G

• The seventh letter in the Samoan alphabet. It has always the nasal sound, as ng in singing.

• Ga, 1. a prefix to some few verbs, making them neuter, as gasolo, gatusa. 2. Prefixed to some adverbs indicating only a short distance, as gafea? gauta.

• Ga, 1. a particle suffixed to some verbs to form nouns, as galue, to work, galuega, work. 2. A euphonic infixed particle in counting couples, tens, hundreds, after the second of each; as tolugaoa, fagafulu, limagalau, onogaafe. 3. In counting units of some things, as breadfruit, &c., as e limagafua. 4. In counting the first ten of many things, taro, yams, bananas, &c.; also of men; e fuagafulu, e tinoagafulu, &c.

• Ga, s. the name of a fish.

• Ga, v. to pant; on Tutuila for ga‘e. Malay, Nganga, to gape.

• Ga‘au, s. 1. entrails. ‘O lona ga‘au. 2. One's own child.

• Ga‘auafea, v. to be starved, to be pinched with hunger.

• Ga‘aufanaua, s. a prolific woman.

• Ga‘ausalo, v. to be starved. Syn. Ga‘auafea.

• Ga‘autaoto, s. one part of the intestines.

• Ga‘autu, s. one part of the intestines.

• Ga‘e, v. to breathe hard, to pant, to be out of breath; redup. ga‘ega‘e.

• Ga‘ea‘e, v. to set agoing any difficult work. Syn. Laga.

• Gae‘e, v. 1. to move, as a stone by means of a lever. 2. To be stirred up, to be roused. ‘A ‘uu le se‘i fa‘aete fimalie, ne‘i gae‘e. 3. To be on the move, to be stirring. Faila, a tatou gae‘e. 4. To toss about, as when in pain; pass. Gae‘etia.

• Gaegae, v. to be loose, to shake.

• Ga‘ega‘e, v. redup. of ga‘e, to be out of breath, to pant.

• Ga‘ega‘eloloa, v. to pant greatly.

• Gaele, v. to shake, to oscillate as a bog when walking over it; redup. Gaeleele.

• Gaele, a. shaking, quaking. ‘O le fusi galeele.

• Gaepu, v. to be stirred up, to be troubled, to be agitated, as water; redup. gaepuepu.

• Ga‘etu, v. to stand and pant.

• Gai, v. to be astonished, to be surprised. A jocular word.

• Gai, v. to be pained or injured internally, as by a fall; redup. gaigai.

• Gai‘oi‘o, v. to wriggle, as snakes and eels. Applied to a lanky man.

• Gaigai, v. to be exhausted, as by work or exposure to the sun.

• Gaito, s. 1. the name of a fish. 2. A tall lanky man.

• Gaitoito, a. lanky.

• Gao, s. 1. the double teeth. ‘O ona gao. 2. A reproach; something which causes shame when mentioned. ‘O lana gao.

• Ga‘o, s. lard, fat.

• Ga‘o, a. diligent; redup. ga‘o‘o.

• Ga‘o, v. to be industrious.

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• Gaoa, v. to be rough, rugged, stony; redup. gaogaoa.

• Gaoa, a. rough, stony, as a road. O' le ala gaoa.

• Ga‘oa, a. fat.

• Gaoi, s. a thief.

• Gaoi, v. to thieve, to steal; pass. Gaoia.

• Gaoi, v. to throb, to ache.

• Ga‘o‘i, v. 1. to swarm, as vermin. 2. To abound, of people.

• Gaoia, v. 1. to be restless or active, as one who is always at work, or doing something. 2. To desire new wives.

• Gaoioi, v. to shake about.

• Ga‘ofa‘a‘upega, s. the caul.

• Gaofe, a. bending, yielding, shaking, rickety, as an old canoe, or an old house ready to drop to pieces; redup. gaofeofe.

• Gaoga, s. the act of reproaching. See Gao.

• Gaogao, a. 1. empty, of the stomach. 2. Deserted, forsaken, of a house, village, &c. E, Gogo e, le alofa i si ou nu‘u ‘ua gaogao.

