This dictionary of over 15,000 entries has been compiled to meet a need for a contemporary Samoan language resource. It is in no way intended to replace the scholarly and comprehensive dictionary compiled by Prof. G. B. Milner.

In addition to the comprehensive Samoan to English and English to Samoan sections, this dictionary includes a guide to pronunciation, a brief overview of grammar, the language of courtesy, and a selection of Samoan proverbs.

Further listings give a Samoan translations for days of the week, seasons and months, times of the day, points of the compass, continents and countries, given names, parts of the body, colors, numbers and measures, and technical and medical terms.