faamafun.
In Samoa, home-brewed liquor.
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1934 F. M. Keesing Mod. Samoa iv. 239 Native home-brew, fa'amafu, flows exceedingly freely.
1961 C. C. Marsack Samoan Medley xvii. 168 The making and selling of fἁamafu, home-brewed beer, will in all probability continue to flourish.
1973 Province (Vancouver) 5 May 58 The natives brew their own ‘beer’, called Faamafu, out of potato peelings, malt and sugar.
1979 A. Wendt Leaves of Banyan Tree ii. 208 She is the daughter of the man who owns the fale and the faamafu that costs two shillings a bottle.
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