This is interesting..
"To’oto’o – pronounce the sound of the individual o’s is as in the “a” in talk. It is a staff used by chiefly orators when making speeches in the open."
The To parts are prounced like the toes you have on your feet. The O parts are pronounced like when you learn something or find something out and go “Oh”. Hopefully that helps simplify it.
Glossary and Pronunciation. Note the o in Samoan is a short vowel. To’oto’o – pronounce the sound of the individual o’s is as in the “a” in talk. It is a staff used by chiefly orators when making speeches in the open. Fue – Foo-eh. Fly whisk used by orators. Ifoga – pronounced Ee-foh-nga. Samoan Culture - THE ORATOR theoratorfilm.co.nz/samoan-culture/
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[EDIT] I had to think of this in the way a Yankee would think of it because in my East Tennessee brogue, the word talk probably sounds more like "tawlk" when it leaves my mouth and more like "tock" when pronounced by our northern brethren.
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