Per G.B. Milner’s Samoa English Dictionary:Ta’a v.(&adj) 1. (of animals etc.) Run freely, be loose, be at large. ‘Ua ~ le solofanua: The horse is ~; ‘o le ma’a ~: Loose stone, rolling stone. 2. (of woman) Be loose, unchaste, wanton. ‘Ua ~ le teine: The girl is ~. 3. n. Lover, suitor. “O le ~ a le teine: The girl’s ~.
This word is used often now in slang for when someone leaves the house and ‘tafao’(hang out) outside the family compound. Hence, those of us that live in villages but do things in other villages (with girl friends, boyfriend, or actual work and business) are generally teased as being "kaa".
Fia (want in English) Taa means that we ‘want’ to be taa which we do and we are accomplishing.
Fell in love on an island (Savaii) as well as with island living. Now living on the island my husband called home throughout his childhood, St. Croix. I am a wife, a new mother, a foodie and a frugal shopper.
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