Kidney Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris”

Ko e piini ko e fuʻu ʻakau siʻi ia. Ko e meʻakai mahuʻinga ko hono ngaahi foʻi tenga. ʻOku ui ko e pini ʻe Yuncker mo e kakai ʻe niʻihi, ka ʻoku hala ia.

Ngaahi faʻahinga kehekehe

• piini, Phaseolus vulgaris, [common bean]; koʻeni
• piini, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis (L.) Verdc., [long bean]
• piini, Psophocarpus tetragmolobus, [winged bean]
• piinivao
• piiniʻaepuaka, piiniʻapuaka, Dolichos lablab, Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet, [wild bean] pe Phaseolus lunatus L., [lima bean]
• piinipapālangi, teʻekosi, teʻepulu, tengafefeka, Cassia toro, Senna tora (L.) Roxb., Senna obtusifolia, [java bean]
• piinisoia, Glycine max, [soy bean]
• vakai foki ki he piʻisi mo e pī

Hingoa ʻi he ngaahi lea kehe

• pāpapa, pī (lea fakahauaiʻi, piiniʻaepuaka)
• vao pinati (lea fakahaʻamoa, piinipapālangi)
• kaumoce (lea fakafisi, piinipapālangi)

Tataku

• Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
• Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959