Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online

Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.

Language Item Description
Tongan Po/poto (of two or more) To get along all right together
Tongan ʔAhiohio Whirlwind, cyclone, waterspout
Tongan Pena/pena Comb hair in such a way that it sticks up
Tongan Fai To make, give, tell, deliver, utter, perform, etc. (an explanation, story, speech, song, dance, etc.)
Tongan Fai Be going on
Tongan Pane/a Old and shabby-looking; dirty and looking as if one had not had a wash for a long time Uncertain Semantic Connection
Tongan Fakapoi Feint, make a sham thrust
Tongan Tango To visit a woman at night with intent to commit fornication or adultery
Tongan ʔApee Perhaps, I guess, I suggest
Tongan Pu/puha To be so warm as to perspire; (of weather) to be so warm as to cause perspiration
Tongan Ula A kind of dance or action song given by one or a few individual performers Problematic
Tongan Piki/piki Gathered up, puckered (e.g. of a garment badly mended or a wound badly healed, leaving an ugly scar)
Tongan ʔAu/pito Very, extremely, wholly, completely, altogether; also to strengthen a negative
Tongan Velemohe To feel drowsy
Tongan Lausiʔi Narrow Phonologically Irregular
Tongan ʔIli/ʔili To fan Phonologically Irregular
Tongan Aleale To be weak and faint, esp. with hunger
Tongan Faʔahi To be able to lift and carry
Tongan Ngahuu Soft with wetness, sodden, soggy (of the ground)
Tongan Hakenga Fate, destiny (of a fortunate kind)
Tongan Heʔa/ki To utter, to say so as to be audible
Tongan Heʔe/kina To be mentioned
Tongan Maheʔa To be heard, to become audible (esp. of faint or distant sounds)
Tongan Hulumaki To stick in, insert (end of the loin-cloth when fixing it on, or a stick thrust into the thatch or the wall of a native house)
Tongan Lole/lole To jog along with a task, to get on with it in a leisurely way
Tongan Loole/nga Ways or customs or behaviour peculiar to certain places or groups of people
Tongan Malona To subside, ease off (of worry, pain, disease, etc.)
Tongan Havala Grasping, never satisfied, always wanting more; to crave after
Tongan Matohi Marked with a line or narrow stripe
Tongan Maatuku (of three or more) To leave, go away, disperse
Tongan Maʔu-koloa Rich, wealthy, well-to-do
Tongan Maauku (of a boil) Go down and disappear without bursting or being lanced
Tongan Meaʔa Fairly clean
Tongan Fangatua To wrestle
Tongan Taute-ʔi To knock (a person) about, to treat roughly, to punish Uncertain Semantic Connection
Tongan Taute/a To punish; punishment Uncertain Semantic Connection
Tongan Tepu Projection, protuberance, knob (e.g. on the trunk of certain trees); projecting edge (e.g. of a table)
Tongan Too/ki To rape, ravish, commit rape on Phonologically Irregular
Tongan Tokia To come under conviction of sin, to be moved to repentance (subj. loto)
Tongan Faka(tuʔo)tuʔa To think of or look forward to with confidence and hope, or with reluctance and apprehension (according to context) Uncertain Semantic Connection
Tongan Tuʔotuʔa To give assistance to, to help or support
Tongan Fe/vaala/aki (of person or mind) To be pulled or distracted this way and that, wondering...which of two or more courses to take
Tongan Vele To tempt or entice, to do something tempting or enticing
Tongan Veelevele To be anxious (to do or get something), avid, eager, agog
Tongan Vevele To be unable to restrain one's eagerness, to be over-eager
Tongan ʔAo/fi-a Defend, protect; [come between] Uncertain Semantic Connection
Tongan ʔAofi Lining (of house or garment), ceiling. Dedans, creux (Btn).
Tongan Fanga Sign of plural before names of animals
Tongan (Tuliki)fanga Temples, sides of the head
Tongan Faanga/fanga Having the top of the head shaven or closely clipped while the hair is allowed to grow closely all round