Kihikihi (ngeʻesitenga pipiki)

Ko e kihikihi ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia, ʻoku kihi ia. ʻOku ʻi ai lahi ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe mo e hingoa ʻeni. Ko e kihikihí ni ʻoku ʻi ai ʻene ngeʻesitenga ʻoku pipiki ʻaupito ki he vala kotoa pē, koeʻuhi ʻa ʻenau ngaahi kiʻi fulufulu.

Ko e kihikihí ni ʻi Tongá ni ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai hano fulufulu ʻi he kau mo e lou, neongo ʻoku ʻi ai ʻi muli. Ko e faʻahinga kehe ia?

Ko tohi ʻo Yunker ʻoku pehē ko e kihikihi ko e D. triflorum ia. Mahalo pē naʻe hala ia? Kā ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e meʻa tatau ʻi Fisi: konikoni.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe
kihikihi; ko e kihikihi 'moʻoni'
kihikihi, D. triflorum
kihikihi, koʻeni pe D. canum (hingoa taʻetotonu) pe Hedysarum incanum; meimei tatau mo e D. triflorum kā ʻoku siʻi lahi ange, ko e ʻakau ʻomi ki Tonga taʻefuoloa, ʻa ia ʻoku teʻeki ʻi ai hono hingoa fakatonga
kihikihitahi
kihikihimaka
kihikihilanumata, Galactia tenuiflora
kihikihingingie

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe
piripiri ʻaratita (lea fakatahisi, D. incanum)
kaʻimi (lea fakahauaiʻi, D. incanum)
piripiri, ngātoro (lea fakakuki)
konikoni, vakacegu (lea fakafisi, D. triflorum)

Tataku
http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6050
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/desmodium_incanum.htm
http://www.hear.org/pier/species/desmodium_triflorum.htm
Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959