Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | ʔA | Introduces the postposed subject of an intransitive verb and the postposed object of a transitive verb (Churchward 1953:105) |
| Tongan | Namu/a/ | Infested with mosquitoes |
| Tongan | ʔAa | Fence, wall, enclosure |
| Tongan | ʔA/uhu | Tomorrow morning |
| Tongan | ʔA/hoʔataa | At noon today (said in the morning) |
| Tongan | ʔA/efiafi | This afternoon (said in the morning or at mid-day) |
| Tongan | ʔA/hengihengi | Early tomorrow morning |
| Tongan | ʔA/ʔanoiha | The day after tomorrow |
| Tongan | (ʔ)Aʔeva | Walk together (obs.). Se promener (Btn). |
| Tongan | Afaa | Storm, hurricane |
| Tongan | Afe | Deviate |
| Tongan | Afe | Thousand |
| Tongan | ʔAfee | When (future) |
| Tongan | Afi | Fire |
| Tongan | ʔEfi(ʔefi) | Hold or carry under the arm |
| Tongan | ʔEfi/hi | Push or squeeze in between two things; hold between (e.g. the toes) |
| Tongan | Efiafi | Evening |
| Tongan | Afo | Cord, especially fishing line |
| Tongan | Afu | Sucker (of hiapo only > |
| Tongan | ʔAfu | Hot and steamy, of air, of an earth-oven, of a feverish person |
| Tongan | ʔAʔafu | Very hot and steamy |
| Tongan | ʔAfua | Fine, to be |
| Tongan | Afua | Shoal, sandbank under the sea |
| Tongan | Afu(afu) | Sprinkle, drizzle, fall as a fine spray |
| Tongan | Anga | Habit, custom |
| Tongan | ʔAnga | Shark |
| Tongan | ʔAngaʔanga/mofai | Shark with head like that of a stingray |
| Tongan | ʔAngaʔanga | Human corpse. Carcasse (Btn). |
| Tongan | ʔAngaʔanga/mofai | Shark with head like that of a stingray |
| Tongan | Ange | To or towards him, along; -er, more, to a greater degree |
| Tongan | Angi | Blow (of wind, breeze) |
| Tongan | Agoʔi | Make line(s) on, mark out |
| Tongan | ʔOhoana | Spouse, husband, wife. An old word |
| Tongan | ʔAho | Day (not night) |
| Tongan | ʔAhoʔaho | Very bright (of the moon) |
| Tongan | ʔAhu | Gall |
| Tongan | ʔAhu | Smoke |
| Tongan | Ai | In which, etc |
| Tongan | ʔAi | Put, place |
| Tongan | (Tangi) lau/ʔaitu | To lament |
| Tongan | ʔEitu/matupuʔa | Proper name of a spiritual being |
| Tongan | Aka | Root |
| Tongan | Aka | Kind of leguminous creeper whose root is eaten when better food is scarce. (Pueraria lobata) (Whr). |
| Tongan | ʔAka | Kick |
| Tongan | Ake | A hardwood tree |
| Tongan | Aaki/vao | Devastate, plunder and lay waste Problematic |
| Tongan | -ʔaki | When suffixed to a noun, treat or use as; attached to certain intransitive verbs more or less equivalent to an English preposition such as with or about |
| Tongan | ʔAki | With, in an instrumental sense |
| Tongan | Ekiaki | Young tropic bird (tavake). It is quite white. |
| Tongan | Ako | Learn |
