Koa'wei miewe lakāmea Anuta

Moa'wae lekakae i la'waewuo nāhei Keapā aepepo hahai'woa aepawā mea mālā lakā'weo puawiu kiewu aepepo wiwoena ka haweapī Mea Felanesia.

Lakeamei mea kea'wio ā'wiapeu lawēho, nema'wā, ka lieko mea newahai nehepi toeni, nua'weu mualau Mea Felanesia mua'wao kawialea lapeo nakāpai nēhe penahea Nāhei pewueno wahēme lamai'woa mea kea'wio wewapeu penahea ki'woehi naweahai; ka hewua'wae mepepe āmea kawīwō, kuameu kawialea sākī moehi aewuapie aewui'woa la la'wā'wao mea kea'wio āpeawie pakeamae, hepamei, hawaeli, ka mua'wao soa'wā. Moa'wiu āpeawao kawiapē nehawae Anuta, hahai'woa kēho Mea Felanesia koamau la i pahaiwō Solomon La'wieku:

Nga kanopenua e rua. Nga ariki toko
rua poki. Te ariki, Tui Anuta, na ingoa te
Ariki Apao. Taie raea, Pakakana.

Wawea'wae neahie loeli naelu. Wawea'wae
ai'woe neahie loeli mepakea. I nakiakia, Tui Anuta,
pehaleo aehele weiwoi i Ariki Apao. Ki'woehi
aewuakē moa'wiu weiwoi Pakakana.

Aamea henapae nēpe Anuta pemamae wamēwu kiwoi'wou ka tēlo pekahau kiewu mea pa'wiawao waleahio. Haheahī maheakē mea walāwio wiakio ka Pa'waemi liapeu lahiawei lēno miena pa'wiawao aepepo aewawē penahea mea Anutamea i ka penahea neahia helenu aenapie aenakea la pemamae, koa'wei kuakī, ka i Keapā la'wieku. Aamea toawau wewuepe la i wiakio luahea, helenu aemalai suapia aenapie lapīwoe ka mapea'wā lameamae. I aememi āweamai nehawae penahea welahā pepahia pekahau hahai'woa aehakī la mākeo lemeli miena aepepo miahai kelapei namāheo kea'wio kueme sei'woe mehapie napiahā. Mea Anutamea i kawialea pa'wākē heleni ka wāpē la āmea siela lakeamei pemamae, mepepe kiena, nehawae palākea hewalē helenu kehemo wameiwoe:

Ko naatou noporaki. Pu Ariki ne au
mai Tikopia. Ne aru ki a Tui Anuta; ki a
te Ariki Apao. Kararanga atu ko naatou,
kairo naatou iroa te raa mo te matangi mo
te ngaru. E ngaaio pero. Ko naatou e kararanga,
"Kairo e ngaru; kairo e matangi;
kairo e raa."

Kuameu wewakeo. Pu Ariki lapeiwou nekawae Tikopia.
Aa'wieme naenu penahea Tui Anuta;

penahea ki'woehi Ariki Apao.

Kuameu puele penahea pekawao pa'wiawao

kuameu neahie peapiu helenu i peka'wē

ka i pa'wiewuo namāheo i leahē.

Wawea'wae aelapio weiwoi lapāwā ā'waeka.
Kuameu puele,

"Wawea'wae nehawae lapialea leahē;

lapialea pa'wiewuo; lapialea peka'wē".

Wamēwu mea Felanesiamea i la hahai'woa wamaewe pa'wiawao nehawae 90 nuemo mea Melanesia, kuameu aepepo wamao suawio mea kea'wio poahā wamēwu hahai'woa teahao, kehemo, ka mapea'wā nelakia ka mea kea'wio wa'wākai pamea'wei helenu luahā mea i Mea Felanesia liapā, lamai'woa mekakē mea kekaleu wekahao:

Ko Tui Anuta ne karanga, ko ia e piipia
ke mamata ki te raa mo te matangi
mo te ngaru. Ko Pu Ariki ne karanga atu,
"E rerei." Ko ia ka aru ki Tikopia; ka pai
i te penua nei te raa mo te ngaru mo te
matangi

Tui Anuta puele ā'wieme luakie

penahea mi'woawā ki'woehi
peka'wē ka i pa'wiewuo ka i leahē.

Pu Ariki puele penahea pekawao,

"Nawai'wou āweiwō". Aa'wieme sei'woi aenenu
mahā'wai penahea Tikopia;

i peka'wē ka i leahē namāheo
i pa'wiewuo sei'woi liakau

hamaewi āmea waleahio.

Kuameu lia'wau kea'wio aelakia mea heleme kuameu aepepo lekakae aenapie āwiaweu lakāmea āheahia napeamao penahea Felanesia, wi'woawī wamēwu kea'wio aewuawea mawiamea namāheo wamēwu hahai'woa wēmi mea wahālao na'wia'wae. Mea Anutamea i ākialae hamaewi kea'wio Mea Felanesia wameiwoe wamēwu hahai'woa ā'wēke mea koapei ka penahea makei'woi maleawiu penahea welakē pa'weapei:

Ku oko ki Tikopia; kae tapito te apaa
mo te ngaru mo te matangi. Te ngaru ne
au o keri te penua. Nga raakau ne patipatia
i te matangi.

Aa'wieme aiwoawē aewewa Tikopia;

pawī mepakai ki'woehi
luenu ka i leahē ka i pa'wiewuo.

I leahē lapeiwou

penahea lepalao i waleahio.

I peakē hiwoena
la i pa'wiewuo.

Aelaweo la i ā'wiapau 1990, kuameu kawialea keawai pawiewū penahea muaweu teahea penahea ki'woehi kiwoalea ka noakea leniwoe wa penahea pī'wō i halaelo lakāmea ā'wiakī nahiawau nawiamao penahea kea'wio poamao kawiapē ka wēka penahea kea'wio poamao mepakea:

Pakaoti te apaa, kae titingi te raa. Pakakana
mo na kanopenua, ko naatou vai
ku ma. Te vaatia ne ma naatou vai, te
Ariki Apao koi pito. Piipia ke vavae atu ki
a Te Ariki a Pakakana. Pakakana ne karanga
mai, kairo. Ona kanopenua ku mamate.
Ko ia poki ka mate. Kairo inu poki
te vai. Kairo sori atu te vai mora.

Nekeni i luenu, pawī poewui i peka'wē.
Wamēwu mepepe Pakakana ka pehaleo wawē,

kea'wio hapeakeu nāhea penapea pehewo.

Aapai'woe kea'wio
hapeakeu nāhea wa'waena āmā'wea,

i Ariki Apao weiwoi mekehu aepewu.

Aa'wieme luakie penahea nepalau
helenu i Ariki hahai'woa Pakakana.
Pakakana puele penahea pekawao, lapialea.

Pehaleo kiewu wa'wā'wio
hewui'wō. Aa'wieme sei'woi ai'woe mewuahī.

Mawealā sei'woi ā'wieme aewewui i hapeakeu.

Aiwoawai penahea nepeha
pekawao ā'wāwē hapeakeu.

Oral Traditions of Anuta, A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands
Richard Feinberg

New York - Oxford
Oxford University Press, 1995.