Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Kelekelea | Dirty (with earth, soil, mud) |
| Tongan | Kuukuu | To coo (of the kulukulu) |
| Tongan | Mahaia | To be left stranded by the outgoing tide (e.g. fish or dolphin); to be no longer floating, to run aground (of a boat or canoe approaching the shore) |
| Tongan | Mate-nguunguu | To be tired out and moaning or groaning with exhaustion; also said of one's hand or arm when stiff or insensate after being lain on or anaesthetized |
| Tongan | Tuʔukehe | To stand apart or on one's own; to take a different view... |
| Tongan | Heʔe- | Possessive (dominant) prefix with pronouns |
| Tongan | Hui-motuʔa | Backbone |
| Tongan | Hui tuʔa | Backbone |
| Tongan | Toka | Run aground |
| Tongan | Vahaʔa | Intervening space or time; fig., relationship, mutual feeling or attitude, esp. of a bad kind; in between, in an intermediate position |
| Tongan | Vavaa | Space between the earth and the sky |
| Tongan | Lauhakau | Area (in the sea) more or less covered with reefs |
| Tongan | Moʔua | Encumbered, busy, engaged, occupied; in debt; convicted, found guilty |
| Tongan | Totolo | To creep or crawl on all fours; to grovel or "crawl" to a person; to go or come stealthily...; (of plants) to creep, trail or climb; to spread or extend gradually |
| Tongan | Tolo/na | To pass over (of clouds, rain, storm etc., or of trouble, war, &c.) |
| Tongan | Tolo/i | To lengthen out, draw out, extend |
| Tongan | Vaia | To become wet or watery; to be affected or damaged by wetness; to become liquid.... |
| Tongan | Fakakite | To loom ahead, to appear to be approaching (in time, not space); to presage, augur, suggest, or be an omen of |
| Tongan | Fie mohe | Want to sleep |
| Tongan | Fiemohe/a | To be sleepy |
| Tongan | Puo/pua | (Of kape) To have reached the stage at which it is flowering |
| Tongan | Mate | (of wind) To die down, cease |
| Tongan | Fakaangiangi, fakaangi/na | To hang up or hoist where it can be blown about by the wind |
| Tongan | ʔUnufe | Caterpillar |
| Tongan | Kelo(kelo) | Reddish brown |
| Tongan | Ke/kelo | Somewhat *kelokelo*: brownish with a tinge of red |
| Tongan | Matamata/ʔau | Ruffling or rippling of the sea where two currents meet, or where the current meets with obstructions |
| Tongan | Ko hono ʔosí ia. | That's the lot; that's all there is of it. |
| Tongan | ʔOsi/ki | To get through the whole of, to do (use, eat, learn, etc.) the whole or of all of. |
| Tongan | Ofo | To feel surprise, be surprised, get a surprise |
| Tongan | Ofo | (of *kape*) To start sending out shoots again because left in the ground too long |
| Tongan | Ofo/ofo | (of plants) To revive after being apparently dead |
| Tongan | Ofo/ngi | To hail, to call out when someone or something suddenly comes into view |
| Tongan | Fihu-ʔi | To turn the edges of a mat over and plait them in and so finish the mat off |
| Tongan | Fihi | Tangled, intricate, complicated, problematical |
| Tongan | Puou | Kind of breadfruit (mei) |
| Tongan | Putuki | Plant close together |
| Tongan | Langi | Raised and terraced burial place of sovereigns (in days gone by) |
| Tongan | Langi | (of kings or queens) Eyes, face, mouth, ears, or head |
| Tongan | Tuhuʔi | To point to, point at, or point out |
| Tongan | Tuhu | Finger, esp. forefinger, index finger |
| Tongan | Lolo | To taste oily |
| Tongan | Voke(voke) | To pinch and twist at the same time; to tweak |
| Tongan | Matofi | A certain stage of the waning moon |
| Tongan | Kumukumu | Chin; pendulous lichen |
| Tongan | ʔAkau-taa | Club (weapon); bow (of violin) |
| Tongan | Faifekau | Minister (of religion), clergyman, missionary |
| Tongan | Tolo/i | To lengthen, draw out, extend |
| Tongan | Taa | ..scooping up fish with a hand-net... |
| Tongan | Houʔeiki | Chiefs (pl. of 'eiki). In public speaking it is often equivalent to 'gentlemen' or 'ladies and gentlement' or 'you (pl)'. |
