Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | ʔAavangaʔia | To be sick with an `aavanga Borrowed Problematic |
| Tongan | ʔOatu, ʔatu | Take, send, give, lend (away) |
| Tongan | Ave/ave | (Psilotum sp.) with filament-like leaves Problematic |
| Tongan | ʔAve | Take (away), remove, convey, send (away) |
| Tongan | ʔAavea | Carried away, as by a spook; distracted |
| Tongan | ʔE | Future tense-aspect marker |
| Tongan | ʔE | Agent marker |
| Tongan | Eʔa | Show v., exposed, to be |
| Tongan | Efe | Sediment from coconut oil; refuse of kava after pounding and straining |
| Tongan | Efu | Dust |
| Tongan | Efu | Fine mat used for corpse to rest on |
| Tongan | ʔElo, ʔeho | Stinking, putrid, to be |
| Tongan | ʔEmi | Wriggle, move, jerk, fidget |
| Tongan | ʔEmo | Lick |
| Tongan | ʔEne | Tickle, touch so as to tickle |
| Tongan | E/ni | This, these, now |
| Tongan | ʔEpa | Mats given to bride |
| Tongan | ʔEpa | Sit, stand or walk with the face turned upwards |
| Tongan | ʔE/ʔepa/ | Lie face upward, of a corpse |
| Tongan | ʔEte(ʔete) | Walk on toe, heel, edge of foot (as when sore) |
| Tongan | ʔEsi | Husk/strip with teeth (with reference to green coconuT) |
| Tongan | ʔEva | Go for a walk, go away for a change |
| Tongan | Eve(eve) | Ragged or torn or worn out, tattered, in tatters, esp. of a mat; ragged mat or piece of it, tatter |
| Tongan | Faa | Four |
| Tongan | Faa | Hoarse |
| Tongan | Faa | To burst or split open (sep. of something containing liquid); (of river) to overflow, be in flood |
| Tongan | Faʔa | Lower portion of leaf stalk |
| Tongan | Faʔa | Habituative particle |
| Tongan | Faʔee | Mother |
| Tongan | Faaʔele | Give birth to |
| Tongan | Faʔelu | Wipe after evacuation of the bowels |
| Tongan | Fafa | Carry on back |
| Tongan | Faa(faa) | Feel with hands |
| Tongan | Fafangu | To awaken, rouse from sleep |
| Tongan | Fafai | Shave the head |
| Tongan | Fefie | Firewood |
| Tongan | Fefine | Woman |
| Tongan | Fafine | Dual or plural of fefine |
| Tongan | Felemo/fafo/ | Go in and out of a house |
| Tongan | Fa/fanga | Spread legs to defecate (I) |
| Tongan | -Fanga | Noun-forming suffix |
| Tongan | Fa(fa)nga-ʔi | Feed, keep and feed; breed |
| Tongan | Fanga | To set a trap |
| Tongan | Faangai/kai | To be time for eating or having a meal Problematic |
| Tongan | Fangamea | Red Snapper (Lutjanus bohar) |
| Tongan | Faangongo | Shark-attracter made of half coconut-shells |
| Tongan | Faangota | Fish, search for shellfish (or any kind of fingota) |
| Tongan | Fangu | Calabash; calabash-shell used as a bottle (esp. for holding oil) |
| Tongan | Fangu | Blow through the nose, blow (one's nose) |
| Tongan | Fangufangu | Nose-flute |
