E Amu Na Tetai Vaine

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E Amu Na Tetai Vaine

Ko te karanga ra e maine no roto koe ra i nga Ariki, pa atu ei na taku karanga, e tupu ariki taeke ua, e kai para kai ua na koe na nga poe aku ma te tungane ariki Tavana nui no Rangiraro. Naku tika ake e pera ? Te uri mara te rapa aku, no Manati, no Etevai. No ia ngati, no Pukuvae vaa nui te riete tupu ra ki Nava. Tao i ia atu na ki Rangiraro koia a Mingi ia Kao, tei ko ake te para ta oku teia au ra tei Moko te tamaiti teniteni te rapa aku i Rangiraro te noo ra. &

= E aa ua te vaa o te Manaune i kope ei i taku [unclear: kapapa] nei, e uri toku ka eva ki te enua, Zitania kaka i te ai e uru vavai ka [unclear: peki] i te matangi Atira ua to ora anga e.

= E ngari ake te uru vavai ka oko na e te uanga o Iosepha ki Takitu ka tiki na ia ki Rarotonga, ei pareu no te vaine, ei piripou no te tane ei keokao no te vaine, ei oko pare [unclear: kareponia] no te mapu e pini atu na te ao katoa 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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