Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Maanava | Breath, breathe |
| Tongan | Menenga | K. parrot-fish, greenish-blue |
| Tongan | Maninia | Shudder, set on edge (of teeth) |
| Tongan | Manifi | Thin |
| Tongan | Manini | Small, flat, oval, striped fish sp |
| Tongan | Mano | Ten thousand; myriad |
| Tongan | Manongi | Give off pleasant odour |
| Tongan | Manu | Animal, bird |
| Tongan | Monuu | Good luck, good fortune, privilege |
| Tongan | Maʔanu | Afloat, float |
| Tongan | Monuuʔia | Successful, fortunate |
| Tongan | Manuka | Killed (of chief or king) |
| Tongan | Monuka | Wounded, injured. Plaie, détruit (Btn). |
| Tongan | Manunu/a | First lot of weeds to grow after clearing |
| Tongan | Mao | Almost cease raining |
| Tongan | Mao | Do or prepare or get there, etc., before something else happens to prevent it |
| Tongan | Mahofa | Collapse, fall to pieces; spill, spilt Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Moʔoni | True, genuine, real, intrinsic |
| Tongan | Faka/moʔoni | To give evidence, to bear witness, to produce or afford evidence or proof of the truth of |
| Tongan | Fai maʔoni | Persist, keep on |
| Tongan | Maaʔoniʔoni | Morally pure, sincere and upright; righteous (in the true sense); impeccable |
| Tongan | Maʔopo | Fitted closely together, packed (closely but not uncomfortably) of buildings, people, boat, cargo |
| Tongan | Maʔopo/ʔopo | Packed or fitted together very closely; compact, dense, solid |
| Tongan | Maaʔopo/ʔopo | Completely furnished and fitted out, tidy, neatly and properly arranged |
| Tongan | Moʔota | Bush with a strong scent (Dysoxylum richii) (Cwd) (Dysoxylum forsteri) (Whr) |
| Tongan | Mapu | Whistle v |
| Tongan | Maapuna | Come to surface |
| Tongan | Mapuna | Squirt upwards |
| Tongan | Maha | Dry |
| Tongan | Mahae | Torn, rent |
| Tongan | Mahafu | Weapon, implement of war, cartridge |
| Tongan | Mahanga | Branch, fork, crotch, bifurcation |
| Tongan | Maahanga | Twins |
| Tongan | Mahaki | Sickness, sick person |
| Tongan | Meheketanga | Father's sister, or father's female cousin |
| Tongan | Mahalo | Think, surmise, presume, suspect |
| Tongan | Maheni | Be accustomed to or familiar with |
| Tongan | Mahi | Sour, astringent |
| Tongan | Mahi | Strip of cloth, etc., worn between the legs as clothing...abdominal belt, truss (for hernia) |
| Tongan | Mahiki | Raised slightly, to be, start simultaneously (of group singing), able to raise/lift, to be |
| Tongan | Mahimahi | Dolphin (Coryphaena hippurus) |
| Tongan | Maahina | Moon |
| Tongan | Mahihi | Scooped, gouged, scooped out, gouged out |
| Tongan | Maahoaʔa | Arrowroot (Tacca sp.) |
| Tongan | Maholi | A kind of plantain |
| Tongan | Mahua | Spill over, spilt, to be |
| Tongan | Mahunu | Singed or scorched |
| Tongan | Mata | Eye, face |
| Tongan | Mata | Mesh of net |
| Tongan | Mata | Blade, cutting edge, point |
