland; ashore.

• I‘utagata, s. the last of a family.

• I fafo, adv. without, outside. Lafo i fafo, ia laina.

• I fale, adv. indoors, within. ‘Au mai i fale i maia.

• I fea? adv. where? ‘O ifea le piliti, au mai?

• Ifi, s. 1. the chestnut tree (Inocarpus edulis). 2. The edible chestnut fruit.

• Ifi, v. 1. to blow smoke through an ifi leaf on to a sick person, being a native treatment of disease. 2. To smoke, as tobacco.

• Ifialava, s. one species of ifi (Inocarpus).

• Ifiatua, s. the name of a tree.

• Ifiifi, s. the name of a tree (Parinarium laurinum).

• Ifiui, s. the same as ifialava.

• Ifi‘ulu, s. a smooth-grained ifilele (Afzelia bijuga).

• Ififatu, s. a hard-grained ifilele (Afzelia bijuga).

• Ififuamoa, s. one kind of ifi (Inocarpus).

• Ifilele, s. the name of a valuable timber tree (Afzelia bijuga).

• Ifima‘anuminumi, s. the name of one kind of ifi on Tutuila.

• Ifimea, s. one kind of ifi (Inocarpus).

• Ifisoga, s. Syn. Ififatu.

• Ifo, v. 1. to bow down, as do those conquered in war, in token of

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  submission. 2. To descend, as from inland to the shore; pass. ifoa and ifogia. E ifo mai Aopo ma Asau. ‘Ofea taua a fa‘au ni e ifoa.

• Ifo, adv. down.

• Ifo, v. to terminate. ‘O le aso lea o Tupuivao na ifo.

• Ifoa, v. 1. to have an attack of a complaint to which the person is subject, which then falls (ifo) upon some other part of the body; as a headache ending in bad eyes. 2. To produce largely, as cocoa-nut trees from which nuts are picked often.

• Ifoa‘e, s. a descent. ‘O lona ifoa‘e.

• Ifoifo, v. to descend, as from the top of a house, a tree, or a mountain.

• Ifoilesusu, v. to go down to the breasts, of food taken by a nursing mother. Applied to food taken to chiefs.

• Ifoga, s. 1. a bowing down, an act of submission. ‘O lana ifoga. 2. The party bowing down.

• Ifogia, pass. of ifo.

• ‘Ifu, v. to run away, to run far off out of sight; redup. ‘ifu‘ifu.

• Igo, v. to be wearied with, to be tired of. Nearly as Fiu. ‘Ua matou igoigo lava ai lea fa‘atupuleaga; redup. igoigo.

• Igoa, s. a name. ‘O ai lona igoa? Who is his name? of persons. ‘O le a lona igoa? What is its name? of things.

• Igoa, v. to be named.

• Igoapo, s. a watchword in war.

• Ila, s. 1. a mother's mark, a mark in the skin. 2. A defect. E leai sona ila.

• Ila, adv. there.

• Ila. See Leila.

• Ilaila, v. marked, spotted.

• Ilaila, v. to be spotted.

• ‘Ila‘ila, v. redup. of ‘i‘ila, to shine.

• Ilalo, prep. under.

• Ilamea, s. a disease of infants. ‘Ua te‘a le e‘a, ‘a e tali le ilamea.

• Ilamutu, s. cousins, the relationship sustained by the children of a sister to the children of her brother, after the brother and sister are dead; a father's sister. Syn. Tamasa.

• Ilasa, s. the mark in the skin, thought to be a symptom of supa.

• Ilasupa, s. the mark in the skin, thought to be a symptom of supa.

• Ili, s. a fan. ‘O lana ili.

• Ili, v. to blow, as a trumpet; pass. ilia; pl. feili.

• ‘Ili, s. 1. a rasp, a file, 2. A saw. ‘O lana ‘ili.

• ‘Ili, v. 1. to file. 2. To saw; pass. ‘ilia.

• ‘Ili, v. to be very far away. A e ‘ili i lagi ona mamao.

• ‘Iliaii‘a, s. a sign that one has not left entirely, not again to return. E le te‘a le ‘iliaii‘a. So also of anger which has not entirely passed away.

• Iliasina, a. light-coloured, of the skin.

• Iliili, swimmerets of cray fish, and flipper of the turtle.

• ‘Ili‘ili, s. gravel, pebbles, small stones.

• ‘Ili‘ili. See Le‘ili‘ili.

• ‘Ili‘ilia, s. the name of the young ume (Naseus lituratus).

• Iliilifia, v. to be blown about by the wind, as dry leaves, smoke, &c.

• Iliola, s. the outer skin. ‘O lona iliola.

• Iliu, s. the name of a fish. It causes a stinging sensation when eaten, if cooked with the skin on (Chostodon Chirurgeons).

• Iliui, a. dark-skinned.

• Ilifia, v. to be thrown down by a stone passing close to a person.

• ‘Iligala‘au, s. sawdust.

• ‘Iliganoa, s. a scar. ‘O lona iliganoa.

• ‘Ililua, s. Syn. Fa‘apa‘ulua.

