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fiafia

Samoan edit

Noun edit

fiafia

  1. competition; get-together

Tokelauan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *fiafia. Cognates include Hawaiian hia and Samoan fiafia.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɸi.a ˈɸi.a]
  • Hyphenation: fi‧a‧fi‧a

Noun edit

fiafia

  1. happiness
    • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎[1]:
      Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.
      This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and they live together in peace and happiness.
  2. entertainment, party
  3. (+ ki) interest (in)

Verb edit

fiafia

  1. (stative) to be happy
  2. (transitive) to like, enjoy

References edit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 121
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