• Gaogao, v. 1. to be empty, of the stomach. 2. To be deserted, of a house or village.

• Gaogao-ato-tele, s. a large basket though not full has much in it.

• Gaogaoina, v. to be reproached; fr. gao.

• Ga‘oga‘ooletai, s. one who has many methods of fishing.

• Gaolo, v. 1. to rattle, to crepitate, as broken bones. 2. To abound, as people in a family.

• Ga‘opunipu, s. the midriff.

• Gaosa, a. rough, stony; redup. gaogaosa. Syn. Gaoa.

• Gaosa, v. 1. to be rough, stony. 2. To be littered, as a house not put to rights.

• Gaosi, v. 1. to prepare, as a pig for the oven. ‘Ua mate, ona o one lea le nu‘u ‘ua gaosi. 2. To make.

• Gaosi‘ese, v. to be badly made, as a house or a deformed person.

• Gau, s. 1. the name of a naked molluse. 2. The name of a disease.

• Gau, v. 1. to break. 2. To yield. Ona gau ifo lea o Tagaloalagi. 3. To chew sugar-cane, or ti root; also the skin of the chestnut by bats; pl. gagau, gaugau; pass. gausia.

• Gaua‘i, v. to yield to, to obey.

• Gau‘augutu, a. raised at both ends, but low in the middle; of a canoe.

• Gaualofa, v. to yield from love.

• Gaualuga, of a hungry man.

• Gauaso, v. to break in upon, or to bring to an end the duily offering of a human body. (Obsolete).

• Gaueseese, v. to be of different opinions.

• Gaui, v. to break, a dimin. of gau; redup. gaugaui; pass. sing. gauia; pl. gaauia.

• Gauiui, to fold up. Syn.Gaugau.

• Gauolosa‘a, v. to die. Applied only to the family of Tuala. Lit. The mountain Olosa‘a is broken in two.

• Gaugaaivi, s. a joint. ‘O lona gaugaivi.

• Gaugau, v. 1. pl. of gau. 2. To fold up.

• Gaugautasi, v. to be of one mind.

• Gaugatino, s. a joint. Syn. Gaugaini.

• Gaugutu, s. SeeGau‘augutu.

• Gaulele. SeeGautou.

• Gaumata, v. lit. to be broken green, 1. to die young. 2. To die suddenly or by accident; pl. gagaumata.

• Gaupopo, v. to have a relapse of illness from working too soon after becoming convalescent.

• Gaupule, v. lit. to break the authority, to interfere with the authority of another. Syn. Seupule.

• Gaupulu. The rat is the gnawer of pulu; and he ran off with the bat's wings. ‘O gaupulu le pe‘a i lalo nei.

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• Gauta, adv. towards inland.

• Gautou, v. lit. to break like tou. 1. to be brittle, to die young. 2. To die suddenly, or by accident. Syn. Fatitou, Gaumata, Gaulele.

• Gafa, s. 1. a fathom. 2. Ancestors. 3. Descendants. 4. A pedigree.

• Gafafesaua‘i, v. to intermarry with another family.

• Gafata, s. 1. marriages into another family. 2. The offspring of such marriages; pl. gafatata.

• Gafatailelagi, v. to marry above one's rank.

• Gafataitua, v. to marry beneath one's rank.

• Gafatavale, v. to marry beneath one's rank.

• Gafea, adv. whereabouts?

• Gafigafi, s. 1. an old siapo used as a wrapper for native property. 2. A rich man.

• Gafoa, v. 1. to be notched, as a knife, &c. 2. To be daybreak; intens. gafoafoa. ‘Ua gafoa le ata, The shade is broken. It is break of day.

• Gafua, v. to be made common, to have a prohibition removed. Used both of sa and pa ia. Hence applied to Monday. See the adjective.

• Gafua, a. common, unprohibited. ‘O le aso gafua.

• Gafulu, a. ten.

• Gaga, v. to give permission. See Fa‘agaga.

• Gaga‘e, v. to spring up, to arise; as a wish, a disease. 2. To sigh for home.

• Gaga‘e, adv. eastward, a little towards the east.

• Gaga‘e, adv. eastward, at some distance, as at the next village.

