what is palagi in fijian
Palagi. Palagi or papaalagi is a term in Samoan culture of uncertain meaning, but sometimes used to describe foreigners or anything that does not 'belong' to Samoan culture.Tent & Geraghty comment that the origin of the Western Polynesian PapÄalagi~PÄlagi, and the Fijian VÄvÄlagi~PÄpÄlagi remains a matter of speculation.he word is a cognate in other Polynesian languages and has gained widespread use throughout much of western Polynesia, including in Tokelau, Tuvalu, 'Uvea and Futuna, etc. Written PÄlagi or PapÄlagi in Samoan, and PapÄlangi in Tongan, the term PÄlagi is also used in Niuean.