Tēvunga

Ko e tēvunga pe teuila pe sinisā kulokula, ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia. ʻI he ngaahi fonua lahi taha ʻo Polinisia ʻoku pehē ʻe he kakai ʻoku tatau ko e tēvunga mo e teuila. Kā ʻosi he fakakaukau, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e tēvunga kula mo e tēvunga tea. ʻOku tatau (moʻoni pe ʻene ʻasi pē) mo e Etlingera cevuga (Seem.) R.M. Sm., (waxflower) = Amomum cevuga = (sipelahalaʻi) Amonum cevuga (ZINGIBERACEAE).

Tēvunga

Fakafaʻafaʻahinga fakasaienisi

Puleʻanga: ʻakau Vahe: ʻakau matala Haʻa: lautengaʻitaha Holongā: zingiberales Kāinga: ZINGIBERACEAE Kāinga ofi: Alpinia Faʻahinga: purpurata

Hingoa kakato lōua

Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K.Schum. Hingoa lea fakapilitānia: Red ginger

Commons Species Vakai ki he tala fakalahi: Commons & Wikispecies

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

• tēvunga = tēvunga kula; koʻeni
• teuila = tēvunga tea
• tēvunga muli; matalaʻiʻakau fuʻu lahi ange
• sinisā; (ka ko e ngaahi sinisā moʻoni ko e kāinga ofi kehe kinautolu)

vakai foki ki he ango

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• kamapui futi kula (lea fakaniuē)
• ʻōpuhi, ʻōpuhi ʻuteʻute (lea fakatahisi, Amomum cevuga)
• ʻawapuhi ʻulaʻula (lea fakahauaiʻi)
• teuila (lea fakahaʻamoa)
• kāopi kura, kāopi muramura, kaopui kutekute (lea fakakuki)
• cevuga (lea fakafisi)

Tataku

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111418/http://www.hear.org/pier/species/alpinia_purpurata.htm
• Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
• Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward

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