Kuta

Ko e ongo kuta ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia, tupu ʻi he ano pe ofi ki ai, fakatātā ko e ano Ngofe pe Vailahi mo e toe ange. ʻOku sai maʻa fai ngaahi taʻovala ʻe he kakai ʻo Tuʻanuku, pe langa fihu. ʻOku tupu foki ʻa e ngaahi foha ʻi he aka, ʻoku sai ke kai.

 Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe 
 kuta (pe kuta fakafisi); lanu enga-mata (maama), ʻi Ngofe, ʻoku tupu ʻi he tapatakai ʻo e ano, ʻi he vai ʻikai loloto.
 kuta ngofe; lanu mata-pulū (poʻuli), tupu ʻi he lotomālie ʻo Ngofe pē, ʻoku mita ʻe taha hono loloto.
Ko e ongo feituʻu maama mo e poʻuli, ʻoku tupu ai ʻa e ongo kuta, ʻoku mataʻāʻā ʻi he ongo faitā ʻi mataʻu.

 Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe 
 ʻutuʻutu (lea fakahaʻamoa)
 kuta, sasa, taria (lea fakafisi)

 Tataku 
 http://www.hear.org/Pier/species/eleocharis_dulcis.htm
 Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
 Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
 Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959