Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Mafela | Opened out, come open , left open (impolite) |
| Tongan | Mafi | Powerful |
| Tongan | Mafoa | Break, be broken |
| Tongan | Mafoa... ata | Dawn breaks |
| Tongan | Mafohi | Peeled or skinned |
| Tongan | Mafola | Spread out |
| Tongan | Mafu | Stale (of food), fermented (of milk); go sour |
| Tongan | Mafua | Favourite food |
| Tongan | Mofuike | Earthquake |
| Tongan | Mafuke | Having come open, of a parcel |
| Tongan | Mafuli | Turn over, capsize; be overturned, upside-down |
| Tongan | Mofuta | Come on suddenly (of pain, anger etc.); get rough suddenly (of sea) |
| Tongan | Mafusi | Pulled slightly out of position; pulled or plucked |
| Tongan | Manga | Branch |
| Tongan | Mangaa | A fish |
| Tongan | Maʔanga | Mouthful, morsel |
| Tongan | Maangalo | Almost disappeared (e.g. of ship), nearly out of sight or memory |
| Tongan | Mangamangaʔaatai | Kind of starfish |
| Tongan | Maangi | Blown out/about in breeze, to be (e.g. as flag) |
| Tongan | Mongu/mangu | To scab over, scabbed |
| Tongan | Mangungu | Make a crunching noise (e.g. a punch on the forehead, or chewing hard food) |
| Tongan | Mahu | Abundance, abundant, productive |
| Tongan | Mohu | Well supplied, to be |
| Tongan | Mahuʔi | Wrenched off, come off |
| Tongan | Mohuku | Generic term for grass |
| Tongan | Mai | Towards speaker |
| Tongan | Mai | Vt., n.s.w. 'omi, but so used only in commands and requests |
| Tongan | Maʔahi | To go or come in a whiff, of a smell Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Maiki | Show signs of wear and tear (of cloth) |
| Tongan | Maaʔimoa | Play, amusement (honorific) Problematic |
| Tongan | Maaʔitaki | Favourite wife or concubine Problematic |
| Tongan | Maka | Stone, rock |
| Tongan | Maka/taa | Sling |
| Tongan | Makaka | Somewhat stiff; rough in speech or behaviour |
| Tongan | Makala | Emit sparks with a crackling noise |
| Tongan | Maakalo | Put in an appearance, show oneself |
| Tongan | Makau | Wriggle, malinger, try to wriggle out of a duty |
| Tongan | Maakau | Wriggle (Eels); writhe, squirm (Persons) |
| Tongan | Makeke | Say or do by way of objection; bent or curved upwards, warped |
| Tongan | Makenu | Cut up, disturbed by traffic |
| Tongan | Maakila | Show up just a little or just for a moment, especially of a light or a fire |
| Tongan | Makilo | Put in the slightest appearance |
| Tongan | Mako | Type of dance |
| Tongan | Maakona | Satiated with food |
| Tongan | Makuku | Make cracking or creaking sound |
| Tongan | Mokulu | (of tree) In state when fruit is falling, to be |
| Tongan | Mala/mala | Fragment, chip, splinter |
| Tongan | Mala | Misfortune |
| Tongan | Maa | Kind of ensilage (but for human consumption) usually made from plantains or bananas, in a hole in the earth |
| Tongan | Maʔala | Yam plantation |
