Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Ngahele | Move slowly and noiselessly; creep, crawl |
| Tongan | Ngaakau | Intestines |
| Tongan | Ngako | Fat (grease) |
| Tongan | Ngala | Cry loudly, howl |
| Tongan | Ngali | Nibble, chew, gnaw, as a rat |
| Tongan | Ngali | Be seemly, suitable, fitting |
| Tongan | Ngali/ngali | Look as if, look like, seem, be likely |
| Tongan | Ngalo | Sink (e.g. into one's flesh); to submerge, to disappear or pass completely under the surface (e.g. of a diver or a submarine; to disappear from sight...from thought or memory; to be forgotten, tp be lost |
| Tongan | Ngalu | Wave n |
| Tongan | Ngalu | Make a rattling noise when breathing (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ngaalue/lue | Wobbly, unsteady |
| Tongan | Ngaaue | To work |
| Tongan | Ngoue | To work at gardening; gardening, agriculture; garden |
| Tongan | Ngalulu | To shake or quake |
| Tongan | Ngana | Fitting or appropriate or all right for the person specified, though not for others Problematic |
| Tongan | Ngano | Bright and healthy (of the skin) Problematic |
| Tongan | Ngana/nganaiiki | (Of sound) faint, only just audible |
| Tongan | Ngao | Molar tooth |
| Tongan | Ngaofe | Curved, bent in curve |
| Tongan | Gaogao | To have few people (a place or building), to be few (of people) |
| Tongan | Ngaohaʔa | Littered with garbage |
| Tongan | Ngaaoʔi | To persist in doing something (in spite of prohibition or difficulty, etc.) |
| Tongan | Ngaohi, ngaahi | Make, construct, build, manufacture; do, attend to, handle, treat, deal with, manipulate, manage, work, mend, repair, prepare; meddle with; ill-treat, attack physically |
| Tongan | Ngahau | Arrow |
| Tongan | Ngahe | Tree sp. |
| Tongan | Ngahengahe/a | To feel weak and nervy, esp. after an illness; to be exhausted or overwrought |
| Tongan | Ngahehe | (Make) rustling/swishing sound |
| Tongan | Ngaholo | Sail swiftly (of clouds/boats) |
| Tongan | Ngaolo | To crawl or climb on the stomach Problematic |
| Tongan | Ngahu | Bush that grows on beach (Scaevola sp.) |
| Tongan | Ngata | Snake |
| Tongan | Ngata | Come to an end, terminate |
| Tongan | -ngataʔa | Difficult |
| Tongan | Ngatae | Tree sp. (Erythrina indica) |
| Tongan | Fe/ngatali/aki | Rickety, to be |
| Tongan | Ngatata | Rattle, jingle, clink or clatter |
| Tongan | Ngatete(tete) | Tremble, shiver, quake |
| Tongan | Ngaʔasi | Shell, husk, pod, empty container |
| Tongan | Ngeʔesi ʔulu | One's skull |
| Tongan | Ngatolo | Move or creep along silently or stealthily |
| Tongan | Ngatu | Barkcloth |
| Tongan | Ngau | Gnaw, chew (e.g. sugar-cane) in order to extract the juice |
| Tongan | Ngaue | Move, make a movement, budge |
| Tongan | Ngaavai/vai | Feeble, infirm |
| Tongan | Ngeʔe/ngeʔe | Flabbily fat |
| Tongan | Ngeli | Monkey, ape |
| Tongan | Ngehe/ngehe | Cool off (of sun) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Ngesi | Smooth, not wrinkled (of the skin) Problematic |
| Tongan | Gesi | Unidentified tree with very hard wood used for making drums. (Manilkara dissecta) (Whr). |
| Tongan | Ngii | Whimper |
