Fainā kula

Ko e fainā kula pe fainā faʻitoka ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia, tupu ʻofi ki tahi. ʻOku ʻikai teitei ha fainā (haʻa tatau pē), kae ʻoku meimei tatau ʻa e fuo ʻo ʻena lou. Kā ko e meʻa makehe ko e lanu ʻo e ngaahi lou ʻo e ʻakaú ni: lanumata ʻi ʻolunga, lanu fisiʻifekika ʻi lalo.

ʻOku ne lava ke tupu ʻi he kelekele masivesiva, ʻa ia ko e ʻoneʻone (ʻi he faʻitoka), pe maka limu (feo).

ʻOku siʻisiʻi pe hono matalaʻiʻakau, ʻoku ne toi ʻi he kiʻi tangai ofi ki he tuʻunga lou. Meimei tatau mo e tofe pe kiʻi vaka, ʻai a ko e hingoa lea fakapilitānia ʻe taha: boat lily pe Moses in a boat. Ko e ngaahi ʻuhinga fakasaienisi tatau: Tradescantia discolor, Rhoeo spathacea, Rhoeo discolor.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
laupapaki, talotalo (lea fakaniuē)
riri, riri mangio, riri vareau (=lile fisiʻifekika) (lea fakakuki)

Tataku
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6600
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/tradescantia_spathacea.htm
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959