Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
Language | Item | Description |
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Tongan | Kaalava | Blood-vessel, vein, artery or capillary |
Tongan | Keleʔa | Conch, conch-shell (often used as a trumpet) |
Tongan | Kaleveleve | Spider sp |
Tongan | Kali | Wooden pillow |
Tongan | Kalia | Double canoe |
Tongan | Takaniko | Trochus Problematic |
Tongan | Kalihe/lihe | Kind of lizard |
Tongan | Kalo-ama | Young vete (Surmullet) |
Tongan | Kalo/fi-ama | Spark (from a fire) Problematic |
Tongan | Kalu | Thin more-or-less moist skin or membrane surrounding the flesh of certain fruits, e.g. each division of an orange |
Tongan | Kolukalu | Jellyfish |
Tongan | Kamakama | Crab sp |
Tongan | Kamata | Begin |
Tongan | Kamata/hake | Taste |
Tongan | Kamo | Beckon or make signs with eye or hand |
Tongan | Kamu | Circumcise (polite for tefe) |
Tongan | Kana | A kind of marine growth somewhat like a sponge but harder |
Tongan | Kana/ʔi | To rub or scrub or polish with a kana |
Tongan | Ka ne | If...were, if...had, referring to a purely imaginary condition or supposition |
Tongan | Ka na | If |
Tongan | Kanahe | Mullet |
Tongan | Pua tau/kanave/ | Flowering tree bearing white, sweet-scented, double flowers |
Tongan | Kaniva | Galaxy, Milky Way |
Tongan | Kano | Flesh or substance (generally used when –`i is attached) |
Tongan | Kano/ʔi | Flesh (or substance) of; absolute, utter, unmitigated |
Tongan | Kanoni | Increase or add to (Weight); aggravate something already unpleasant |
Tongan | Kaokao | Side of a boat or ship, or of a cart etc. |
Tongan | Kapa | To stretch out the arms toward, to try to reach, to reach for |
Tongan | Kapa/toka | Of young birds, to be able to move their wings but not fly |
Tongan | Kapa/puna | Have feathers and be able to hop about but not fly |
Tongan | Kapa/totolo | Of a small child, be just beginning to crawl |
Tongan | Kapakapa | Flap wings |
Tongan | Kapakapa | Side fin |
Tongan | Kapakau | Wing, winged |
Tongan | Kepesiko | A fish |
Tongan | Kapau | If |
Tongan | Kape | (Alocasia macrorrhiza) |
Tongan | Kapi/kapi | A wedge; drive a wedge into |
Tongan | Kopoa | Catfish |
Tongan | Kaponga | Back fin |
Tongan | Kapu | Form banana leaf into cuplike shape |
Tongan | Kapu | Surround |
Tongan | Ka/kapu | Mist |
Tongan | Kaapui | Surround, encompass, encircle; cover completely, envelop, enshroud |
Tongan | Kahi | Kind of shellfish |
Tongan | Kahi/kahi | A kind of fish |
Tongan | Kahi | Diseased swellings, scrofula on neck, piles |
Tongan | Kaho/ki | Rafter; spoke of wheel; rib of umbrella |
Tongan | Kahoa | Necklace. |
Tongan | Kahokaho | Particularly good kind of yam |