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Etymology of Anatolian ALI PASHA: Analogs within Sāmoan language

========================== Etymology of Anatolian ALI PASHA Analogs within Sāmoan language: ==========================

ALI = comes from Arabic عَلِيّ It is related to Hebrew ELI עֵלִי

These words are related and mean variously “high”, “elevated”, “lofty”, “sublime”, “champion”, “elite”, “lord”.

PASHA is a composite of PATI and SHAH, as in PADISHAH. PATI پاتی “lord” XSHAY کشی “to rule”

Sāmoan: ALI’I = “chief”, “noble”, “lord”, “king”

PATI = to clap one’s hands together; to smite one’s hands together in grief. Picture if you will a lord issuing an order and clapping his hands as a signal to attention and gesture of command, as in “so let it be done”.

SA’O = the head (ruler) of a family SĀUĀ = to be despotic, to rule

ALI’I PATI SA’O = “Chief who Claps as the Head of the Clan” ALI’I PATI SĀUĀ = “Lord who Claps as a Despotic Ruler does”

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