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 | Huʔa- | Juice of (in compounds) |
Tongan | Huʔamelie | Sweet-juiced; sweet (to the taste) |
Tongan | Huelo | Ray, beam or shaft |
Tongan | Huungalu | Empty shells or other debris washed ashore by the waves |
Tongan | Hu/huʔi | Ransom, redeem (a slave, or spiritually) Phonologically Irregular |
Tongan | Huʔi | Thin down, dilute, adulterate by mixing with another liquid |
Tongan | Huke | Lift edge of mat etc., rummage |
Tongan | Huuki/a | Pricked |
Tongan | Hulali | Kind of sea-slug |
Tongan | Hulu | To repair a mat, by tucking in loose ends; fix loin-cloth by tucking end in at waist; |
Tongan | Hulu | Tuck in end of loincloth |
Tongan | Hulu | Give light (as with torch) |
Tongan | Huhulu | Luminous, to be (of torch, etc.) |
Tongan | Humu | Fish sp |
Tongan | Hunu | Singe |
Tongan | -ta | First person singular affective possessive suffix |
Tongan | Taa | Hit, strike, beat |
Tongan | Taa-tatau | To tattoo |
Tongan | Taa | Hand, of bananas |
Tongan | Ta | First person inclusive dual preposed subject pronoun |
Tongan | -ta | First person inclusive dual possessive suffix |
Tongan | Taʔe | Faeces, excrement, dung |
Tongan | Taʔe | Not, un-, in-, non- or without |
Tongan | Teʔeki | Not yet |
Tongan | Teʔetuli | Wax in the ear |
Tongan | Teʔetuli | Phosphorescent centipede |
Tongan | Tafa | Edge (of something extensive...); border, boundary, periphery |
Tongan | Tafa | Lance, cut open (a boil); cut into portions, carve |
Tongan | Tafanga | Clear, bare |
Tongan | Tafangafanga | More or less clear |
Tongan | Tafa(tafa)ʔakilangi | Horizon |
Tongan | Tafaʔuli | A fish |
Tongan | Tafe | To flow, to run (of liquids) |
Tongan | Tafi | To sweep |
Tongan | Taafisi | Turn somersault |
Tongan | Tefito | Base (of tree, etc.), centre |
Tongan | Tafu | Make or light fire |
Tongan | Tafua | Rolled up mat used as a drum |
Tongan | Tofuaʔa | Whale |
Tongan | Tafuli | Roll (of boat), turn about |
Tongan | Tofusi | To run (Regal) |
Tongan | Tanga/i | Bag, sack |
Tongan | Tanga | Drive into corner/enclosure |
Tongan | Tanga | Mouth and/or throat (language of abuse) Problematic |
Tongan | -tanga | Substantiviser |
Tongan | Tangafa | A fish |
Tongan | Tangaki | To open (or open up) a vault or a cellar; to lift the stone slab which covers it |
Tongan | Taangaki | (Of royalty) to look, look up, or pay attention |
Tongan | Tangaloa | God or supernatural being formerly believed to rule the sky |
Tongan | Tangamimi | Bladder |