Toa

Toa

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻiua Holongā: fagales Kāinga: CASUARINACEAE Kāinga ofi: Casuarina Faʻahinga: equisetifolia

Hingoa kakato lōua

Casuarina equisetifolia L. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Ironwood

Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons

Casuarina equisetifolia”

Ko e toa ko ha fuʻu ʻakau fakaʻeiki ia. Sai maʻa e ʻā ʻo e ngaahi ʻapi meʻaʻanga pē. Pe maʻa e moʻunga (faʻitoka). Fakatātā, vakai ki he Halatoaongo (ʻUiha).

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

• Toa tepi

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• toa (lea fakahaʻamoa)
• nokonoko (lea fakafisi)
• ʻaito (lea fakatahisi, toa ʻi he lea fakatahisi motuʻa)

Toe meʻa kehe

ʻOku tui ʻe he kakai ʻi he ʻotu motu Polinisia kehe ko e toa (fuʻu ʻakau) ʻoku tatau mo e toa (tangata tau). Kae ʻi Tongá ni ʻoku ʻiloa ʻoku ʻikai ia. Ko e toʻa ko e aka ʻo e foʻi lea maʻa e tangata tau.

Tataku

• Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
• Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
• Flowers of the Pacific island seashore; W.A. Whistler

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