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Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

Tamaiva- His Genealogy

Tamaiva- His Genealogy

E Tamaiva tera te ara i akapera ia ai no te kino o taua vaine ra. No reira akapiki ai te ure e te aranga aka anau no tona kino ki te ngutuare, ko te tutara aia, ko te riro aea ei ariki kua topa ia tera ingoa ko Tamaiva ure tapiki no te mea no Iva tena metua vaine. Kua akaruke atura a Tinomana i taua vaine ra, kua rave atura a Angatakurua i taua vaine ra u vaine nana. Kua noo atura kia anga, kua anau akera tana tamaiti e tamaroa. Kua topa iora i tena ingoa ko Angatakurua, kua a mei aka au iora taua vaine ra anau maira e tamaroa rai, e topa iora i te ingoa Tangiiamani ki anga ingoa ia o Anga. Kua anga atura aia i nga pa i raro i te ava i Koure i tapa ia ai te ingoa i te pa a Takua.

E tae akera ki tetai tuatau kua anga iora aia i te pa i tai, kua akaruke aia i te pa i uta e oti akera kua oronga aia i taua pa ra na tona teina koia a Tangiiamani i topa ia ai te ingoa ia Tepa i Matavera ko te apenga ia taua tuatua.

E maa amu Matavera

Te pu anga kura i Matavera e miri tapu e tanu au ki te enua e, rera ua au i taku anga, ka tai pui a taku tane, e maara ua i taku manava ko te tuatua teia aku iku akenei au e.