This class of genii, or tutelary deities, they called aitu fale, or gods of the house.
The month was also called Aitu tele, great god, from the principal worship of the month.
Aitu langi was the name of a village god in another place, and supposed to be incarnate in the owl.
Called also Aitu iti, or small gods, from the household gods then worshipped, and who were specially implored to bless the family for the year "with strength to overcome in quarrels and in battle.
Aitu iti, or small gods, is another name, from the worship of the inferior household gods in that month.
If any living thing alighted it was twice brushed away; upon the third coming it was known to be the spirit of the dead, was folded in, carried home and buried beside the body; and the aitu rested.
It is plain we have in Europe stories of a similar complexion; and the Polynesian varua ino oraitu o le vao is clearly the near kinsman of the Transylvanian vampire.
It is plain we have in Europe stories of a similar complexion; and the Polynesian varua ino or aitu o le vao is clearly the near kinsman of the Transylvanian vampire.
My aitu fafine does not seem to be in the same line of business.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "aitu" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
