Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
Language | Item | Description |
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Tongan | Hamu | Snatch, take by force; twitch, jerk, have convulsions; spasm |
Tongan | Hamusi | Snatch, take by force |
Tongan | Hana | Diarrhoea |
Tongan | Hana | Job's Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi) |
Tongan | Hani | Remove all leaves from tree or cut hair very short |
Tongan | Hani | Remove hair from coconuts so as to tie two together (I) |
Tongan | Hao | Escape, succeed in getting through/in/out |
Tongan | Haʔo | Surround with net or cordon |
Tongan | Hapai | Support or carry in palms of hands |
Tongan | Hape | Malformed, of foot |
Tongan | Hapo | Take in the hand |
Tongan | Hapotu | Pant |
Tongan | Hoputu | Snapper sp. (Lethrinus miniat) |
Tongan | Haha | Beat, thrash, knock down fruit with stick |
Tongan | Hahaa | Anchovy (Rensch 1983) |
Tongan | Hahae | Hesitant and slow, to be (of speech) |
Tongan | Hahake | East; eastern end of Tongatapu |
Tongan | Ha(u)hau | Damp, moist |
Tongan | Hau | Strike, beat, chop |
Tongan | Hau | Rule, ruler |
Tongan | Hau | Ear pendant |
Tongan | Hau | Service, present, entertainments etc. customarily rendered to a person due to received such treatment |
Tongan | Hou/tamaki | Constantly hitting or bullying or ill-treating other people |
Tongan | Haʔu | Come (usually sg.) |
Tongan | Haumi | Kind of plantain |
Tongan | Haaunoa | To rest content, to be free from care, to have nothing to worry about; to wander about idly without any settled abode or occupation |
Tongan | Houhau | Angry (regal for `ita) |
Tongan | Havili | Wind, strong breeze |
Tongan | He | For, since, seeing that, because |
Tongan | Hee(hee) | Err, go astray |
Tongan | Heʔe | Locust, grasshopper |
Tongan | Hea | Tree with odoriferous fruit, (Parinarium insularum) |
Tongan | Heke | To move or shuffle along on the posteriors; (of things in general) to slide, glide, or slip |
Tongan | Heku | Small bird sp |
Tongan | Hela | Tired, asthma |
Tongan | Hele | Noose, snare, trap, gin |
Tongan | Hele | Cut with a knide; knife |
Tongan | He/hele/ | Cut roughly, without due care |
Tongan | Helu | Comb, preen |
Tongan | Hema | Left-handed, left |
Tongan | Hemehema | On the slope, diagonal |
Tongan | Henga | Small blue parrot |
Tongan | Hengi/hengi | Early morning (but not as early as ata) |
Tongan | Hepo(hepo) | Eat or drink with a sucking noise |
Tongan | Heu | Rake, stir, push out of way, ward off |
Tongan | Hii/ʔatu | Fish with line |
Tongan | Hii | Semen |
Tongan | Hiapo | Paper-mulberry plant |
Tongan | Hifi | To cut up, carve, slice, pare, trim edges of wood |
Tongan | Hinga | Fall over |