Tupa

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