Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Tongan | Tangata | Man (human being) |
| Tongan | Faka/tangatanga | Peel off what adheres; shed or get rid of a bad habit |
