Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Oʔo | Reach or penetrate to |
| Tongan | Oʔa | Sideboards of canoe |
| Tongan | H/oofanga/hau | Quiver for arrows |
| Tongan | Ofi(ofi) | Near, to be, approach, enter |
| Tongan | Ofo | To wake (hon. for *aa*); to come to (hon. for *ake*) |
| Tongan | ʔOho | Provisions for a journey |
| Tongan | Oʔi | To mash, shape by force; press or change into a new shape or pattern, alter the shape or pattern or nature of (or endeavour to do so); to try to persuade or compel to act differently, to urge, press |
| Tongan | Oko/oko | Gather firewood |
| Tongan | Ola | Recover from illness, successful, to be |
| Tongan | Ola | A tree |
| Tongan | ʔOa | Basket used when going fishing |
| Tongan | Olo | Coo, of doves |
| Tongan | Oma | Very swift; swift and straight (like a dart) |
| Tongan | Oma | Sponge, spongy |
| Tongan | ʔUmaki | Eat and drink at the same time Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Onopoo/ni | These days, these modern times as opposed to ono`aho, former times, days of yore, days long since gone by |
| Tongan | ʔOne | Sand |
| Tongan | ʔOno | Barracuda |
| Tongan | ʔOno ki loto | Shrink back or withdraw Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | ʔOno ki tuʔa | Protrude or show itself slightly (e.g. eel) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Faka/ʔono | Pop one’s head in our out, draw or pop in or out Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | ʔOpo/si | To fix a layer of something to |
| Tongan | ʔOpo | Fit closely and evenly together |
| Tongan | Ohi | Banana, etc., sprouted from old plant |
| Tongan | ʔOho | Dash, rush, dart |
| Tongan | ʔOta | Raw |
| Tongan | ʔOsi | Finished, to be |
| Tongan | ʔOvava | Banyan tree (Ficus sp.) |
| Tongan | Paa | Enclosure, fence, wall |
| Tongan | Paa-ʔi, -ki | Slap (esp. on head) |
| Tongan | Paa | Fish-hook, esp. paa 'atu (for bonito) and paa fakatele (trolling-hook) |
| Tongan | Paa | Burst, explode, blow up; (of plants) burst or break through the soil; (of story, news etc.) to be reported, to become known |
| Tongan | Paʔa | Barren |
| Tongan | Pae | Board or flat stone used to heap up |
| Tongan | Pae | Mother |
| Tongan | Paenga | Mat pitch on which the game of lafo is played |
| Tongan | Paeko | (Of female fish) thin after spawning); of woman or female animal) thin after giving birth |
| Tongan | Paepae | Stones forming the surrounding wall or border of a house-mound or grave-mound, etc. |
| Tongan | Pongongo | Fish sp |
| Tongan | Pangungu | Make a crunching sound |
| Tongan | Paʔikea | Shellfish sp |
| Tongan | Peito | Kitchen. Case où l'on fait la cuisine (Btn). |
| Tongan | Paka | Crab |
| Tongan | Pakaka | Dry, rough, stiff |
| Tongan | (Paka)pakau | Thin, lean, slender |
| Tongan | Pake | Slap oneself on arms, buttocks (as challenge) |
| Tongan | Paki | Touch momentarily |
| Tongan | Pa/paki | To paki roughly or without due care |
| Tongan | Paki | Paddle or flat club used in a dance |
| Tongan | Pakia/mala | Kind of insect which is very vigorous in its movements |
