Tu'i, also spelled more simplistically Tui, is a Polynesian traditional title for tribal chiefs or princes.
In translations, the highest such positions are often rendered as "king".
Traditionally, a Tui is an equivalent of God title.
See: See House of Chiefs (Fiji) There are several Samoan polities and titles (several including the term Tui) in the present kingdom.
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