Tokū

Ko Tokū ko e motu ia, ʻi he tokelau ange kae ʻoku ofi ki Vavaʻu, ofi ki he tuʻahivi fakamoʻungaafi ʻo Tonga. Ko e moʻungaafi ia, naʻe puna ʻa e afi fakamuimui ʻi 1846, kā mahalo pē naʻe puputuʻu ia mo e Fonualei (moʻungaafi). Naʻe kamata nofo pē ʻa e kakai ʻi Tokū ʻi he teautaʻu ʻe 17, hola ʻe kinautolu mei Haʻamea (ʻi Tongatapu) koeʻuhi naʻe kifā kinautolu ʻi he tau mo e vahe hihifo ʻi he taimi ʻo Tuʻi Kanokupolu ko Mataeletuʻapiko. Ko honau houʻeiki ʻo e Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua: ko Tukutukuholoipangai, mo ʻOfahehokomaikaetau, mo ha tokotaha. Ko Talafaiva ko tokotaha ʻo kinautolu (mahalo pē ko ha Talafaiva kehe ia). Mahalo pē naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e toko-200 ʻi Tokū mo Fonualei ʻi 1846. ʻOsi ʻa e maumauʻi ʻo Fonualei, naʻe ʻunu ʻa e kakai ʻe he kau misa ki he ngaahi siasi ʻi Vavaʻu. ʻOku nofo ʻa e konga lahi taha ʻo honau hako ʻi Pangaimotu (Vavaʻu) mo ʻUtulei. ʻAlu ʻa e kakai, ʻoku lata ki ai ʻa e fanga manupuna tahi lahi ʻaupito. ʻOku ʻi ai ha lea heliaki: ʻO. Māhina; Reed book of Tongan proverbs; 2004; ISBN 978-0-7900-0963-6 E.W. Gifford, Tongan Society, BPB museum bulletin 61, 1929