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‖ faa-Samoa, n. (and adv.)|ˌfaˀaˌsaːˈmɔʌ|
Also fa'a-Samoa and varr.
[Samoan fἁa-Sāmoa, f. fἁa- ‘characteristic of, belonging to’ + Sāmoa.]
The Samoan way of life; the customs, language, etc. of Samoa. Also as adv. phr., in the Samoan manner.
1928M. Mead Coming of Age in Samoa (1929) x. 133 A child will use the term fa'a Samoa, ‘in Samoan fashion’. 1934F. M. Keesing Mod. Samoa i. 21 Yet the old Samoan ways, fa'aSamoa,..still appear to predominate. 1962Fox & Cumberland Western Samoa viii. 184 Ceremony is an integral part of fἁa Samoa. 1979A. Wendt Leaves of Banyan Tree i. 37 Our way of life, our precious faa-Samoa, is changing—some say for the worse, some say for the better. 1983N.Y. Times 24 Apr. vi. 55/3 In apparent retaliation for going outside the faa Samoa, or Samoan way, Tariu Tuivaiti's house was burned. |