Sino ʻi ʻeiki

Kapau ʻoku ʻi ai a ʻa e tokotaha hano tuʻunga fakaʻeiki māʻolunga ʻaupito koeʻuhi he toto, fakatātā ko e tama ia ʻo ha Tuʻi Tonga Fefine pe Tamahā ʻi onoʻaho, ʻoku ui ko e sino ʻi ʻeiki. Ko e meʻa siʻisiʻi pē maʻana ko e fakanofo mo e hingoa fakaʻeiki pe fakanōpele, mahalo pē ʻoku ʻikai te ne fiemaʻu ia, mahalo pē naʻa ne ʻoatu ʻa e hingoa ki hano tehina. Kapau kuo maʻu ia, mahalo pē ʻe ʻikai te ne ngāueʻaki ʻa e hingoa fakaʻeiki.

Ko e tuʻunga fakaʻeiki pehē ʻoku kau ki hoto sino, ʻoku ʻikai lava huʻihuʻi ʻe he tokotaha, pea naʻe tupu mei heʻete faʻē (fehuhu): ko e fefine ko e fakahokohoko toto, pe: tama tuʻu he faʻē.

Vakai foki ki he ʻEiki fakanofo.

Tataku

• E. Bott; Power and rank in the kingdom of Tonga, 1981; Journal of the Polynesian Society 90(1), 10-11, 38
• Collocott, 1922

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