Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Ta/tali | Bear or withstand (weight, force, pressure etc.) > |
| Tongan | Telie | A tree (Terminalia sp.) |
| Tongan | Telinga | Ear |
| Tongan | Teliteliʔuli | Pilotfish |
| Tongan | Talo | (Caladium esculentum) |
| Tongan | Talo/talo/ | Employ divination, cast lots |
| Tongan | Taʔalo | To wave or beckon with the hand |
| Tongan | Talu | Since |
| Tongan | Tama | Child |
| Tongan | Tama | To grate finely |
| Tongan | Tamafefine | Daughter |
| Tongan | Tamai | Father |
| Tongan | Tamaki | Offensive, obnoxious, irritating, very unpleasant |
| Tongan | Taamaki | Badly, unpleasantly, injuriously, imperfectly |
| Tongan | Tamaiki | Plural of tamasi'i: children, young people (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Tamanu | Tree species. (Calophyllum neo-ebudicum) (Whr). |
| Tongan | Tamatama | A plant (Achyranthes aspera) |
| Tongan | Taamate/-ʔi | To kill; to knock out or defeat (in boxing or wrestling), to stop (a clock or an engine etc....to put out or extinguish (a fire or a light).... |
| Tongan | Tamasiʔi | Child or young person |
| Tongan | Taanaki | Gather or collect together |
| Tongan | Tane | To be affected with pytiriasis |
| Tongan | Taʔane | Male (of animals mainly), to be married (of royalty) |
| Tongan | Tanetane | A small tree (Polyscias multijuga) |
| Tongan | Tenifa | A very fierce kind of shark |
| Tongan | Taanoʔa | Very large kava bowl |
| Tongan | Tanu | To bury, to inter, to cover with earth |
| Tongan | Tanutanu | Fish sp. with small scales, buries itself in sand |
| Tongan | Tao | Spear or javelin |
| Tongan | Taʔo | To bake |
| Tongan | Taʔo/taʔo | Put a weight on to hold down; cover with something heavy; tuck in [bed] |
| Tongan | Taʔo/mi | To press down heavily, to crush |
| Tongan | Ta/taʔo/ | Ambush, lie in ambush (arch.) |
| Tongan | Taʔo/maki | Keep quiet about something, keep secret |
| Tongan | Taʔofi | Hold back, restrain |
| Tongan | (Niu) taʔokave | A small-fruited variety of Coconut |
| Tongan | Taʔokete | (Male's) older brother, (female's) older sister |
| Tongan | Tapa | Edge, rim, border, boundary; side; circumference; brim |
| Tongan | Tau/tapa/ | Call upon, appeal to |
| Tongan | Tapa | Flash |
| Tongan | Tapakau | Large coconut leaf suitable for making floor mat |
| Tongan | Tapaki | Pick or pluck roughly or indiscriminately |
| Tongan | Tapatapa | A kind of crayfish |
| Tongan | Tape | Kind of shallow basket |
| Tongan | Tapi | Wipe roughly or ineffectively |
| Tongan | Tapili | To fan |
| Tongan | Taapoo | Fish at night with a certain kind of net |
| Tongan | Tapu | Forbidden, prohibited, unlawful |
| Tongan | Tapui | Forbid, prohibit, declare unlawful |
| Tongan | Taputoki | Name used on Tafahi for (Alectryon sp.) |
| Tongan | Topuvaʔe | Footprint, hoof, shoe |
