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Ethnology of Tokelau Islands
Olosenga
Olosenga
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Figure 3.—Map of Nukunono. Numbers refer to place names as follows:
1. Talikilangi (old malae, site of present Catholic Church)
2. La vaka (land between church and cemetery, formerly a canoe passage to lagoon until filled by tidal wave)
3. Asulu (site of present cemetery, and land beyond)
4. Muli
5. Takeletu
6. Tumulivaka
7. Mulifanua (piece of land and tip of island)
8. Te Kamu (islet)
10. Te Fakanavataulotu (islet)
11. Vini (islet)
16. Avakilikili (islet)
17. Nuialemo (islet)
18. Te Palaoa (islet)
19. Laulauia (islet)
20. Saumangalu (islet, name means “the coming of waves”)
22. Lalosumu (northern end of island, land division)
81. Matautu (land division and end of island)
83. Motufala (islet)
84. Motuakea (islet)
85. Manuisi (islet)
86. Tui Masanga (islet)
87. Fatingausu (islet)
88. Ahua (islet)
90. Motusanga (southern end of village island)
91. Sulu-o-kafa (land division in village)
92. Tafata (division in village Talikilangi)
The following names which appear on the map of the Government Report were not in the list given me at Nukunono: Falafala (another name for Natoli?), Atukavakava (general name for the group of islets from Avakiliki to Niututahi?), Lalo (north division of the long eastern island), Mataulanga (central division of the long eastern island), Vaitupu (southern division of the long eastern island), Nasapiti (name for Motuakea and Manuisi), Teguatautafa (name for Te Ahua), A'ai (Samoan word, probably a name given for Motosanga after the hurricane).
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Figure 4.—Map of Atafu. Numbers refer to place names as follows:
1. Fongalaki-ke-lalo
2. Fongalaki-matangi
3. Te Oki
4. Ofangamatuku
5. Te Kokoloa
6. Land division
7. Tungafulu
8. Te Sepu
9. Tuangafulu
10. Laualalava
10a. Tatapiu (small division separating Laualalava into two pieces)
11. Napuku
12. Te Kapi
13. Te Laulasi (land division, land on sea side)
13a. Te Tipi (land division, land on lagoon side)
14. Moutoki vaealua
15. Te Fue
22. Part of Na Utua called Avainia
23. Na Utua
31. Sa-i-fafine
32. Te Olopuka (land division, end of long island)
33. Motufakalalo (two islets)
34. Sakea o Asafo (first of several islets known together as Sakea)
35. Motuatea
36. Sakea o Lupo
37. Sakea Lahi
38. Tangiakuli
39. Tulua-a-langi-maina
40. Sakea o Simi
41. Tulukava
42. Motu te niu
43. Malatea
44. Kauafua-o-sumu
45. Sakea-o-soi
46. Te Motu o Tenumi
47. Veva
48. Kenakena
49. Te Fakaolu-o-fafine
50. Motu-ite Lakia
51. Motu-faka-kakai
52. Tufa
53. Kauafua-o-vae
54. Te Malo o Futa
55. Motu-ite Fala
56. Tafenga
57. Motu o Veku
58. Kauafua to Vake
59. Sakea-lahi
60. Sotoma (“Sodom”)
61. Komoro (“Gomorrah”)
62. Sakea o Kaleopa
63. Sapiti
64. Motu Ateakiaki
65. Niuefa
66. Motu Ngangie
68. Kauafua o Laua
69. Te Puka
71. Tulua o Tiu
74. Kauafua o Folasanga
75. Hanuia i te Tonuia (rocks)
76. Islet
The land was raised at one time so that the atoll formed an unbroken ring enclosing the lagoon. This became landlocked, and the water is now not too brackish for animals to drink. The greatest elevation of the island is about 20 feet. It has good soil and supports a far better vegetation and gardens than are to be found on the northern atolls.
The reef completely surrounds the island and has no opening for the passage of canoes. On the western side, where the reef is narrower, a passage has been blasted out to allow whale boats to enter to transport copra. Opposite this passage is the storage shed for copra, the small village of native laborers' houses, and a church. A road goes from this settlement around the island. Along the western shore of the lagoon are deep pits bordered by mounds 8 to 10 feet high, the taro beds of the former population. These are unused today. Their depth and extent imply a population of several hundred people, at least, and a residence on the island for many generations.