filifili
Samoan
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *fili (compare with Tongan fili and Maori whiri), from Proto-Oceanic (compare with Fijian vili (“to pick, to gather”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq (compare with Malay pilih, Tagalog pili and pumili), from Proto-Austronesian *piliq.[1] Doublet of fili.
Verb
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- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Samoan doublets
- Samoan lemmas
- Samoan verbs