• Gagaifo, adv. westard, a little toward the west.

• Gagau, v. 1. pl. of gau, to break. 2. To fold up, to crease.

• Gagafa, v. to measure with the arms, to fathom.

• Gagafo, adv. westward, at some distance to the west.

• Gagalo, v. pl. of galo.

• Gagalu, v. to be rippled, as the water by a canoe, or a fish swimming near the surface; redup. galugalu.

• Gagana, v. to speech, language. ‘O lona gagana.

• Gagana, v. to speak to; recip. feganavai. ‘Ua iloa e ai ui la‘au e gagana.

• Gala. ‘On te nofo, o‘u te gala.

• Galala, v. 1. to have intense thirst, to be parched with thirst. 2. To long for.

• Galegale, s. a young cock, not full grown.

• Galegale, v. to crow, as a young cock.

• Galegaleata, v. to be dawn.

• Galemulemu, v. 1. to shake about, to be soft, of taro and breadfruit. 2. fig. To be weakly, of men.

• Galepu, v. to be stirred up, to be troubled, to be agitated, as water; dim. galepulepu. Syn. Gaepu.

• Gali, v. to gnaw; intens. gagali; pass. galia; dim. galigali.

• Gali‘o, s. a sea snake (Pelamis bicolor).

• Galiola, v. to eat alive.

• Galimaunu, v. to nibble the bait.

• Galo, v. to forget; pl. gagalo. Tula‘i atu Sina. ‘a e galo Le‘u‘ameatagata. Impers. verb.

• Galo, s. a full-grown usiusi.

• Galo, v. to pass out of sight, to vanish in the distance, to disappear. ‘A‘e va‘ai mai ‘ua ‘ou galo, i le ‘e oso.

• Galouluvao, v. to disappear behind the trees, of the moon. Le malama e galouluvao.

• Galogalova‘ala, the moon apparently setting and appearing again. Malay, alun.

• Galolo, s. the name of a fish.

• Galovaoina, v. to be forgotten in the bush.

• Galovale, v. to go inland, as to the plantations, and return empty-handed.

• Galu, s. 1. a wave, a breaker. page 170 Amuia le galu e fa‘afua ma maona. 2. A number of young persons. ‘O le galu teine, ma le galu taulele‘a.

• Galu, v. to be rough, to break heavily on the reef. ‘A galu, fatia Si‘unau; redup. galugalu.

• Galua, v. to be rough, of the waves.

• Galuailetai, s. great numbers of fishes.

• Galuao, s. a wave breaking at one end first. Syn. Galuta‘ai.

• Galue, v. to work, especially in cultivating the ground; pl. galulue; pass. galueina.

• Galue, s. the food taken by a whole village to visitors.

• Galueiliili, v. to work lazily.

• Galueiniini, v. to work lazily.

• Galuefa‘afafa, s. food, consisting of a pig and a basket of vegetables taken by each head of a family to visitors in their village.

• Galuega, s. work, especially husbandry. ‘O lana galuega.

• Galuelue, v. to shake, to move to and fro.

• Galuelili, s. lit. baskets of food tied up because full, and taken to visitors. Syn. Galuefa‘afafa.

• Galuetali. Syn.

• Galuefa‘afafa.

• Galuo, a. rough, with breakers.

• Galugalu, v. redup. of galu, somewhat rough.

• Galulu, v. 1. to shake, as a nut not full of juice. 2. fig. To be shaken or influenced by a chief, as a people. ‘O le tupu lea na galulu i ai aitu ma tagata. 3. To go in crowds. Intens. Galulululu.

• Galulu, v. to have the headache.

• Galuta‘a, s. waves rolling from west to east, or the contrary.

• Galuta‘ai, s. Syn.Galuao.

• Galutai, s. waves of the sea.

• Galutafi, s. a high wave which sweeps the rubbish from the beach.

• Galutu‘u, s. the last wave on which those who fa‘ase‘e slide before finishing the game.

• Galuvaea, v. to be trampled under foot.

• Ganagana, v. to be talked about, to be the subject of conversation. Mona sasa e ganagana.

