A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan vocabulary

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  • Jabbet, v. [jab-ba] nanu.

  • Jacket, n. ‘ofu.

  • Jaded, soan. [jed-ed] iva, lailoa.

  • Jag, v. fa‘agafoafoa.

  • Jail, n. [jel] fale-puipui.

  • Jailor, n. [jel-oa] leoleo o le falepuipui.

  • Jangle, v. [jan-gl] taua‘i‘upu.

  • January, n. [jan-iu-ari] Ianuari.

  • Jar, n. [ja] fagu.

  • Jargon, n. [ja-gon] nanu.

  • Jaw, n. [joa] ivi ‘auvae.

  • Jealous, soan. [jel-lus] fua; matau‘u.

  • Jeer, v. [jea] tauemu.

  • Jerk, v. sapini.

  • Jest, v. and n. nlaga.

  • Jester, n. [jes-tâ] fa‘aluma.

  • Jet, v. saua.

  • Jingle, v. [jin-gl] fa‘atagitagi.

  • Jocose, soan. [jo-kos] fai‘anaga.

  • Jog, v. tu‘itu‘i.

  • Join, v. fa‘aso‘o, fa‘atasi.

  • Joint, n. gauga-ivi; of a rope, fetuta‘i; of cane, pona.

  • Joke, n. [jok] ulaga.

  • Jostle, v. [jos-sl] fetoa‘i.

  • Journey, n. [jur-ne] malaga.

  • Joy, n. [joi] ‘oli‘oli, fiafia.

  • Judge, n. and v. [judj] fa‘amasino.

  • Judgment, n. [judj-ment] ‘o le pule le fa‘amasino; ‘o le totogi ‘o le sala.

  • Judicious, soan. [ju-di-shus] fa‘autauta.

  • Jug, n. ipu fa‘a‘ofu‘ofu.

  • Juggle, v. [jug-gl] faitifiga.

  • Juice, n. [juis] sua.

  • July, n. [ju-lai] Iulai.

  • Jumble, v. [jum-bl] so‘ona nunumi

  • Jump, v. oso.

  • Junction, n. [junk-shon] ‘o le fa‘atasi.

  • June, n. [jun] Iuni.

  • Jurisdiction, n. [ju-ris-dik-shon] pule.

  • Just, soan. tonu.

  • Justice, n. [jus-tis] amiotonu.

  • Justify, v. [jus-ti-fai] ta‘u amiotonu.

  • Juvenile, soan. [jiu-ven-ail] faataule‘ale‘a; faateine muli.

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Title: A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan vocabulary

Author: Pratt, Rev. George

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