Niumataiwalu

Chief Niumataiwalu
Spouse(s)	Tarau of Totoya
Issue	Sivoki Uluilakeba I Rasolo Matawalu
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

Fijian legend has it that Niumataiwalu was renowned not only for his valour in battle but also for his beauty.

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

1. K Vuataki (2013). Softly Fiji. "Learn of the original worship of the father and the son in Fiji."
2. "Genealogy". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
3. On the Meaning of Kalou and the Origin of Fijian Temples
4. 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.