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“Dating” What does this mean to modern Polynesian women?
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Our guest blogger today is a Samoan writer from New Zealand. Her name is Lailoa. Her blog is titled TWENTY9ANDSAMOAN. Make sure to read her poetry, reviews and blogs. Have you ever noticed that when our elders and parents introduce your boyfriend they will automatically use the word “to’alua”?? (which translates to husband in Samoan). Why is this??? There is no actual word for boyfriend in the Samoan language.There are words “uo teine” or “uo tama”. Uo which translates to friend in English and Tama and Teine meaning boy and girl, but these words are not designated to mean boy/girlfriend, they can also simply be describing words for people....