Tu'i

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Tu'i, also spelled more simplistically Tui, is a Polynesian traditional title for tribal chiefs or princes. In translations, the highest such positions are often rendered as "king". For details, see the links below various polities.

Contents 1 Tonga 2 Fiji 3 Samoa 4 Wallis and Futuna 5 Sources and references

[edit] Tonga

See:

• Tu'i Tonga
• Tu'i Ha'atakalaua
• Tu'i Kanokupolu

[edit] Fiji

See House of Chiefs (Fiji)

[edit] Samoa

There are several Samoan polities and titles (several including the term Tui) in the present kingdom. On American Samoa, the paramount chief is titled Tu'i Manu'a

[edit] Wallis and Futuna

On Futuna island, see Tu`i Agaifo of Alo. There is also the Chief of Sigave; 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).

[edit] Sources and references

• WorldStatesmen- see each present country