Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Kena | Brown or reddish, of hair treated with lime |
| Tongan | Ma/kenu/ | Disturbed (of earth) |
| Tongan | Keha(keha) | Yellow or yellowish, especially of mats |
| Tongan | Kete | Stomach |
| Tongan | Ketekete | Chirp, twitter (of birds). Cri d'un certain oiseau (Rch). |
| Tongan | Ketu | Limp, be lame |
| Tongan | Keu/ʔi | Rebuff |
| Tongan | Keva | Stand or sit rigidly without moving |
| Tongan | Fakakeve/keva/ | To straighten oneself up |
| Tongan | Ki | To, towards (preposed particle) |
| Tongan | Kia | Neck |
| Tongan | Kiato | Outrigger boom |
| Tongan | Kie | Plant sp. (Pandanus) |
| Tongan | Kiekie | Ornamental waist-band or grass skirt |
| Tongan | Kifu | Run fast, hurry |
| Tongan | Kiki | Animal food (meat, eggs, fish, shell-fish, etc.) eaten with vegetables; s.s. vegetables eaten with animal food |
| Tongan | Kikii | Squeak, squeal |
| Tongan | Kikila | (of colours, coloured dress, &c.) Glaring, too bright and showy |
| Tongan | Kikite | Have the power of seeing into the future; make predictions, prophesy |
| Tongan | Kila | Shaven, having hair cut in one place only |
| Tongan | Kikila | Look with widely open eyes, to stare |
| Tongan | Kili | Skin; peel, rind; bark |
| Tongan | Kili | Saw, file |
| Tongan | Kilia | Fester/burn with anger |
| Tongan | Kilikili | Gravel |
| Tongan | Kilo-fi | Glance to one side, look out of the corner of the eyes |
| Tongan | Kima/ua | Us, we (exclusive, dual) |
| Tongan | Kima/utolu | Us, we (exclusive, plural) |
| Tongan | Kimoua | You (dual) |
| Tongan | Kimoutolu | Second person plural pronoun |
| Tongan | Kina | Meat or fish portion of a baked or roasted meal |
| Tongan | Kiinau | Persist or persevere in spite of difficulties or of being advised to give it up. (In either a good or a bad sense) |
| Tongan | Kini | Make an incision in so as to let blood Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Kini | Beat, strike down undergrowth, make a track |
| Tongan | Kino/haʔa | Mess, muck, dung, etc.; in a mess with garbage, dung or other filth or rubbish |
| Tongan | Kio | Chirp, cheep v |
| Tongan | Kiokio | Fish sp |
| Tongan | Kihi | Stunted, dwarfed |
| Tongan | Kisu | Spit forcefully, spit out Problematic |
| Tongan | Kita | Pronoun, first person singular: indefinite 'one' -- I, or you, or anyone else; 'I' or 'me' in the language of politeness or humility |
| Tongan | Kita | To have a relapse after a sickness |
| Tongan | Kita/ua | First person inclusive dual pronoun |
| Tongan | Kita/utolu | First person inclusive plural pronoun |
| Tongan | Kite/ʔi | To "dream", suspect, have an idea (that it might be so) (with clause as object). |
| Tongan | Kisikisi-vai | Dragonfly |
| Tongan | Kiu | (Pluvialis dominica) and other waders |
| Tongan | Kivi | Sunken and sightless, of eyes Problematic |
| Tongan | Ko | Specifier particle (Preposed) |
| Tongan | Koo | Squawk (of fowls), squeal (of pig), cry (of child, derog.) |
| Tongan | Koo | Bark (of dog) |
