Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online

Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.

Language Item Description
Tongan Toafa Uncultivated land with no trees or bushes
Tongan Toe Be left over
Tongan Toe Other, additional, else, again; even or still
Tongan Tofa Make or open up something (road, sea route, earth oven)
Tongan Tofe Pearl oyster
Tongan Tofi Cut up or cut off, with a pressing movement; knife made of ironwood (toa)
Tongan Tofu (Of two or more) to have or receive more or less similar shares, to be all supplied (more or less evenly); exactly like
Tongan Tofu Calm, of sea
Tongan Tonga South
Tongan Tooʔonga/poo Special gift from a lover
Tongan Tongafisi (To engage in) soothsaying, second sight or occultation; (to employ a) clever ruse or stratagem
Tongan Tongi Engrave
Tongan Toho Drag, as a canoe
Tongan Toi A medium to large tree (Alphitonia zizyphoides)
Tongan Toʔi Sap, rust or verdigris; to have sap, be sappy; to rust, go rusty or develop verdigris; to drip, drop (of liquids)
Tongan Toka Settle (of sediment), coagulate; settle down
Tongan Toka Calm down (of wind)
Tongan Toka Defeated (of a wrestler)
Tongan Tokanga Take notice, pay attention, be careful about
Tongan Toke Sea-eel
Tongan Tokelau North
Tongan Toki Adze, axe
Tongan Toko Pole to propel canoe
Tongan Toko- Word used before numerals with persons or living animals
Tongan Tokomohuu Hiccough
Tongan Tola Stalk end of a very young coconut
Tongan Tolau New leaves at the top of a palm while they are still white
Tongan Tole Private parts of a woman
Tongan Toli Pick, pluck, break off (fruit, flowers, leaves)
Tongan Tolo To throw something
Tongan Tolo Treat a woman's breast medically (in native fashion)
Tongan Tolo/ afi To produce fire by friction
Tongan Too Sugarcane
Tongan Toloa Wild duck species
Tongan Toloaki Have chicks
Tongan Tolofi To creep up on, stalk (of an animal, or a woman for immoral purposes; to become infested by head-lice from another
Tongan Tolonga Last, endure, be permanent
Tongan Tolu Three
Tongan Tomo Project Problematic
Tongan Tomuʔa Be or happen first
Tongan Toomui Late
Tongan Tona Yaws
Tongan Tono A ground creeper with round leaves (Centella asiatica); (Geophila repens) (Whr)
Tongan Tonu Exact, correct, right
Tongan To/tonu Straight, right, correct, proper
Tongan Tope Pigtail
Tongan Tohi To split a (usually Pandanus) leaf with a sharp shell
Tongan Tohi Make mark or design on
Tongan Toho/toho Rape
Tongan Toto Blood