• Ganagana, v. to talk, to converse, to chat; pass. ganaia; recip. feganavai.

• Ganagata, a. difficult to be persuaded, disobedient.

• Ganagata, v. to be disobedient.

• Ganagofie, a. easily persuaded, obedient.

• Ganagofie, v. to be obedient.

• Gape, s. hunger.

• Gape, v. 1. to be broken, generally of things fragile. 2. Of the voice of a youth. ‘O le leo ‘ua gape; pl. Gapepe.

• Gapelu, a. weak, as a stick or as a man.

• Gapia, s. fish taken to relations. ‘O lona gapia.

• Gase, a. 1. palsied, lifeless. 2. Languid; pl. gagase. ‘O le tino gagase.

• Gase, v. 1. to be languid, to be lifeless. E, loto e mutivale, ma ota tino e gase. 2. To wane, as the moon. 3. To die. E gase fua lava malolo; pass. gasea.

• Gase, v. to rustle; redup. gasese.

• Gase ele‘ele, v. to be eclipsed, of the moon and sun. [Used chiefly of the moon.]

• Gasegase, s. a chief's illness. Se‘i ai se atua e lovea‘i i le gasegase o Tagipo.

• Gasegase, v. to be ill, of a chief.

• Gasegasemalu, s. a chief's ulcer.

• Gasemoe, v. to die, Ina gasemoe; ‘o le faiva o tamatane o tau.

• Gasese, a. industrious.

• Gasese, s. the preparation of an oven of food. A polite term before chiefs.

• Gasesega, s. the preparation of an oven of food. A polite term before chiefs.

• Gasetoto, v. to be eclipsed. [Used chiefly of the sun.] Na fua i le la na gasetoto.

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• Gasolo, a. swift, of a canoe.

• Gasolo, v. 1. to pass along. Ona gasolo ai lea ‘o le taua. 2. To be quick, swift, as a canoe, or work; dimin. gasolosolo.

• Gasolo, v. to slip down, as thatch slipping out of place on the roof of a house.

• Gasoloao, v. to die. Applied to the highest chiefs.

• Gasu, v. to be wet, of the bush.

• Gata, s. a snake.

• Gata, s. property given when a girl commences her monthly courses.

• Gata, v. to finish, to end, to terminate, to be restricted to. E le gata i Safata ona fealofa‘i ai.

• Gata, suffixed to verbs and adjectives to express difficulty; as maugata, to be difficult to obtain.

• Gata‘aga, s. the end. ‘O lona gata‘aga.

• Gatae, s. the name of a tree. Its flowers are called ‘alo‘alo (Erythrina Indica).

• Gata‘e, v. to be cracked, to be split.

• Gatai, adv. seawards, a little towards the sea. Ona alu atu lea i gatai o Tutuila.

• Gata‘ula, s. two kinds of snakes.

• Gatauli, s. two kinds of snakes.

• Gatala, s. the name of a fish (Serranus sp. pl.)

• Gatasi, adv. 1. equal. Le fia eva gatasi lava. 2. Together; intens. gatasitasi.

• Gatasi, adv. 1. equal. Le fia eva gatasi lava. 2. Together; intens. gatasitasi.

• Gatasina, s. one kind of snake.

• Gatete, v. 1. shake, to tremble. 2. To be troubled; pl. Gatete; intens. gatetetete.

• Gati, s. one kind of sons, sung by three of four persons.

• Gatilo, v. to grow in great numbers, to increase greatly. Mostly of insects; redup. gatilotilo.

• Gatogia, s. the first atu caught in the season, and given to the chief. ‘O le atu o le gatogia.

• Gatu, s. 1. the stick used to rub for fire. 2. An old siapo, used as a wrapper, or as rugs in sickness.

• Gatu, v. to make head-quarters, to come to one point from different places. A gatu mai le alofa i tama e.

• Gatugatufanau, v. to be accustomed to bear children.

• Gatusa, v. to be equal, to be alike; intens. gatusatusa.

• Gege, v. to die, of animals, and of men abusively. A gege i le ma‘alili.

• Gege, s. the name of a fish.

• Gege, a. very fat—Carne.

