Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online

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

Language Item Description
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
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