Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

No Mitiaro - Woman Killed for Baking Rauara

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No Mitiaro - Woman Killed for Baking Rauara

E tuatua no tetai vaine i aere ki te tiki rauara, kua kitea paa e te tangata kainga, kua taia taua vaine ra. Kia kite ra te metua kua taia ko te aue anga ia o te metua. No reira te metua i tou ei i te pee. Tera te pee.

1 Ko te tuoro i muri e, ko te [unclear: tuakana] ko Tui ake e.
= E tui koe naea e, e kanga no Maine e ngakau tamariki e vaevae parera ra tui ake e.
2 Tu tuoro ana i muri e, ko te toma Metua ko te Atua pou ana ko te tama ru kura, ko te tua koia ia Taiteariki ei ara ki Mangarei tui ake e.
= E tui koe naea e, e kanga no Maine e ngakau tamariki e vaevae parera ra tui ake e.
3 Tatapapa te ara e, ko te ara ki Mangarei ko to? ana tupuna, ko te Kaipamata ko te tua koia ia Taiteariki e, ei ara ki Mangarei tui ake e.
= E tui koe naea e, e kanga no Maine e ngakau tamariki e vaevae parera ra tui ake e.
4 Ko teia teia te kakau e, ko te kiri o to tupuna, ko te kiri o Tapureu e, ei puroku atu ki Mangarei tui ake e.
= E tui koe naea e, e kanga no Maine e ngakau tamariki e vaevae parera ra tui ake e.
5 Teia teia ra ma to oa e, ko te aungarangi ei aa ake no Maine i ra e, ko te uru anga kakara e tui ake e.
= E tui koe naea e, e kanga no Maine e ngakau tamariki e vaevae parera ra tui ake e.

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Title: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands : Notebook 3

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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