Gifford — Tongan Place Names 107 



Hufangalupe. Refuge of the pigeons [hufanga, refuge; lupe, pigeon]. Place on 

 Toagatabu island (T). On the weather shore. Also hill near Vaini, village 

 on Tongatabu island (T). A hill on the shore of the great lagoon, where it 

 is said pigeons were released to fly to Eua island. 



Hui. A bone. Tract near Vaimalo, village on Vavau island (V). 



Huifouu. [Hui, bone]. Tract near Hihlto, village on Lifuka island (H). 



Huihui. Thorny. Tract near Leimatua, _yillage on Vavau island (V) — Fotu, land- 

 lord. Also tract near Falehau, village on Niuatoputapu island (NT). 



Huihuilalo. Lower Huihui [lalo, below, beneath]. Tract near Leimatua, village 

 on Vavau island (V) — Fotu, landlord. 



Hula. Bulged, distended. Tracts in and near Matahau, village on Tonga- 

 tabu island (T). 



Hulaavale. The carrying of an insane person [hula, to carry anything large or 

 bulky; a, of; vale, an insane person]. Tract near Kanokupolu, village on 

 Tongatabu island (T). 



Hulahaapai. Pigs of a certain size from Haapai [hula, a term used for the sec- 

 ond largest size in pigs; haapai, the central group of islands in the Tongan 

 archipelago]. Tract near Haateiho, village on Tongatabu island (T) — Tul 

 Haateiho, landlord. 



Hule. [Ohule, a shellfish]. Place on Tongatabu island (T). On weather shore. 

 Also fortress near Matafonua, village on Tongatabu island (T) — Tui Vakano, 

 landlord. Captured and destroyed by Taufaahau (later King George I. Tupou) 

 in 1837. 



Hulufe. A fern. Tract near Nukualofa, village on Tongatabu island (T). Also 

 tract near Tongamamao, village on Niuafoou island (NF). 



Hululpaongo. Dry leaves of the paongo tree [hulu, dry leaf which is sometimes 

 usad as substitute for banana leaf in making cigarette; paongo, a tree]. 

 Cemetery on Lifuka island (H). Situated near southwest extremity of Lifuka. 

 The cemetery is a high mound and is evidently the one described in Cook's 

 Voyages, Everyman's Edition, page 269. It is the graveyard of the family of 

 Matauvave. Bearers of this title were the Tui Tonga's governors and agents 

 (matapule) in Haapai. An extant tale relates that the mound was formed by 

 the throwing ashore of red clay by a multitude of people who were washing 

 their heads with red clay in the nearby sea. 



Huliimasi. Dry leaf of the masi tree [hulu, dead and dried leaf; masi, a tree]. 

 Tract on Lape island (V). 



Huni. Name of a tree. Tracts near villages on Tongatabu island (T) : near 

 Houma — Vaea, landlord, Utulau, and Nukualofa. Also tract near Neiafu, 

 village on Vavau island (V). 



Hunivai. Huni tree near the water [hunI, a tree; val, water]. Tract on Taunga 

 island (V) — Akauola, landlord. 



Hunivao. Bush huni tree [huni, a tree; vao, bush, woods]. Tract on Taunga 

 island (V) — Akauola, landlord. 



Hunga. Turned towards. Tracts near villages on Tongatabu island (T) : near 

 Ahau, Foui, Matahau, and Nukualofa. Also tract on Haafeva island (H) — 

 Tuuhetoka, landlord. Also tract on Potuhaa island (H). Also island (V). 

 Also tract and hill on Hunga island (V) — Fulivai, landlord. Also tract near 

 Makave, village on Vavau island (V) — Tui Afitu, landlord. 



Hungaapato. Turned towards the Muscovy duck [hunga, turned towards; pato, 

 Muscovy duck]. Tract in Nukualofa, village on Tongatabu island (T). 



Hungahaapai. Turned towards Haapai [hunga, turned towards; haapai, the 

 central group of the Tongan archipelago]. An island of western volcanic 

 chain lying northwest of Tongatabu. 



