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

Food and its Preparation

Food and its Preparation

  • Ave le iʻa, ina faʻatiau ma unafi. Take the fish, gut, and clean off the scales.

  • Ina tunu paʻua. Broil it on the coals.

  • Tunu ma le gaʻo i le falai pan. Broil it with lard in the frying-pan.

  • Puʻe se mea, fasi, futi, ma faʻatiau. Catch a fowl, kill, pluck, and pull it.

  • Ave, ina tao i le umu. Take and cook it in the oven.

  • Tunu se tufaaga puaʻa i le ʻulo. Boil a piece of pork in the sauce-pan.

  • Fasi se ʻufi ma tunu. Cut up a yam and boil it.

  • Toli mai ni ʻulu. Pick some bread-fruits.

  • Valu ni popo ma tau le sua. Scrape some nuts and sweep out the juice.

  • Fai se taufolo sami. Make some salt taufolo.

  • Po ua pusa ea le umu?. Have you lit the oven?

  • Tao ia le umu. Cover in the oven.

  • Fuʻe ia le umu pe a ua vela. Uncover the oven if it is ready.

  • Tunu le vai. Boil the water.

  • Laulau mai le ʻai. Lay the dinner.