Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Fakatau | Buy, sell |
| Tongan | -gofulu | Ten (in multiples from thirty to ninety) |
| Tongan | Uofulu | Twenty |
| Tongan | Meheka | Envious, jealous; envy, jealousy Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Kauvai | Side of lake or river or any such body of water (fresh or salt) |
| Tongan | Kautaa | Drum-stick; either or both of two large curved pieces of timber contituting the main framework at the end of a Tongan house |
| Tongan | Paea | To be oprhaned, or to be living away from one's parents and among strangers |
| Tongan | Paaea | (Of a boat or those on it) to drift out of its (or their) course |
| Tongan | Faangongo | To fill with liquid, pour liquid into (bottle etc.) |
| Tongan | Fononga | Journey (esp. by land); purpose of one's journey, errand; company of persons journeying or travelling; procession |
| Tongan | ʔA | Preposition: of (subjective) |
| Tongan | ʔO, o | Preposition: of (objective) |
| Tongan | Toenga | Remainder |
| Tongan | Fakavale | Foolishly, in a foolish way; causing to be foolish or to act foolishly |
| Tongan | Fakavale/a | To bewitch, to cast a spell over, or to exercise a strong influence over, and so lead to act foolishly |
| Tongan | ʔE | Sign of the vocative |
| Tongan | Ee | Interjection, used in calling, like 'hey' or untranslatable |
| Tongan | Fakaʔofa | Moving (to sympathy or pity), pitiful, stirring, pathetic, pitiable |
| Tongan | Fakaʔatu, fakaʔotu | (To place) in a line or row |
| Tongan | Fehili | Ask |
| Tongan | Hifo | To go down, descend; to dismount...get off, go ashore (from a boat), disembark... |
| Tongan | Lefulefu | K.bird, grey in colour |
| Tongan | Pa/nefu(nefu) | Greyish brown Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Toulekeleka | Handsome and well-proportioned |
| Tongan | Maaʔulalo | Low, or low-lying |
| Tongan | Moʔulalo/a | To be in subjection (to), under the control or domination of another; to be beholden to |
| Tongan | ʔAofi-nima | Palm of the hand Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Meai | K.fish, somewhat like a parrot-fish |
| Tongan | Tali | Receive, accept; receive (request) favourably, accede, consent; receive (e.g. visitor), welcome, entertain |
| Tongan | Tali | To answer; to respond or react to |
| Tongan | Taumuli | Stern (of a boat); captain of a shark-catching expedition |
| Tongan | Sino/ʔi meʔa | The thing itself, the concrete reality |
| Tongan | Sino/emeʔa | Above all |
| Tongan | Mili/hi | Handle (unduly), turn over and over in the hands |
| Tongan | Mio(ʔi) | Twist; distort; to turn (as a tap) |
| Tongan | Ma/mio | Twisted; twist or wriggle about; try to wriggle out of one's duty |
| Tongan | Tama/ʔaki | To be related to in a parent-and-child-like way... |
| Tongan | Puupuu | Roll or ball of fe'unu [strips of pandanus leaf ready for weaving] |
| Tongan | Puupuu | Coconut the juice of which has been drunk and which has since dried up |
| Tongan | Vilingia | Be blown about/along/away by the wind |
| Tongan | ʔOhake | Take, send, pass, hand up or along |
| Tongan | Faka/liliʔa | To feel abhorrence or disgust, to be nauseated; to scorn to do something |
| Tongan | Lofa | Sea-bird sp.: the petrel |
| Tongan | Maneke | To bulge out |
| Tongan | Ngaana/ngana | Impudent, impertinent |
| Tongan | Momo | Little bits, crumbs, fragments |
| Tongan | Fafine | Women |
| Tongan | Kai melie | To enjoy or experience pleasure or benefit (esp. as the fruit of what we have done) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Ho/hoko | To be, occur, continue in unbroken succession; to be consecutive or successive |
| Tongan | Kaafanga | Shackle for the feet, made of fau bark, used by beginners when learning to climb coconut trees |
