Title: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands : Notebook 10

Author: John Joseph Knight Hutchin

Editor: Percy Hall

In: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

Part of: Tidal Pools: Digitized Texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific Studies

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E pee teia no tetai tangata koia a Upokonui. Kua aere aia ki te tautai kua noo nga vaine ki te ngutuare kua ko umu i ta raua tane, kua rokoia mai e te tane kua akarongo aia i te raua tuatua kino no reira aia i akama ai, kua tono atura aia ki roto i te ara, kua ui atura aia ki nga vaine, eaa ia e Maine ma, kare raua i ki mai, kua tumatetenga raua i te mataku i ta raua tane. Tera te tuatua a nga vaine, Te rima o ta taua tane, me ko nu tera aitenga e rima tumutumu Ina ra ko te rima o Tereteaoa me manu ki kau ko te mea i akama ai te tane, kua kave aia i te kura ki te taunga kia atu i tetai pee nona. Tera taua pee ra.

1 Kua anu mai taku tua e, ki te korero maira ki tei tane.
= Tei ea to Tau vai o Upokonui nei, tena taku Tuaine Maine kaiariki ei kave koia i taku rongo koia ki te [unclear: atea] e.
2 Ko vai ia vai ia ki Tukume e te vaine e noo i te kainga kua anu mai taku tua e, ki te korero maira ki te tane e.
= Tei ea to Tau vai e Upokonui nei, tena taku Tuaine a Tetauiraki ei kave koia i taku rongo ki te atea e.
3 Ko vaia vai ia ki roto are e te vaine e noo i te kainga kua anu mai taku tua e ki te korero maira ki te tane e.
= Tei ea to Tau vaii e Upokonui nei, tena roa taku tuaine a Matakaru o te tupuna e, ei kave koia i taku rongo ki te atea e.

Tei ea to tau e Upokonui nei.