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In connection with the act of drinking the 'ava, when the recipient of the cup calls out Ia manuia the assembly reply – Ia manuia or Soifua, the latter word meaning 'may you live'. The act of throwing by the drinker of the remainder of the contents of the cup over his shoulder may have been an unspoken desire that all misfortune should ...
Amerika Sāmoa Lo’u Atunu’u pele ‘oe Oute tiu I lou igoa O ‘oe o lo’u fa’amoemoe O ‘oe ole Penina ole Pasefika E mo’omia, e motu e lima, e...
O te manuia katoa Loto lasi o fai, Tou malo saoloto Fusi ake katoa Ki te loto alofa Kae amo fakatasi Ate atu fenua. “Tuvalu mo te Atua” Ki te se gata mai! II Tuku atu tau pulega Ki te pule mai luga, Kilo tonu ki ou mua Me ko ia e tautai. “Pule tasi mo ia” Ki te se gata mai, Ko tena mana Ko tou malosi tena. Pati lima kae kalaga Ulufonu ...
Ia lafoia i le alo galu. May you be thrown on the bosom of the wave; the front part of the wave where it is easy to swim. Ia natia i Fatualavai. May our fault be hidden in Fatualavai. May we be forgiven. Ua se tifitifi. Of a nimble warrior. Ua se moo le sosolo. He is a lizard crawling. Of a disobedient lad. Ua se taʻataʻa a le ala.
Kia manuia! : good luck! Kia rave ana koe i tēnā ʻangaʻanga : would you do that job Kia tae mai ki te angaʻanga ā te pōpongi Mōnitē : come to work on Monday morning Teia te tātāpaka, kia kai koe : Here's the breadfruit pudding, eat up e: Imperative, order e ʻeke koe ki raro : you get down e tū ki kō : stand over there Auraka
Another Samoan salutation To life, live long! properly translated Ia ola! also echoes in places such as Aotearoa (New Zealand), where the formal greeting in Māori is Kia ora and in Tahiti (French Polynesia) where it is 'Ia orana. Talofa is also the greeting of the island of Lifou (New Caledonia), and of the island state of Tuvalu.
Tui Manu'a Elisala was the last title holder Tui Manu'a Matelita was the Tui Manuʻa from 1891 to 1895.. The title Tui Manuʻa was the title of the ruler or paramount chief of the Manuʻa Islands in present-day American Samoa.
Tui Manu'a Matelita, born Margaret Young, and also known as Makelita, Matelika or Lika (31 December 1872 – 29 October 1895) was the Tui Manu'a (paramount chief or queen) of Manu'a, a group of islands in the eastern part of the Samoan Islands (present day American Samoa), from 1891 to 1895.