Ko ngā kupu "tuitui" me "tutui" he ngā ingoa mōhiohia waenga i ngā tangata Ao-o-Kiwa pērā i te Tonga (i te reo Tahiti: tutuʻi, i te reo Hawaii: kukui)[1] mō tētahi momo tipu whakatuputupu ki ngā whenua pārūrū.[2] Ko te ingoa pūtaiao o tēnei tipu he Aleurites moluccanus.[3] Kāore he tipu i Aotearoa nei, ko Rangitāhua te moutere e tata ana mō ona whakatiputipu.[4]

He peka motu o tētahi tipu tuitui (Aleurites moluccanus).

He marore me tea ngā pua. He tūmārō te hua.

Ka tukituki tāngata Hawaii ki ngā kākano o tona hua, ka ranua ia me te tote mō te kai penupenu ingoatia ko ʻinamona ("kīnaki momona").[5] Ka hangaia hoki te hinu mai ēnei kākano mō te kora o te rama mahia i ērā motutere. Ka mahia te rehu mai te kā o te puru i ēnei hua, me te kiri, me te akaaka o ona tipu, hei tea pango o ngā kākahu aute i Hawaii, Hāmoa me Tonga.[2][5]

Ngā tohutoro

takatā
  1. Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley & Meredith Osmond (2008). The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. Pukapuka tua-3: Plants. Ng. wh. 403-4. ISBN 9780858835894.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Craig R. Elevitch (2006). "Aleurites moluccanus (kukui)". Traditional Trees of Pacific Islands: Their Culture, Environment and Use. Permanent Agricultural Resources. Ng. wh. 41-56. ISBN 0-9702-544-5-8.
  3. Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd.. Plants of the World Online. 2024.
  4. P. Haase (Oketopa-Tihema 1990) "Potential Plant Genetic Resources of the New Zealand Flora" Economic Botany. 44 (4). Ng. wh. 509-10.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Lois Lucas (1982). Plants of Old Hawaii. Bess Press. Ng. wh. 25-30. ISBN 0-935848-11-8.