• ‘Ililua, v. to divide in two.

• ‘Ilimanifi, s. one species of banana.

• ‘Ilimatu, v. to be partially dry, as clothes.

• Ilitea, s. a white fan.

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• ‘Iliti, v. from ‘ili, to be pained by walking over sharp stones. ‘Ua ‘iliti vae i le ala talatala.

• ‘Ilititai, s. the bed of the sea.

• Ilitivai, s. the bed or bottom of a river.

• Ilo, v. a worm or maggot in putrid flesh and ulcers.

• Ilo, s. to know.

• Iloa, v. 1. to see. Ina ne‘i iloa e Sina lona tino. 2. To know. To lau sala, ‘a ‘ua iloa. 3. To understand.

• Iloa, v. to have maggots in.

• Iloilo, v. to look at, to examine.

• Iloilolima, v. lit. to look at the hands, to fight and see who is strongest.

• Iloga, v. 1. to be known. 2. To be determined on, decided on, settled.

• Iloga, v. imp. it is doubtful. E iloga e sau.

• I loto, prep. in the midst.

• ‘Ilu, a. innumerable.

• I luga, prep. above.

• I luma, prep. before.

• ‘Ilumano, a. innumerable.

• Imaunu, a word used in seuga-lupe.

• ‘Imoa, s. 1. a rat. Syn. ‘Iole and ‘Isumu. 2. The name of a fish.

• Ina, a particle affixed to verbs to form the passive.

• ‘Ina, s. 1. the sea-urchin (Echinus). 2. The throat. An abusive term.

• ‘Ina, conj. because that. Sa fa‘apea fo‘i ina ‘ua sau ‘o le tupu.

• Ina, adv. when, of past time only. ‘Ua matua ofo, ina o matamata i fa‘ailoga, “He was astonished when he saw the signs,” &c. (Acts viii. 13).

• Ina, a. grumbling, scolding. E fai mea ina, As if grumbling was sauce to his food.

• Ina, v. to grumble. ‘Ua tautua ina, ina ua fai mea ma le ‘ote.

• Ina, a particle marking the imperative. Ina alu ia.

• Ina‘e, v. to be wearied, either in body or mind.

• Ina‘i, v. from I‘I, to eat one kind of food with another as sauce.

• Ina‘ia, conj. in order that, that.

• Ina‘ilau, s. a row of thatch, one width of the thatch put on from bottom to top of the house. ‘O le ina‘ilau o le fale.

• Inaina, v. to be full to repletion.

• ‘Ina‘ina, v. to coutend, to strive.

• ‘Ina‘inau, v. to coutend, to strive.

• Inaina‘i, s. the main body of an army.

• Inafo, s. 1. a shoal of bonito (Thymnus). Inafo o atu. 2. A great number of people, mostly to chiefs. Inafo ali‘i.

• Inaga, s. the name of the fry of a small fresh-water fish. Se i‘a itiiti o inaga.

• Inamau, an Upolu word for Finafinau.

• ‘Ina ne‘i, conj. lest.

• Inato, s. the full-grown sesele.

• ‘Ini, v. 1. to take hold of with the nails, to pinch. 2. To pull up small weeds. 3. To kill, as a fish by pinching. ‘Ua initia lau manini; pass. ‘initia; intens. ‘ini‘ini.

• ‘Ini, s. a pinch.

• ‘Ini‘ini, v. 1. to do a thing gradually, as to bring taro from the plantation in small quantities, so as to make it eke out. 2. To eat a fish in small pieces, so as to make it last with the taro. See I‘ini.

• ‘Ini‘ini, s. a ripe cocoanut in which there is no juice.

• ‘Ino, s. excrements.

• ‘Inoa, s. excrements.

• Inoino, v. to demand, to examine; pass. inofia. ‘Ua fai atu foi ia inoino ia te ia ma sasa, Acts xxiii. 24.

• ‘Ino‘ino, v. to hate, to abominate; pass. ‘inosia.

• Inofi, a. beautiful, good-looking, as houses, people.

• Inofie, a. beautiful, good-looking, as houses, people.

• Inofia, v. pass. of inoino.

• Inofia, v. pass. of ‘ino‘ino.

• Inu, Malay, Minum, v. to drink;

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  pl. peinu; pass. inumia; redup. inuinu.

• Inuasuasu, v. to drink by lapping.

• Inuitino, v. lit. to drink the rain-water from the body; to rain heavily.

• Inuga, s. a drinking. ‘O lona inuga ‘ava.

• Inumaga, s. a draught, a drink.

• Inupo, v. lit. to drink at night, to fast; because the thirst was more than the hunger.

• Inusami, v. lit. to drink salt water or the sea; to rain heavily, so as to cause a splashing of the sea.

• Inusami, s. a half-starved pigeon. Syn. Tupu‘a.

• Ipi[gap — reason: unclear], s. a soft edible cocoa-nut shell, thought to be medicinal.

• Ipiniu, s. 1. a cocoa-nut shell cup. 2. An axe, so called before chiefs.

• Ipo, s. an edible mud-worm.

