Upu o le aso/ Word of the day 22 Aukuso 2026

Malo lava everyone

It was sunny and hot enough to wear just a t-shirt i Aukilani/ Auckland.

We are 10 days away from finishing this experiment of asking Samoans we know for contemporary word translations.
As a NZ-born Samoan, Louise is curious how new words are made here from fragments, chunks and pools of her knowledge and those of others, who have for the last couple of weeks, also been NZ-born Samoans.

Our director, Louise Tu’u, has a translation question for you, especially o matou uo Samoa / Samoan 🇼🇸 mates.

What is fa’aSamoa for:

whimsical?

Please comment down below or email us: projects@weshouldpractice.com

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