Tupa

Tupa

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: monumanu Vahe lahi: monumanu unu Vahe: veʻehokohoko Haʻa: ʻuo moʻoni Holongā: veʻehongofulu Holongā siʻi ange: paka Kāinga: GECARCINIDAE Kāinga ofi: Cardisoma Faʻahinga: carnifex

Hingoa kakato lōua

Cardisoma carnifex (Herbst 1794)

Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons

Ko e tupa ko e paka ʻoku nofo ʻi ʻuta ia (vao tongo).

Ko e hingoa, tupa, ʻoku leʻo ʻi Tonga, ka ʻoku tapu ʻi Niuatoputapu koeʻuhi ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ʻeiki mo e huafu tatau. ʻOku ngāueʻaki ʻi hē ʻa e ʻuhinga ko e nana (ʻi he taimi mui) pe lailo (ʻi he taimi ʻoku lahi ʻa e paká ni). ʻOku pehē pē ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe he taki Niuatoputapu ʻa e foʻi lea fakatuʻanana = fakatuʻapaka.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• tupa (lea fakaʻuvea, lea fakahaʻamoa)
• lairo (lea fakafisi) =Sesama gracilipes

Tataku

• Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
• Polynesian classification of small animals; W. Pond; The Weta 7(4) 1984

Ko e kupu ʻeni ko e potuʻi ia (stub). ʻIo, ko koe, kātaki tokoni mai ʻi hono ngāue fatu fakalahi.