- Tu'i
Tu'i, also spelled more simplistically Tui, is a Polynesian traditional title for
tribal chief s or princes. In translations, the highest such positions are often rendered as "king". For details, see the links below various polities.Tonga
See:
*Tu'i Tonga
*Tu'i Ha'atakalaua
*Tu'i Kanokupolu
*Tui HarrisFiji
See
House of Chiefs (Fiji) amoa
There are several Samoan polities and titles (several including the term Tui) in the present kingdom. On
American Samoa , the paramount chief is titledTu'i Manu'a Wallis and Futuna
On
Futuna island, see Tu`i Agaifo of Alo. There is also the Chief ofSigave ; however, depending on the family, they carry the specific title of Sau?, Tamolevai, Keletaona, or Tu`i Sigave.On
`Uvea (Wallis Island), there is only the Tui `Uvea or Hau (translated by the French as king/queen; from 1858 also styled Lavelua¹).ources and references
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/ WorldStatesmen- see each present country]
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