• Gegegege, v. to appear as if dying. Applied to the sun when obscured by clouds.

• Geli, s. a cat. Syn. Gose.

• Geno, v. to nod, to wink; intens. genogeno. Syn. Nego.

• Gese, a. slow; intens. gesegese.

• Geti, s. a full-grown lomu.

• Getigetia, a. fat, of pigs and men.

• Gigi, v. to obey.

• Gigie, s. the Manu‘a name of the tamole.

• Gigili, v. 1. to have a good voice for singing. ‘Ua gigili le leo. 2. To become a public speaker on account of having a good voice. ‘Ua oti Pai, a e gigili lona atali‘i. 3. To be able to talk but not to act, as a cripple.

• Gigilianafa. It is first praised for its good tone, and then thrown aside as a log of wood.

• Gita, s. the hair on both sides of the head left long, as practised by virgins. ‘O lona gita.

• Gofie, suffixed to verbs, meaning easy, as maugofie, to be obtained easily.

• Gogo, s. a tern (Sterna sp. pl).

• Gogofala, s. 1. a bird having a small voice. 2. A child's whistle. ‘O lana gogofala.

• Gogolo, s. a rushing sound, as of wind, waves, thunder, &c.

• Gogolo, v. 1. to make a rushing sound. 2. To come in crowds.

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• Gose, s. a cat. Syn. Geli.

• Goto, v. 1. to sink. 2. To be swamped, as a canoe. 3. To set, as the sun, &c. Pl gogoto; intens. gotogoto. Pei‘o le la, a goto e toe aso mai.

• Goto, a. setting, of the sun, or moon, or stars. ‘Ua pulapula a la goto.

• Gotouga, v. lit. to sink like an uga, to sink to the bottom.

• Gu, a dark-coloured artificial flyhook.

• Gu, v. 1. to growl. 2. To make a murmuring noise, as voices in the distance.

• Gufe‘e, s. the name of a fish.

• Gugu, s. rheumatism. ‘O lona gugu

• Gugu, v. to scranch. As Pa‘agugu.

• Gugu, a. dumb.

• Gugu, v. to be dumb.

• Gugua, a. rheumatic.

• Gugutu, v. to be a great talker without regarding truth; recip. fegutugutua‘i.

• Gulu, v. to sleep. A jocular term; redup. gulugulu.

• Gutau, v. lit. to have the mutterings of war.

• Gutu, v. to excel, to be very great. ‘Ua gutu le va‘a.

• Gutu, v. 1. to cat one's food by oneself alone. 2. To trespass against oneself. ‘Ua gutu ia Vave le sa o Vave.

• Gutu, s. 1. the mouth of men, animals, wells, bottles, &c. 2. The beak of a bird. 3. An opening, as of a cave, or through the reef, &c.

• Gutua, v. 1. having a mouth.

• Gutua, v. to talk impudently.

• Gutuaitu, s. 1. a man full of words; in a bad sense. 2. A scold.

• Gutuaopo, a. sore-mouthed. Syn. Gutusolosolo.

• Gutuava, s. the inner sides of an opening in the reef.

• Gutufagu, s. one kind of breadfruit.

• Gutufiloa, a. prominent-mouthed.

• Gutugutu, v. to promise and not perform.

• Gurulei, s. the name of a bird.

• Gutuma‘a, s. a noisy blustering bully.

• Gutumalo, v. to use strong language because a conqueror.

• Gutumamapo, s. a boaster. See Lotovi‘i.

• Gutumanu, s. the first stage of the taro shoot.

• Gutumo‘o, a. small-mouthed.

• Gutumulu, v. to eat by the sly.

• Gutupago, s. a contenious man.

• Gutupoto, v. to be a elever talker. Se gutupoto ia te tala saloa.

• Gutusalu, v. to bespatter with praises, to mix the talk with many compliments.

• Gutusega, a. beardless.

• Gutusolosolo, a. sore-mouthed. Syn. Gutuaopo.

• Gutusua, a. jesting; redup. gutusua.

• Gutusumu, a. small and prominent-mouthed.

• Gututavale, s. a great talker.

• Gutuvale, v. to use bad language.