Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Kaatoanga | Festival, public festivity or celebration |
| Tongan | Sii | Throw or toss |
| Tongan | Sipi | To smack, slap, hit with the palm of the hand |
| Tongan | Kohu | To smoke, emit smoke, give off smoke or fumes Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Kuu | Stump of little finger after the finger has been cut off as a sacrifice (Obs.) |
| Tongan | Musi/kuu | Cut (or cut off) too short, mutilated |
| Tongan | Kau/vaʔe | Leg (incl. the foot) from the knee downwards, shank |
| Tongan | Nofoʔa | Riding-saddle (formerly a seat of any kind) |
| Tongan | Nou | Abnormally short; to crouch down, to cringe Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Ono | Six |
| Tongan | Faʔa | To engage in gardening (on a large scale), to raise crops, run a plantation or farm |
| Tongan | Fanga | Beach...one particular part of it, or a small or private beach Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Fa/tongi/a | Duty, obligation Problematic |
| Tongan | Faa/tula | (of a man) Naturally without beard, moustache or whiskers |
| Tongan | Fatu | Stomach (of chiefs) (hon. for kete) |
| Tongan | Fe/kita | To kiss (each other) (hon. for 'uma) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Feiʔumu | To prepare a native oven, or to prepare food in a native oven |
| Tongan | Fe/tongi | To change or exchange for something else; to take the place of... |
| Tongan | Foʔi | Cowardly, timid; to give in, give up; to lose, be defeated |
| Tongan | Foʔu vaka | To build boats or canoes |
| Tongan | Futa/ʔaki | To brag about, to talk about in a conceited way, to vaunt |
| Tongan | Paa | Shield Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Pakoko | Curved like a longitudinal sectio of a cylinder, or like a length of bark stripped from a tree |
| Tongan | Pele/pela | Mud, mire or muddy pool; muddy, miry |
| Tongan | Pi/piki | Sleep, be asleep (derog. for mohe) |
| Tongan | Halulu, salulu | To be annoyed because other people come and use or ask for things... Problematic |
| Tongan | Fau | Fibre from the bark of the giant hibiscus...used for squeezing or wringing... |
| Tongan | Faʔo/aki | To pack (something); stuff (birds etc. for museum) |
| Tongan | Faingofua | Easy to do, easy |
| Tongan | Holonga/a | Row, line, series (in place or time) |
| Tongan | Fakamanga | To have one's mouth open, open one's mouth |
| Tongan | Kele/kele | Land, soil, dirt, earth, ground |
| Tongan | Kilu | Hundred thousand Problematic |
| Tongan | Taa(ʔi) | To chop, to cut or carve (e.g. a canoe) by chopping; to draw (a picture)... |
| Tongan | Topono | To feel satisfied or contented. Rempli, rassasié (Btn). Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Touʔa | Persons whose duty it is to prepare kava for drinking, esp. on ceremonial occasions Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Tonu/sika | Straight as a dart, absolutely straight or direct |
| Tongan | Uho | Pith; central thick root (of kava plant); core (not of breadfruit) |
| Tongan | Uku | To dive; (of a whale) to sound |
| Tongan | Faainga | Work hard at, struggle or wrestle with (fig.) |
| Tongan | Ho/hoko | (of the tide) To go out part-way only |
| Tongan | Holo-ʔi | To wipe or rub, esp. in order to clean or dry |
| Tongan | Holo | Grind kava (with teeth or stones) |
| Tongan | Vai/huu | A kind of stew cooked in taro and banana leaves in a native oven |
| Tongan | (ʔO)i/au(ee) | Expressing surprise, astonishment, pity, regret, disappointment or annoyance |
| Tongan | Sio/ʔata | Mirror; glass... |
| Tongan | Lo/loto | Deep |
| Tongan | Lulu | Shake |
| Tongan | Makahunu | A kind of hard black stone...used in native ovens and for grinding kava |
| Tongan | Manavahee | To fear, be afraid |
