Brief Life History of Mosese Mafitangata
When Mosese Mafitangata Makauito'a was born about 1802, in Tonga, his father, Makaui To'a Hiliaumeiuvea, was 34 and his mother, Teu Ki he kolo, was 20. He married Nanise about 1832, in Pangai, Ha'apai, Tonga. He died about 1876, in Ha'apai, Tonga, at the age of 76, and was buried in Ha'apai, Tonga.
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1845
Tonga was united into a Polynesian kingdom.
Name Meaning
Biblical name, the English form of the name of the patriarch (Moshe in Hebrew) who led the Israelites out of Egypt (Exodus 4). His name is thought to be of Egyptian origin, most probably from the same root as that found in the second element of names such as Tutmosis and Rameses, where it means ‘born of (a certain god)’. Various Hebrew etymologies have been proposed, beginning with the biblical ‘saved (from the water)’ (Exodus 2:10), but none is convincing. It is now mainly a Jewish name, although until the mid-20th century it also enjoyed considerable popularity among Christians in England, especially among Puritans and Nonconformists.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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