Vaitohi

Ko e vaitohi ko e fuʻu ʻakau lahi ia (mita ʻe 3 pe 4 ʻi ʻolunga) mo e ngaahi matalaʻiʻakau hinehina pea mo e foʻi fua ʻoku ʻuliʻuli. ʻOku lava ʻo fai ha vaitohi mei ai, ʻa ia hono hingoa. Ko e ʻakau ʻomi mei he Kalipea.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe
vaitohi; ʻoku matala he ʻaho, foʻi fua ʻuliʻuli
laukaupoʻuli; ʻoku matala he pō, foʻi fua hinehina

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
mākāhala (lea fakahauaiʻi)
sugi vao, suni vao (lea fakahaʻamoa)
ariki-vaʻine (lea fakakuki = ʻeiki-fefine)
caucau (lea fakafisi)

Tataku
Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959