(in Samoa) a large family, often spanning several generations
Also called: aiga
Word origin
Samoan
Examples of 'aiga' in a sentence
aiga
Our whanau/aiga (family) our whenua/fenua (land) are our collective priorities.
Fetaui Iosefo 2019, 'Settling the Soul through Va' (Relational) Ethics: An Ekphrastic Review of HinekuraSmith's "Whatuora: Theorizing 'New' Indigenous Methodology from 'Old' Indigenous WeavingPractice', Art/Research Internationalhttps://journals.library.ualberta.ca/ari/index.php/ari/article/view/29453. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)