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WORDS BORROWED FROM ENGLISH
These are few words that are derived from English and other non-Samoan words. The list is quite extensive and growing; something that concerns many traditionalists. The exact English words are used in some cases, but I've noticed that attempts are made to Samoanized foreign words as much as possible.
| atomic | atomika |
| box | pusa |
| busy | pisi |
| butter | pata |
| cabbage | kapisi |
| carrot | kaloki |
| cement | sima |
| cheese | sisi |
| cigarette | sikareti |
| college | kolisi |
| company | kamupani |
| cook | kuka |
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| electricity | eletise |
| governor | kovana |
| knife | nefi |
| lawn mower | moa |
| lettuce | latisi |
| liter | lita |
| meter | mita |
| muscle | maso |
| music | musika |
| newspaper | nusipepa |
| paper | pepa |
| park | paka |
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| peanut | pinati |
| cow | povi |
| radio | letio |
| rocket | loketi |
| rubish | lapisi |
| shutup | salapu |
| spoon | sipunu |
| telephone | telefoni |
| television | televise |
| wine | uaina |
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