E Tuatua Teia No Tetai Tangata Maro Ki Te Rave Ra

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E Tuatua Teia No Tetai Tangata Maro Ki Te Rave Ra

tera tona ingoa ko Amara.

Kua pau nga [unclear: utunga] rikarika ki runga iaia kare ua akerai i akarongo ana. ko te tangata tena i kai i te repo o te tangata tera te mea i akaperaia ai no te maro, a taua tangata. kua pou nga utunga rikarika i tuku ia ki runga iaia. Kua kaku aia kia ora, kia akakore ia, kua oki [unclear: akaou] atu rai i tauu [gap — reason: unclear] ravenga kino rai kua akava akaou ia rai aia no te maro kiakia. E akara tatau ki te tu o te aronga maro. Kare e tu te tara o te aronga, kino tei mua tei muri te ara. Mei tetai manga amu.

"Aru navenave i te opu i te kino Takaia te tuatua aau, kare te apinga umere ia nei, kua irokia e au, ei akarava atu, i taku taoonga rima kia koe, mei te au piri i te ngangaare te kau nga aku i te kino ma taku ara e, koia teia e, e maara au ki taku vaerua tangata e, e aki ki te ariki ki tai ora kia rauka e, e tutaki i toku mamae, ei akaangaroi noku i taku ara ngakau e.

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Title: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands : Notebook 2

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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