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vā n. space; (similar to avanoa)
va'a n. boat;
va'ai (pv. va'aia) n. to look — Va'ai ou mata: Look [with] your eyes;
va'aia see va'ai
va'alele n. aircraft; (made from va'a + lele1)
va'ava'ai v. to supervise;
va'ava'aiga n. supervision;
vae n. leg;
vaega n. section, chapter;
vaganā except;
vai n. fresh water;
vāi- pref. used for the space between things; (made from i)
vai'aisa n. cold water;
vāiaso n. week; (made from vāi- + aso)
vaifala n. pineapple juice — E suamalie le vaifala: The pineapple juice is sweet;
vāifale n. the space between two houses; (made from vāi- + fale)
vailā'au n. drug; (made from vai + lā'au, similar to fuālā'au)
vaimoli n. orange juice;
vaipaipa n. tap water; (made from vai + paipa)
vaipou n. space between two posts; (made from vāi- + pou)
vaipuna
I. n. spring;
II. n. boiling water;
(made from vai + puna)
vaisā n. holy water; (made from vai + sā1)
vaitā'ele n. pool; (made from vai + tā'ele)
vaitafe n. river; (made from vai + tafe)
vaitīpolo n. lemon juice, lime juice — 'Ua fia inu 'oe i le vaitīpolo?: Do you want to drink the lemon juice?; (made from vai + tīpolo)
vaivai1
I. adj. soft;
II. adj. weak, tired;
vaivai2 n. puddle;
vala'au to call;
-vale suff. used to show pointlessness or lack of progress;
valea (pl. valelea) adj. stupid, crazy;
valelea see valea
vali
I. v. to paint;
II. n. paint;
valiga n. painting, rennovation; (made from vali + -ga)
valu num. eight;
vānimonimo n. in the blue sky;
vao n. grass, bush;
vasa n. open ocean; (similar to sami)
vase
I. n. a straight line;
II. n. ruler;
vasega n. class, division; (made from vase + -ga)
vavau adj. ancient; (see also fa'avavau)
vave
I. adv. fast, quickly — Inu vave inu loa: Drink fast, drink now;
II. v. quick;
vaveao n. early morning;
vela adj. cooked, ready; (see also vevela)
vevela
I. adj. hot;
II. n. heat — E 'ese le vevela: It's damn hot;
(opposite of mālūlū)
vi'i (pv. vi'ia) n. praise, glorify;
vi'ia see vi'i
vi'iga
I. n. praise, glory, credit;
II. n. hymn;
vili
I. v. to spin, drill;
II. v. to dial using a telephone;
(see also vilivili)
vilivili v. to spin, twist, drill; (see also vili)
violē adj. purple; (from English violet)
vivi'i v. to praise, honour, glorify;
voli see volipolo
volipolo n. volleyball; (from English volleyball)