Body Parts

1. ulu

   Head

   Usage

   The same form as in the nouns card; in Samoa the head is respected, so do not pass things over someone's head

2. lauulu

   Hair

   Usage

   "Lau" (leaf) plus "ulu" (head), built the same way as Tongan "louʻulu"

3. mata

   Eye

   Usage

   The same form as in the nouns card; it can also mean face, so point at your eye

4. taliga

   Ear

   Usage

   The same form as in the nouns card

5. isu

   Nose

   Usage

   The same form as in the nouns card

6. gutu

   Mouth

   Usage

   Samoan "g" is pronounced like English "ng"; use it at the dentist

7. nifo

   Tooth

   Usage

   The same form as in the nouns card; point at the tooth that hurts

8. laulaufaiva

   Tongue

   Usage

   This is the ordinary word; the synonym "alelo" is now considered offensive, so avoid it

9. ua

   Neck

   Usage

   The same form as in the nouns card. Samoan "ua" is also "rain" and a perfective particle; Tahitian "ua" is rain and Fijian "ua" is a wave — so point at your neck when you mean the neck

10. tau'au

    Shoulder

    Usage

    The same form as in the nouns card

11. lima

    Hand / arm

    Usage

    One word for hand and arm, and also the numeral five, so point while you show it

12. tama'ilima

    Finger

    Usage

    The same form as in the nouns card, built as "the child of the arm"

13. fatafata

    Chest

    Usage

    The same form as in the nouns card; Tongan uses the identical word

14. manava

    Belly

    Usage

    The same form as in the nouns card; it also means breath

15. tua

    Back

    Usage

    The same form as in the nouns card

16. vae

    Leg / foot

    Usage

    The same form as in the nouns card; one word for leg and foot

17. tuli

    Knee

    Usage

    The same form as in the nouns card; it can also mean deaf, so point at your knee

18. pa'u

    Skin

    Usage

    The same form as in the nouns card; for rashes and sunburn

19. ivi

    Bone

    Usage

    For a fracture; Tahitian uses the same word, but Fijian "ivi" is the Tahitian chestnut and, by extension, the kidney

20. toto

    Blood

    Usage

    The same form as in the nouns card; shared across the Polynesian languages

21. fatu

    Heart

    Usage

    The organ; the same form also means a stone and to compose

22. ate

    Liver

    Usage

    From Proto-Polynesian *qate; cognate with Māori "ate", Tongan "ʻate", Hawaiian "ake"

23. māmā

    Lungs

    Usage

    The organ; the identical word in the adjectives set means "light in weight", so point at your chest when you show it

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