Teʻehoosi

Ko e teʻe hoosi ko e ngaahi fuʻu ʻakau siʻi mo e vao kinautolu mei he ngaahi kāinga kehe. ʻOku nau namukū. Ko e Sida rhombifolia ʻoku tatau mo e S. microphylla, ʻoku faingataʻa ke toʻo.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe
teʻehoosi pe teʻekosi, Sida acuta
teʻehoosi; ongo koʻeni, ko e matalaʻiʻakau engeenga maʻa e ongo Sida, mo e lanulangi maʻa e Ageratum
ngaahi teʻekosi kehe

ʻOku ʻikai ʻilo ko e fē ʻo e ongo ʻakau ʻi lalo ʻoku tatau mo e ʻakau ʻi olunga
teʻehoosi tuʻu = teʻehoosi hako; ngāueʻaki maʻa e fai sisi
teʻehoosi totolo

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
ʻOku tui tatau ʻa e S. acuta mo S. rhombifolia ʻe he lea lahi taha
mautofu, motofu (lea fakaniuē)
porumu, purūmu, taʻano (lea fakatahisi)
mautofu (lea fakahaʻamoa)
purūmu (lea fakakuki)
hopa, kaepu, puehu, pulumi (lea fakamākuise)
bariana, deni puaka, denime, qavi ni lacoi, cavucidra (lea fakafisi)

Ageratum conyzoides
sekose sea, tekote tea (lea fakaniuē)
maire vaihi (lea fakatahisi)
maile hohono, maile kula (lea fakahauaiʻi)
aʻamia, lau taioti, taeʻoti (lea fakahaʻamoa)
botebotekoro, sogovanua, mastamocemoce (lea fakafisi)

Tataku
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/sida_acuta.htm
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/sida_rhombifolia.htm
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/ageratum_conyzoides.htm
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6652
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6651
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=5709
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959