Saafa

Ko e saafa ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia, ko e mohuku ia. Naʻe ʻomi ki Tongá ni mei ʻAfilika, naʻe pehē ko e ngaahi tenga ʻi he kofukofu saafa (lea fakapilitānia: chaff). Ko e mohuku ʻoku lava tupu mita ʻe 4 ʻi olunga, ʻoku vaoa mo e taʻefiemaʻu. Ko hono ngaahi ʻuhinga tatau: Megathyrsus maximus mo Urochloa maxima.

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
vao kini (lea fakahaʻamoa)
tinikarāti, tine (lea fakakuki)

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