• Ipu, s. a cup. ‘O lana ipu.

• Ipu‘ava, s. the cup for serving out ‘ava.

• Isa, interj. get out! out upon you! for shaine! redup. isaisa.

• Ise, s. names of fishes.

• Iseise, s. names of fishes.

• Ise‘ula, s. names of fishes.

• Isi, v. to be, to have, on Tutuila only. E isi sau‘ava?

• Isi, pron. some.

• Isi, v. to beg, mostly for food.

• Isi, v. to split; intens. isiisi; pass. isia.

• Iso, v. to acknowledge oneself worsted, as in wrestling, guessing riddles, &c. ‘Ua ‘ou iso, I give it up.

• Isu, s. 1. the nose. ‘O lona isu. 2. The snout. 3. The bill of a bird, as tuliisutele, the great-billed tuli (Numenius).

• Isu, interj. an apologetic and deprecatory word, after having come suddenly into the presence of chiefs. Isu e, sau mai i fafo, e le iloa ali‘i.

• Isumene, s. a small nose.

• Isumiti, s. a sniffing nose.

• ‘Isumu, s. a rat (Mus). Syn. ‘Iole and ‘Imoa.

• Isupapa, s. a flat nose.

• Isupe, s. mucus from the nose.

• Isupu, s. a diseased nose, eaten off by ulceration (Lupus).

• Isusisi, s. a turned- up nose.

• Isuva‘a, s. a large nose.

• ‘Ita, Malay, Kita, pron. I, me. ‘Ua lelei ‘oe lelei ‘ita.

• Ita, s. anger. Tuli le moa, e le maua; ona tupu lea ‘o le ita. ‘O lona ita.

• Ita, v. to be angry. ‘Aua le ita, so‘u fesili; pl. feitatani; pass. itagia; recip. feitaga‘i.

• Itafatafa, prep. by the side.

• Itagofie, a. irritable.

• I tala atu, prep. on that side, beyond a certain thing or place.

• I tala mai, prep. on this side of a certain thing or place.

• Itavale, v. to be angry without cause.

• Ite, s. the month of December [T.P.].

• Itiiti, Malay, Kiiti, a. little; small; few; pl. iti; to‘aitiiti, few persons.

• ‘Itogi, s. one kind of ve‘a.

• I totonu, prep. inside.

• Itu, s. a side. ‘O lona itu.

• I tua, prep. behind, at the back.

• Itua‘ea, s. the south side of Savai‘i.

• Ituaiga, s. 1. a division or branch of a family. ‘O lona ituaiga. 2. A religious sect.

• Ituaso, s. a part of a day; an hour of the day only; itupo, of the night. Syn. Itula.

• Itu i matu, s. the North.

• Itu i toga, s. the South.

• ‘Itu‘itu, v. to be tired of, to be wearied with, of the mind.

• Itufia, s. one name of the Atua district.

• Itula, s. a part of a day; an hour of the day only; itupo, of the night. Syn. Ituaso. ‘O lona itula.

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• Itulagi, s. a side of the heavens. Ona alu lea i le itulagi sisifo.

• Itulasi, a. having many relations. ‘O le tama itulasi.

• Itumea, s. a division, a portion, mostly of food. ‘O lana itumea.

• Itutaoa, s. the north side of Savai‘i.

• Itutaua, s. an army; all the troops of one party. ‘Ua fasia lana itutaua.

• Itupo, s. a part of the night; an hour; used only of the night.

• Iva, Malay, Siwa, a. nine.

• Iva, v. to be languid, to be exhausted; redup. dimin. ivaiva, somewhat languid.

• Ivaiva, s. the name of the lo when grown large.

• ‘Iva‘iva, a. tall, of men or trees; dim. of ‘i‘iva.

• Ivagafulu, a. ninety.

• Ivagalau, a. nine hundred.

• ‘Ivi, s. 1. a bone. Ne‘i mao i le ‘ivi o le i‘a. 2. A portion of the back of a cooked pig. ‘O lana ivi. 3. The keel of a canoe.

• ‘Ivi, a. bony, applied to the eye when covered with a film; pl. ‘i‘ivi.

• ‘Ivi, v. to become bone; pass. ‘ivi‘ivia, to be thin.

• ‘Ivi‘auvae, s. the jawbone. ‘O le ‘ivi‘auvae o le tagata.

• ‘Ivi‘aso‘aso, s. the ribs. ‘O ona ‘ivi‘aso‘aso.

• ‘Ivi‘ivia, a. bony, lean.

• ‘Ivi‘ivima‘a‘a, a. lit. hard-boned, strong.

• ‘Ivifa‘ala, s. the hip-bone. Some use it of the shoulder-bone; lit. bones exposed to the sun.

• ‘Ivifatafata, s. the breast-bone.

• ‘Ivifoe, s. the shoulder-blade.

• ‘Ivino‘o, s. os sacrum, including os coxigis.

• ‘Ivisa, s. Syn. ‘Ivifoe.

• ‘Ivitele, the large bone of the arm.

• ‘Ivitu, s. lit. the standing bone, the spine.