Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Momoho | (of fruit) Ripe; (of leaves) turned yellow |
| Tongan | Matafonua | Coast on the front side of an island (the side where the main settlement is) |
| Tongan | Mataafonua | Coast, shore, from the standpoint of the sea |
| Tongan | Mata fale | House front, front of the house |
| Tongan | Ngeʔesi-nima | Fingernail; thimble |
| Tongan | ʔUanga | Maggot |
| Tongan | ʔUu/taki | To hold or carry between the teeth |
| Tongan | ʔUsi | Buttocks, anus |
| Tongan | Ulo | To give light, to shine, to be luminous (or phosphorescent) |
| Tongan | Ta/taʔo | To sit on eggs |
| Tongan | Tafoki | To turn round (vi) |
| Tongan | Talanoa | To talk (in an informal way), to tell stories or relate experiences, etc. |
| Tongan | Tano | Place of burial, cemetery (Obst.) |
| Tongan | Tei(tei) | Preposed adverb: nearly; (with negative) at all |
| Tongan | Tefua | One [in compounds meaning 'having one' or 'by oneself']; (in arithmetic) units |
| Tongan | Te/fua | Ten score, 200 -- of coconuts |
| Tongan | Te/fuhi | Ten score, 200 -- of yams |
| Tongan | Tosi | To peck or nibble Problematic |
| Tongan | Tokotoko | Walking-stick |
| Tongan | (Mata)tulutulu | Eaves |
| Tongan | To/toka | To be in a settled condition; set, congealed; (of sea) calm, still; (of persons) slow, calm, unhurried, not hasty |
| Tongan | Vaoa | More or less overgrown with forest or scrub or weeds |
| Tongan | Pee | Only; neither more nor less nor other nor otherwise, etc. Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Kaa/lou | (of a dog) To bark |
| Tongan | Fuo | Shape |
| Tongan | Patu/u | Sound of tramping, treading, or being slapped down Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Uhu/ʔi | To enter or be present where one is not wanted or has not been invited |
| Tongan | Tuʔa | Commoner, person without chiefly rank Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Hunuki | To insert, stick in, in the ground; to peg out, mark out with pegs or stakes in the ground |
| Tongan | Paongo | K. pandanus |
| Tongan | ʔOi | Interjection: O, oh |
| Tongan | Kaakaa | To act deceitfully or fraudulently, to cheat |
| Tongan | Kaumeʔa | Friend; friendship |
| Tongan | Hohoni | Small bucket or water-carrying vessel made of a coconut-shell |
| Tongan | Loa | Face paint made from the seeds of the loa tree; to paint (the face)’ |
| Tongan | Lo/lotonga | To be going on, functioning, or in progress; the (present) time; while... |
| Tongan | Lonaa | (To have) hiccups |
| Tongan | Mamana | To be fond of or in love with |
| Tongan | Maasima | Salt |
| Tongan | Pauʔu | Ill-mannered, naughty, mischievous |
| Tongan | Taʔanga | Poem, esp. one intended to be sung in a lakalaka |
| Tongan | Taa | To play (a piano or other stringed instrument); to perform, render [ex. nose-flute] |
| Tongan | Tateme | To flicker or quiver Problematic |
| Tongan | Tua | A kind of yam |
| Tongan | Tuuki/a | To trip, stumble |
| Tongan | Tutue | Thin (in body) |
| Tongan | Tauala | To luff, to sail close or closer to the wind |
| Tongan | Taufa | Squall, rain-storm |
| Tongan | Vesa | Bracelet, bangle, wristlet Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Niu mata | Fourth growth stage of coconuts |
