Paʻanga (ʻakau)

Ko e paʻanga pe laupaʻanga ko e ʻakau totolo ʻi Tongá ni ia. ʻOku tatau mo e Entada scandens.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe
valai-paʻanga; ngāueʻaki ʻa e foʻileá ni maʻa e fuʻu ʻakau ʻo e paʻanga, pea ko e paʻanga maʻa e ngaahi tenga pē.
paʻanga ʻa e kumā; tatau mo e vālai.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
fue inu, tupe (lea fakahaʻamoa)
wa lai (lea fakafisi)
kaka (lea fakakuki)

Toe meʻa kehe
Ko e ngāueʻaki ʻo e ngaahi tengaʻi ʻoku ʻi he vaʻinga onoʻaho ko e lafo. ʻI he taimi naʻe folau ʻa e kau papālangi ʻuluaki ki Tonga (teautaʻu hono 18), naʻe tui ʻa e kakai ʻo e fonuá ni ko ʻenau silini ko e tupu lafo ia. Ko ia ai he taimí ni ko e paʻanga ko e foʻi lea foki ʻo e maka fefakatauʻaki. Vakai foki ki he paʻanga.

Tataku
Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Flowers of the Pacific island seashore; W.A. Whistler
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959