Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Tuli | Deaf |
| Tongan | Tuli | Chase away, chase after, pursue |
| Tongan | Tui | Knee |
| Tongan | Tuliki | Corner, angle |
| Tongan | Tu/tulu | To leak, be leaky (of roof etc.) |
| Tongan | Tuʔu ua | Cut in two |
| Tongan | Tuʔuapoo | Midnight (or thereabouts), middle of the night |
| Tongan | Tuma | Louse |
| Tongan | Tuʔu maʔu | Stand still, stand firm, remain fixed or steadfast; permanent, regular, fixed, unvarying; constipated |
| Tongan | Tumuʔaki | Summit, highest point, centre; crown of head |
| Tongan | Tumutumu | Summit, peak, highest point |
| Tongan | Tuna (tahi) (vai) | Eel spp |
| Tongan | Tunu | Cook on open fire |
| Tongan | Tupa | Landcrab |
| Tongan | Tupe | Disc made of coconut shell used in the game of lafo |
| Tongan | Tupu | Grow up, spring up; originate; increase in size |
| Tongan | Tupuʔa | Ancient, venerable |
| Tongan | Tupuʔa | Riddle, conundrum |
| Tongan | Tupu/ʔanga | Ancestor Problematic |
| Tongan | Tuha | Equal, to be |
| Tongan | Tuhu | To point |
| Tongan | Tuhi | Thin stripe, streak |
| Tongan | Fe/tuʔutaki/ | Be joined |
| Tongan | Tutu | Inner bark of the paper mulberry after the outer layer has been removed; to beat this in making tapa cloth |
| Tongan | Tutu | Set fire to |
| Tongan | Tutuʔu | Porpoise |
| Tongan | Tuutuu | Crab with big red spots on back |
| Tongan | Tutua | Board/log on which bark for cloth is beaten |
| Tongan | ʔA(ʔa)/u, ʔo(ʔo)/u | Your, yours (singular) |
| Tongan | Uu | Thud |
| Tongan | Uʔu (trans. ʔuu/si-a) | To bite |
| Tongan | ʔUu | Bundle of things bound together, as a faggot or sheaf plural marker (general for inanimate things) |
| Tongan | ʔUuʔuu | Giant land-crab |
| Tongan | Uo/ua | Sinew, tendon, muscle, ligament |
| Tongan | Ua | Wedge up, lever up |
| Tongan | ʔAa/ua | Indeed, to be sure |
| Tongan | Uʔa | Neck (honorific) |
| Tongan | ʔUa kai | Hanker after or crave for food |
| Tongan | Ue/ʔi | Impel, move something, stir to action |
| Tongan | Ufi | Modest, reserved |
| Tongan | ʔUfi | Yam |
| Tongan | ʔUfi/ʔufi | Put a covering over |
| Tongan | ʔUfilei | Yam more like potato or sweet potato than ordinary yams are |
| Tongan | Unga | Seek, ask for (work); engage, hire, ask to come and work |
| Tongan | ʔUnga | Large hermit crab |
| Tongan | ʔUngakoo | Small inedible shellfish |
| Tongan | ʔUha | Rain |
| Tongan | ʔUhiki | Young ones, offspring |
| Tongan | ʔUhila | Lightning |
| Tongan | Ui | Call, call out to |
