Tongan entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| XW.SOSONI | Hohoni | Large cocoa-nut shells to hold water | (Mar) |
| XW.LOA.3 | Loa | Face paint made from the seeds of the loa tree; to paint (the face)’ | (Cwd) |
| XW.LOA.3 | Loa | To paint the face in time of war | (Mar) |
| PN.LOTO-GA | Lo/lotonga | To be going on, functioning, or in progress; the (present) time; while... | (Cwd) |
| PN.LOTO-GA | Lo/lotonga | Already; time, period; then, at that time | (Mar) |
| PN.LONA | Lonaa | (To have) hiccups | (Cwd) |
| PN.LONA | Lona | The hiccups (singular) | (Mar) |
| XW.MAMANA | Mamana | To be fond of or in love with | (Cwd) |
| XW.MAMANA | Mamana | To be in love with | (Mar) |
| XW.MAASIMA | Maasima | Salt | (Cwd) |
| XW.MAASIMA | Masima | Salt (muriate of soda) | (Mar) |
| XW.PAUQU | Pauʔu | Ill-mannered, naughty, mischievous | (Cwd) |
| XW.PAUQU | Pow | Mischievous, audacious | (Mar) |
| PN.TAQAGA | Táanga | A song, poetry | (Mar) |
| PN.TAA.1D | Taa | To play (a piano or other stringed instrument); to perform, render [ex. nose-flute] | (Cwd) |
| PN.TETE | Tete/mi | To flutter, to tremble Problematic | (Mar) |
| PN.TETE | Tateme | To flicker or quiver Problematic | (Cwd) |
| PN.TUA.4 | Tua | A kind of yam | (Cwd) |
| PN.TUA.4 | Tooa | A superior sort of yam | (Mar) |
| PN.TUKI.B | Tuuki/a | To trip, stumble | (Cwd) |
| PN.TUKI.B | Toogi/e | To stumble, to fall down | (Mar) |
| PN.TUKI.C | Toogi | A hammer or mallet | (Mar) |
| PN.TAUALA | Tauala | To luff, to sail close or closer to the wind | (Cwd) |
| PN.TAUALA | Tow-alla | To luff, to bring a vessel’s head nearer to the wind | (Mar) |
| PN.TAU-FAA | Taufa | Squall, rain-storm | (Cwd) |
| PN.TAU-FAA | Towfa | A squall of wind, a gale | (Mar) |
| FJ.WESA | Vesa | Bracelet, bangle, wristlet Phonologically Irregular | (Cwd) |
| FJ.WESA | Vesa | A bracelet of any kind Phonologically Irregular | (Mar) |
| PN.MATA.2B | Matta | Ripe (a term chiefly applied to cocoa-nuts) | (Mar) |
| PN.MATA.2B | Niu mata | Fourth growth stage of coconuts | (Cwd) |
| PN.MOTO.2B | Niu motomoto | Seventh coconut growth stage | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATA-TILI | Matasili | (of coconuts) To begin to sprout; (of seed-yams) to sprout | (Cwd) |
| PN.NAMU-AQA | Namooá | A bad smell | (Mar) |
| PN.NAMU-AQA | Namuaʔa | To have a strong or pungent smell | (Cwd) |
| FJ.QAA-SIO-SIO | ʔAhiohio | Whirlwind, cyclone, waterspout | (Cwd) |
| PN.TAGO.B | Tango | To lie in wait for | (Mar) |
| PN.HOA | Gna/hoa | A pair, a couple | (Mar) |
| PN.PEE | ʔApee | Perhaps, I guess, I suggest | (Cwd) |
| PN.PEE | A bé | Perhaps, likely | (Mar) |
| XW.PUSA.3 | Pu/puha | To be so warm as to perspire; (of weather) to be so warm as to cause perspiration | (Cwd) |
| MP.PIKI.1A | Piki/piki | Gathered up, puckered (e.g. of a garment badly mended or a wound badly healed, leaving an ugly scar) | (Cwd) |
| PN.WALE-MOHE | Velemohe | To feel drowsy | (Cwd) |
| PN.LAU-QITI | Lausiʔi | Narrow Phonologically Irregular | (Cwd) |
| FJ.IRI.B | ʔIli/ʔili | To fan Phonologically Irregular | (Cwd) |
| XW.MA-SEQA | Maheʔa | To be heard, to become audible (esp. of faint or distant sounds) | (Cwd) |
| PN.LOLE.1 | Lole/lole | To jog along with a task, to get on with it in a leisurely way | (Cwd) |
| PN.LOLE.1 | Loole/nga | Ways or customs or behaviour peculiar to certain places or groups of people | (Cwd) |
| PN.MARONA | Malona | To subside, ease off (of worry, pain, disease, etc.) | (Cwd) |
| PN.SAWALA | Havala | Grasping, never satisfied, always wanting more; to crave after | (Cwd) |
| PN.MA-TOSI | Matohi | Marked with a line or narrow stripe | (Cwd) |
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