Tongan entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.PAQAO | Paʔao | (of female fish) Thin after spawning; (of woman or female animal) thin after giving birth [syn. paeko] | (Cwd) |
| PN.WATUKE | Vatuke | Kind of sea-egg with long, thick spikes | (Cwd) |
| XW.VAVAE.* | Vavae | Cotton plant; wick of a lamp; (Ceiba pentandra) (Whr) | (Cwd) |
| OC.WAWE | Vave | Quick, fast; at once | (Cwd) |
| CP.WEKA.1 | Veka | Banded Rail (Rallus philippensis) | (Clk) |
| PN.WEKA.2 | Veka | Go or come suddenly (like a veka) | (Cwd) |
| OC.WELA.A | Vela-sia | Burnt | (Cwd) |
| OC.WELA.B | Vela | Hot, heat | (Cwd) |
| LO.WELETI | Oliji | Papaw (Ldn) | (Cwd) |
| OC.WELI.1 | Veli | Hairy worm that lives mostly in water | (Cwd) |
| PN.WELO.1 | Velo | To thrust, to insert; to fish with a spear | (Cwd) |
| PN.WETE.1 | Vete | Loose, unloose, unfasten, untie, undo, unpack, unwind, unstitch etc.; release; take off (clothes); confess (wrongdoing) | (Cwd) |
| PN.WETE.2 | Vete | Surmullet | (Cwd) |
| PN.WEWE.A | Veve | Rubbish, litter, garbage, refuse | (Cwd) |
| OC.WE-WELA | Vevela | Hot (of the sun); sting (as from being smacked or bitten by wasp) | (Cwd) |
| PN.WII.B | Vivi | Die; in compounds base, low-born, vulgar Problematic | (Cwd) |
| OC.WII.A | Vii | A tree with edible fruit (Spondias dulcis) | (Cwd) |
| PN.WIKI.2 | Viki-a | Praise, extol, compliment | (Cwd) |
| XW.WILI-GIA | Vilingia | Be blown about/along/away by the wind | (Cwd) |
| OC.WILI.1A | Vili | Bore, drill; auger, drill | (Cwd) |
| PN.WILI.2 | Vili | Persevere, persist, tenacious | (Cwd) |
| OC.FE- | Fe- | The so-called reciprocal prefix... | (Cwd) |
| PN.KALAGA | Kalanga | To shout, speak at the top of one's voice | (Cwd) |
| PN.QUFI.2 | ʔUfi | Kind of shellfish | (Cwd) |
| PN.KAU-QULI | Kookauʔuli | Niua name of the ngatata (Alectryon sp.) | (Cwd) |
| PN.TUTUNA | Tutuna | Tree sp.; (Diospyros samoensis) | (Whr) |
| PN.MAQA-LAWA | Maʔamaʔalava | Tree sp. (Elaeocarpus tonganus) | (Whr) |
| PN.UNUOI | Unuoi | Tree sp.; (Eugenia reinwardtiana) (Whr) | (Cwd) |
| PN.KUMALA.1 | Kumala | Sweet potato | (Cwd) |
| CP.WILI.1B | Puko/vili | (Gyrocarpus americanus) | (Whr) |
| CP.SAGALE | Hangale | Tree sp. like mangrove; (Lumnitzera littorea) (Whr) | (Cwd) |
| PN.TIALE | Siale tonga | (Gardenia taitensis) | (Whr) |
| PN.MASAME | Mahame | (Glochidion ramiflorum) (Niuas) | (Whr) |
| XW.VAVAE.* | Vavae tonga | (Gossypium barbadense) | (Whr) |
| PN.FUKAFUKA | Fukofuka | (Kleinhovia hospita) | (Whr) |
| PN.HAALIQA | Haaliʔa | Small depression in shallow sea or lagoon | (???) |
| PN.QAA-.2 | ʔA- | Prepositional prefix in many adverbs referring to the future | (Cwd) |
| PN.QII.1 | ʔIi | Feel empty, weak, painful (of stomach) | (Cwd) |
| PN.QUHI.2 | ʔUhi | Go or come from time to time | (Cwd) |
| PN.QUHI.2 | ʔUhi/a | Use (a path) from time to time; call at (a house) from time to time (us. impersonal) | (Cwd) |
| PN.QILO-GA | ʔIlonga | Mark, impression of something; distinguished by a special mark | (Cwd) |
| PN.FAKA-QILO-GA | Fakaʔilonga | To make a mark on, to distinguish by means of a mark or sign; to make signs, to signal | (Cwd) |
| PN.FIA-KAI | Fiekai/a | To be hungry | (Cwd) |
| PN.FUA.3D | Fua | Roe (of fish); to have unlaid eggs inside it (e.g. of a killed hen), to have roe (of fish) | (Cwd) |
| PN.QAA-NEI | ʔAnai | Shortly, presently, a little later on, later on today | (Cwd) |
| PN.PALE-PALE | Palepale | Platform on which copra is put out to dry; shelter consisting of a roof (usually of coconut leaves) on tall posts; scaffolding; trellis | (Cwd) |
| PN.PALE-TUQA | Paaletuʔa | Shield; person to whom we look for protection, on whom we habitually depend; heavy stick for killing sharks | (Cwd) |
| PN.HEKE-GA | Hekenga | Perch, roost (n) | (Cwd) |
| PN.MA-TALA.B | Matala | Clear (to the mind), lucid; clear or fresh in memory | (Cwd) |
| PN.FAKA-MATUQU | Fakamaatuʔu | To make dry, to dry | (Cwd) |
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