papālagi

== Samoan == === Alternative forms === pālagi (colloquial) === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly from Malay barang, as the term seemingly originally referred to (foreign) cloth, but the comparison with Persian فرنگی (farangi), which has descendants throughout Southeast Asia, has attracted much attention, as has a folk etymology identifying the word with Europeans' guns. === Noun === papālagi foreigner white man === Adjective === papālagi foreign === References === Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 176