Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Au | Fishing net made of long vine and coconut leaves |
| Tongan | Te/au/ | Hundred |
| Tongan | -nge/au/ | Hundreds |
| Tongan | Au | Sugarcane (leaves) used for thatching; piece of thatch made of sugarcane leaves fixed to a reed |
| Tongan | Aau/lalo | Low-lying land |
| Tongan | Laʔu | Pinch, pull up, of small weeds |
| Tongan | Aʔu/sia | Partake of, get share of feast |
| Tongan | Loungutu | Lips |
| Tongan | Laukau | Look one's best esp. to dress well, wear fine clothes |
| Tongan | Laulahi | Broad, wide |
| Tongan | Laulau | Tray, or a banana leaf used as a tray |
| Tongan | Lauiiki | Plural of lausi`i |
| Tongan | Lou ʔulu | Hair of the head |
| Tongan | Laumea | Gills of fish |
| Tongan | Lau-papa | Board, plank |
| Tongan | Lava | Carry to completion, arrive; achieve, attain, accomplish |
| Tongan | La/lava | To bind round and round (like the handle of a cricket bat) |
| Tongan | Vala | Clothes, especially loincloth |
| Tongan | Lavaki | Act treacherously Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Lave | Long tail-feather |
| Tongan | Lave | Touch, hit (of a missile); to affect, to help; caught on seaweed or rock (of hook, anchor) |
| Tongan | Lavea | Wounded, injured, damaged |
| Tongan | Lavenga | Kind of fish |
| Tongan | E | Definite article Problematic |
| Tongan | Lea | Speak; utter, make or produce a sound |
| Tongan | Efu/efu | Ashes, powder |
| Tongan | Enga | Turmeric made from root of ango, curcuma longa |
| Tongan | Engeenga | Yellow |
| Tongan | Lei | Whale tooth, ivory |
| Tongan | Leka | Undersized, dwarf |
| Tongan | Leke | Small room or recess |
| Tongan | Lele | Run v |
| Tongan | Lelea | Driven away by the wind, to be |
| Tongan | Lelei | Good |
| Tongan | Lemu | Rectum, anus |
| Tongan | Ma/lena/ | Free from creases, smooth |
| Tongan | Lena | A kind of yam; (Dioscorea pentaphylla) (Whr) |
| Tongan | Leʔo | Voice |
| Tongan | Leʔo | Keep watch (over), be on guard, guard (v). |
| Tongan | Lepa | Heave to |
| Tongan | Lepa | Depression or hole in the round serving as a cistern (Obst.) |
| Tongan | Lepo | Pad of loupata leaves, used for covering native ovens |
| Tongan | Lepo/ʔi | Cover a native oven with leaves, bags and earth |
| Tongan | Levu | Ripe (tava and hopa only) Problematic |
| Tongan | Leuleu | Soft and limp through long use (of tapa cloth) Problematic |
| Tongan | Neveneve | Nest and young of kaleveleve Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Lii | Throw, toss v |
| Tongan | Li(i)ʔaki | Throw away, cast aside, reject, abandon, neglect, etc. Not to be confused with liaki |
| Tongan | Liaki | Swing, toss, fling |
| Tongan | Faka/lielia/ | Vile, abominable |
