Samoan Words: U u

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'ua v.p Present tense indicator — 'Ua tā se fia?: What's the time?;
uaea n. wire; (from English wire)
uafu n. wharf; (from English wharf)
uaina n. wine; (from English wine)
uati n. clock, watch; (from English watch)
Ueligitone n. prop. Wellington;
uiga n. meaning — 'O le ā le uiga a lau tala?: What do you mean?;
uiga'ese n. unknown, strange, unfamiliar; (made from uiga + 'ese)
uila adj. electric — Mōlī uila: Electric torch;
uili n. bicycle; (from English wheel)
ula1
I. v. to blow;
II. v. to smoke;
(opposite of miti1)
ula2 n. lobster, prawn;
ulaula v. to smoke regularly, to be a smoker — Sā le ulaula: No smoking. 'Ou te lē ulaula: I don't smoke;
ulavale adj. nasty, troublesome;
uli1 see uliuli
uli2 v. to steer, to drive;
uliga
uliuli (pl. uli1) adj. black;
ulu n. head;
'ulu n. breadfruit;
ulufafo v. to exit; (opposite of ulufale)
ulufale v. to enter; (opposite of ulufafo)
'uma adj. finished — 'Ua 'uma le fono: The meeting is finished;
'umi (pl. 'u'umi) adj. long (of time);
'umī adj. long (of objects);
'umu n. preparation of a Samoan oven; (see also ogā'umu)
umukuka n. kitchen; (made from 'umu + kuka)
uō
I. n. friend;
II. v. to befriend;
'upu n. word;
uso n. same-gender sibling, brother (of boy), sister (of girl);
usu1 v. to leave in the early morning;
usu2 v. to sing; (similar to pese)
uta lb. away from the sea, inland;
'u'umi see 'umi