Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Fai | Stingray, skate |
| Tongan | Fai | Make, do |
| Tongan | Fai | To have sexual intercourse with each other |
| Tongan | Fai- | Prefixed to certain verbs produces noun denoting performer |
| Tongan | Fai | To deal with in a hostile sense; to have it out with, to fight it out |
| Tongan | Faʔai | To stretch open, open too widely, as a door |
| Tongan | Fai | Perform (speech, song, dance, etc.) Problematic |
| Tongan | Faingataʔa | Difficult to do, difficult |
| Tongan | Faikakai | Native puddings of various kinds |
| Tongan | Fai manu | Ray sp |
| Tongan | Feitama | To be pregnant |
| Tongan | Faitau | To get leaves for a native oven |
| Tongan | Faaite | Sit with legs bent but not crossed, as women do |
| Tongan | Faitoʔo | Treat by medical means |
| Tongan | Faʔitoka | Cemetery, graveyard, grave (i.e. grave top) |
| Tongan | Faiva | Work, feat requiring skill, craft, performance, entertainment |
| Tongan | Faka- | Causative |
| Tongan | Faka- | Prefix denoting likeness |
| Tongan | Fakaʔeteʔete | Walk on tiptoe, and hence, go hunting |
| Tongan | Faka/fana/ | Heat up pre-cooked food |
| Tongan | Fakafetaʔi | To be thankful, express thanks |
| Tongan | Fakafisi | To resign (from), dissent from, refuse to ratify, decline, refuse (to) |
| Tongan | Vakafoha | Boil or abscess appearing anywhere between waist and knee Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Fakaʔafu | Put wood and stones into a native oven and light up |
| Tongan | Fakaʔafu-mate | Fifth month of the old calendar |
| Tongan | Fakaiku | Conclude, end up, finish off; affix a tail (or an end) to |
| Tongan | Fengaiʔitaki ʔa e nifo | Gnashing of teeth Problematic |
| Tongan | Fakakau/kau | Think, ponder, consider; intend or have in mind to do something |
| Tongan | Fakakonokono | Derivative of kokono have a grouch, harbour a grievance |
| Tongan | Fakakuhukuhuu | Sniff or screw the nose up at, sneer Problematic |
| Tongan | Fakalaqaa | To sun, to put out in the sun, or to expose to the light and heat of the sun; to bring a drought upon, cause to be drought-stricken |
| Tongan | Fakalanu | Neutralize, counteract (a spell) by countermagic |
| Tongan | Fakalava | Place across, transverse |
| Tongan | Fakaʔali | To show, especially something new |
| Tongan | Fakalongo | To be silent, not to speak or make a noise |
| Tongan | Fakaongo | Defer to, accept authority, be subject or submissive; report, carry, convey (news or orders); keep one’s ears open for; sound (as doctor listening to chest) |
| Tongan | Fakalotolotoua | Causing or tendency to cause uncertainty |
| Tongan | Fakamatala | Explain, describe, report on; explanation, description, report |
| Tongan | Fakamatuʔu | To cause to cease flowing, to stop the flow of, to stanch (blood) |
| Tongan | Fakamaʔu | Make firm; do up, fix, fasten; tighten; engaged to be married |
| Tongan | Fakamaveu(veu) | To throw into disorder or confusion; to cause disturbance or disorder |
| Tongan | Fakamele | Say bad things about, cast aspersions on; cause to be defective, mar, spoil, injure |
| Tongan | Fakaʔopo/ʔopo | Fit three or more things closely and evenly together |
| Tongan | Fakapeʔe | To cause or allow (breadfruit) to become over-ripe |
| Tongan | Fakapelepele | To pet, to make a pet of, treat with indulgence or favouritism; treat (a thing) with special care |
| Tongan | Fakahee(ʔi) | Cause to stray or wander; banish, expel, exile |
| Tongan | Fakaheheke | To slide along (deliberately), to skate or ski |
| Tongan | Fakataha | Come together, meet or gather together, assemble; together, unitedly; meeting, assembly |
| Tongan | Fakatau/tehina | Like a brother or sister Problematic |
| Tongan | Faka(to)tofu | Give more or less similar shares to everyone (obj. people) |
