Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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)'. |
| Tongan | Fesi-ʔi | To break (a stick, rod etc.) |
| Tongan | Mutu/kanga | Dividing line along the middle of tapa cloth |
| Tongan | Tokoua | Brother or sister (without regard to sex or age on either side) Problematic |
| Tongan | Meʔakai | Food |
| Tongan | Hangee (ko) | Be like, resemble Problematic |
| Tongan | Tauhi | To tend, look after, take care of...keep safe, preserve... |
| Tongan | Fieinu/a | To be thirsty |
| Tongan | Fakaʔofo/ʔofa | Lovely (esp. to look at), pretty, charming, beautiful... |
| Tongan | Malele | To lean to one side or another, to sway; to cave in to some extent; (of crowd) run across this way or that; (of disease) become less serious |
| Tongan | Tauhoa | Two by two, in pairs; opposite one another in pairs (e.g., of two parallel lines of trees or posts) |
| Tongan | Taautaha | Personal, individual; one by one, one at a time, one in each place, individually |
| Tongan | Mata/paa | Gate, door, or window |
| Tongan | Siʔi | Small, little, young |
| Tongan | He haa | Why (in what way, or because of what)? |
| Tongan | ʔAlu | Go |
| Tongan | Vahavaha | (of three or more) To be spaced out, to be well-spaced (in place or time) |
| Tongan | Laumanu | Flock of birds |
| Tongan | Faka/te/au | To make up to a hundred, to complete a hundred of |
| Tongan | Tuku | To lower or let down, or turn down (e.g. a lamp) |
| Tongan | Tuku | To hand over, give; to leave behind; permit, allow, let |
| Tongan | Ngahengahe/a | To feel weak and nervy, esp. after an illness; to be exhausted or overwrought |
| Tongan | Hua | Change from one tack to another |
| Tongan | Toʔu | Preposed noun: harvest-time, time or season of tuber digging...the crop itself...time or season when birds or fish etc. are plentiful... |
| Tongan | Tuʔamata, tuʔo/tuʔamata | Eyelid, esp. the back or higher part |
| Tongan | Fakaua | To repeat, to have or hold a second time |
| Tongan | Hiki | To move from one place to another; to die |
| Tongan | Nenu | Speak falteringly or hesitantly |
| Tongan | Kupu/ʔi lea | Phrase |
| Tongan | Tae | Scoop or scrape together |
