Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Velo | To thrust, to insert; to fish with a spear |
| Tongan | Vete | Loose, unloose, unfasten, untie, undo, unpack, unwind, unstitch etc.; release; take off (clothes); confess (wrongdoing) |
| Tongan | Vete | Surmullet |
| Tongan | Veve | Rubbish, litter, garbage, refuse |
| Tongan | Vevela | Hot (of the sun); sting (as from being smacked or bitten by wasp) |
| Tongan | Vivi | Die; in compounds base, low-born, vulgar Problematic |
| Tongan | Vii | A tree with edible fruit (Spondias dulcis) |
| Tongan | Viki-a | Praise, extol, compliment |
| Tongan | Vili | Bore, drill; auger, drill |
| Tongan | Vili | Persevere, persist, tenacious |
| Tongan | Fe- | The so-called reciprocal prefix... |
| Tongan | Kalanga | To shout, speak at the top of one's voice |
| Tongan | ʔUfi | Kind of shellfish |
| Tongan | Kookauʔuli | Niua name of the ngatata (Alectryon sp.) |
| Tongan | Kuta | A kind of sedge or rush that grows mostly at Vava'u; a mat made of this |
| Tongan | Unuoi | Tree sp.; (Eugenia reinwardtiana) (Whr) |
| Tongan | Kumala | Sweet potato |
| Tongan | Kavakava/aʔulie | A kind of shrub somewhat like kava, used medicinally (Piper macgillivrayi); (Macropiper puberulum) (Whr) |
| Tongan | Alu | K. wild vine (Monstera sp.) |
| Tongan | Hangale | Tree sp. like mangrove; (Lumnitzera littorea) (Whr) |
| Tongan | ʔA- | Prepositional prefix in many adverbs referring to the future |
| Tongan | ʔAmui | Later on, at some future time or date |
| Tongan | ʔIi | Feel empty, weak, painful (of stomach) |
| Tongan | ʔUhi | Go or come from time to time |
| Tongan | ʔUhi/a | Use (a path) from time to time; call at (a house) from time to time (us. impersonal) |
| Tongan | Fakaʔilo | To make known, to report, esp. a death to relatives or close friends |
| Tongan | Fakaʔilonga | To make a mark on, to distinguish by means of a mark or sign; to make signs, to signal |
| Tongan | ʔIlonga | Mark, impression of something; distinguished by a special mark |
| Tongan | Fiekai/a | To be hungry |
| Tongan | Fua | Roe (of fish); to have unlaid eggs inside it (e.g. of a killed hen), to have roe (of fish) |
| Tongan | Olo | Rub hard Borrowed |
| Tongan | ʔAli/aki | To scrape or wipe (one's feet) on a scraper or mat |
| Tongan | Hali | To graze, just touch in passing Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Fe/huʔi | To ask, enquire (about) |
| Tongan | Hinga | Be expelled Problematic |
| Tongan | Ma/malu | (Darkness) just coming on, in the twilight stage |
| Tongan | ʔAnai | Shortly, presently, a little later on, later on today |
| Tongan | ʔAnenai | A short time ago, earlier today; or earlier in the present speech, letter, etc. |
| Tongan | Pale | To go to a person's house for rest and refreshment Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Palepale | Platform on which copra is put out to dry; shelter consisting of a roof (usually of coconut leaves) on tall posts; scaffolding; trellis |
| Tongan | Paaletuʔa | Shield; person to whom we look for protection, on whom we habitually depend; heavy stick for killing sharks |
| Tongan | Hekenga | Perch, roost (n) |
| Tongan | Matala | Clear (to the mind), lucid; clear or fresh in memory |
| Tongan | Pekia | To die (honorific); death, decease, fatality |
| Tongan | Fakamaatuʔu | To make dry, to dry |
| Tongan | Fole | K. shellfish, the scallop (fan-shell) |
| Tongan | Tafola | To spread out (vi) or become scattered untidily |
| Tongan | Matavai | Spring (of water); source (of a river) |
| Tongan | Kulapoo | Fish sp. |
| Tongan | Kumikumia | Fish sp. |
