Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Te/tenga | Feel painful as the result of a squeeze (or as if squeezed) |
| Tongan | Tengitengi | Coconut leaf plaited in a certain way |
| Tongan | Teka | Roll, rotate, revolve |
| Tongan | Tekau | Twenty, score (of yams, fish, coconuts) |
| Tongan | Teke | A prop |
| Tongan | Teke/fili | Be exposed or not covered in any way; lie out in the open Problematic |
| Tongan | Teke | To push away, repel, reject |
| Tongan | Teki | Move head or look up suddenly; wince, start with fright; sit up and take notice |
| Tongan | Te/teki | Shudder with fright, feel scared or embarrassed |
| Tongan | Tela | Flat part of a shark's head |
| Tongan | Tele | Peel, pare, whittle, plane; just touch or graze in going past |
| Tongan | Faka/te/tele | To become greater or more severe (of pain or sickness) |
| Tongan | Tee(tee) | Float, be floating |
| Tongan | Telefua | Naked, go about naked |
| Tongan | Tepa | Crossed (of eyes) |
| Tongan | Tete | Tremble, shiver, quiver, vibrate |
| Tongan | Teʔeteʔe | Arothron and Canthigaster spp |
| Tongan | Tetea | Albino, or unnaturally pale; anaemic looking |
| Tongan | Teu | Prepare, get ready;be ready or prepared; be about to |
| Tongan | Teve | Inferior variety of wild yam (Cwd); (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) (Whr) |
| Tongan | Sii | (Cordyline terminalis) |
| Tongan | Sia | Weave, as a net or a spider-web |
| Tongan | Siʔaki | Reject, throw away, cast aside |
| Tongan | Sifa | Mother-of-pearl pendant |
| Tongan | Sifa | Swerve, move off suddenly at an angle |
| Tongan | Sika | Dart, to throw darts |
| Tongan | Sike | To squat, sit on the heels |
| Tongan | Siko | Defecate |
| Tongan | Sikotaa | Kingfisher (Halcyon sp.) |
| Tongan | Sila | Yardarm |
| Tongan | Sili | Fish with casting net |
| Tongan | Kupenga/sili | Throw-net |
| Tongan | Sio | To look, look at, or see (ki) |
| Tongan | Tsimu | Regenwind (Cmb) |
| Tongan | Sina | A crowbar |
| Tongan | Sinifu | Concubine, unmarried wife |
| Tongan | Sinilau | Proper name of the hero or attractive young man in many Tongan legends |
| Tongan | Sino | Body |
| Tongan | Sio | Rock oyster |
| Tongan | Sipa | Stagger, wobble |
| Tongan | Sipi | Slash off |
| Tongan | Sipi/sipi | Native game |
| Tongan | Sisi | Ornamental girdle or waistband |
| Tongan | Sisi | Trim edge of a stone by chipping |
| Tongan | Too | To plant |
| Tongan | Too | Fall from a height, set (of sun or moon) |
| Tongan | Ho/hoʔou | Your, singular second person singular definite ordinary/emphatic possessive Problematic |
| Tongan | Toʔo | Take hold of |
| Tongan | Toa | (Casuarina) |
| Tongan | Toʔa | Courageous; hero |
