{{Short description|Island in Nanumea atoll, Tuvalu}} '''Lake na''' or ''' Lakina''' is an islet of Nanumea atoll, Tuvalu.<ref name="TINan">{{cite web |title=Map of Nanumea|url=http://www.tuvaluislands.com/maps/m-nanumea.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020820173310/http://www.tuvaluislands.com/maps/m-nanumea.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 20, 2002|year=2010 |publisher=Tuvaluislands.com}}</ref><ref name="ANCn">{{cite book |title= British Admiralty Nautical Chart 766 Ellice Islands|date= 21 March 1872 |edition= 1893|publisher= United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)}}</ref> Nanumean traditions describe Lakena as being formed when sand spilled from the baskets of two women, Pai and Vau, when they were forced off Nanumea by Tefolaha, the Tongan warrior who became the ancestor of the people of Nanumea.<ref name="TAH7">{{cite book |author=Taulu Isako |editor-first1=Hugh |editor-last1=Laracy |title= Tuvalu: A History |year= 1983 |publisher= Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific and Government of Tuvalu |chapter=Chapter 7 – Nanumea}}</ref>{{rp|49}}

The pulaka pits are located on Lake na as the Nanumeans want the main island of Nanumea to remain mosquito free. Pulaka is grown in large pits of composted soil below the water table.<ref name="TAH7"/>{{rp|55–56}} During World War II the people of Nanumea moved to Lakena so that the American forces could build an airfield on Nanumea.<ref name="TAH18">{{cite book |author=Melei Telavi |editor-first1=Hugh |editor-last1=Laracy |title= Tuvalu: A History |year= 1983 |publisher= Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific and Government of Tuvalu |pages=142–143|chapter=Chapter 18 - War}}</ref>

Lakena is also home to one of Nanumea's many fishing spots, Te Tongo Pond.<ref>[https://tv.geoview.info/te_tongo_pond,7602173 "Te Tongo Pond pond"] geoview.info</ref>

==See also== *Lakena United

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