Niumataiwalu
Fijian chief
Chief Niumataiwalu | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Tarau of Totoya |
| Issue |
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| Father | Delaivugalei |
| Mother | Vulase |
Niumataiwalu was a Fijian high chief.[1]
Etymology
The name Niumataiwalu, translated as "I came first to Walu beach", was in memory of Naosara.[citation needed]
Family
Niumataiwalu's father, Delaivugalei, was the brother of Qoma, whose father was Kalouyalewa. Niumataiwalu had three wives and multiple children; his recorded wives and children, in order of seniority, were:
- By Radini Levuka
- Banuve Baleivavalagi (father of Tanoa Visawaqa)[2]
- By his first wife, Tarau of Totoya[3]
- Sivoki[4]
- Uluilakeba I
- Rasolo
- Mokoi
- By his second wife, Uma of Nukunuku
- Matawalu
- By his third wife (name unknown), from Cakaudrove
- Lubati
References
- ^ K Vuataki (2013). Softly Fiji. "Learn of the original worship of the father and the son in Fiji."
- ^ "Genealogy". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ On the Meaning of Kalou and the Origin of Fijian Temples
- ^ Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.
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Further reading
- Yalo i Viti: Shades of Viti – a Fiji Museum Catalogue: page 173; by Fergus Clunie, Fiji Museum, and Julia Brooke-White (1986)
- Folk-Lore: A Quarterly Review of Myth, Tradition, Institution, and Custom – page 119; by Sidgwick; Folklore Society (Great Britain), Parish Register Society (Great Britain). Published 1977. Northern Micrographics for Brookhaven Press. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized 14 July 2006.
