Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Lifu(lifu)/sia | To be subdued or overpowered with fear |
| Tongan | Li(li)ngi | Pour |
| Tongan | Lingo/lingo | Calm |
| Tongan | Lingolingo | Cricket |
| Tongan | Liha | Nit, egg of louse |
| Tongan | Lilika | Be giddy, feel like falling from a height |
| Tongan | Lika | Dream |
| Tongan | I/iki/ | Small |
| Tongan | -Liki | Small, in compounds only |
| Tongan | Liko/liko | Dirty |
| Tongan | Liko | Type of fishing net |
| Tongan | Liku | Cliff-bound coast; large rocks on coast at the back of the island |
| Tongan | Liku | To dance in the nude, or almost so (of girls) |
| Tongan | Lila | Sickly, unhealthy looking (of persons, animals, plants) |
| Tongan | Lili | Angry, to be |
| Tongan | Lili | Very rough, to be, stormy (of sea); boil (of water) |
| Tongan | Lilo | Hidden, unseen; secret, private |
| Tongan | Nima | Five |
| Tongan | Nima | Hand |
| Tongan | Limu | Seaweed, moss |
| Tongan | Lino/aki | Make a kind of fishing-net by stringingLeaves on a rope or creeper stem |
| Tongan | Lipi | Blade-like projection, flange |
| Tongan | Lito | Tender sprout |
| Tongan | Liu | Bilge, bilge-water |
| Tongan | Li/liu/ | Turn round |
| Tongan | Loo | Ant |
| Tongan | Loa | Long a |
| Tongan | Loo-ʔata | Black ant |
| Tongan | Loofa/sia | Humbled, subdued |
| Tongan | Lofa | Cut through the air with outstretched wings; glide swiftly; kite |
| Tongan | Ofa | Fathom |
| Tongan | Ofe | To bend, to curve |
| Tongan | Loofi/a | Inundated |
| Tongan | Lo/longo | Shoal or school of sharks |
| Tongan | Loo/loonga/a | To have a long succession of (e.g. festivals) |
| Tongan | Longo | To be silent, not to speak, or to stop speaking |
| Tongan | Ongo | Heard |
| Tongan | Ongo/ki | Hear |
| Tongan | Longoaʔa | To be noisy, make a loud or disturbing noise |
| Tongan | Longolongo | Cycas circinalis |
| Tongan | Loholoho | Branching stem on which coconuts are borne |
| Tongan | Lohu | Fruit-plucking pole, hook with a pole v |
| Tongan | Loi, lohi (probably older form) | To lie, tell an untruth |
| Tongan | Loʔimata | Tear(s) |
| Tongan | Loka | Rough of lagoon, passage, sea near coast |
| Tongan | Loki | Inner room |
| Tongan | Loli | Sea-slug |
| Tongan | Lolo | Oil, sauce |
| Tongan | Lolo | Heavy rain; dip, duck; extinguish |
| Tongan | Lolonga | (Certain length of) a long fishing net |
