Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Too | To put in or erect (posts, etc.) in the ground |
| Tongan | Tooʔanga | Place where planting is done |
| Tongan | Tookanga | Plantation |
| Tongan | Vaa/lau | To make a noise, esp. by all talking at once... |
| Tongan | Kite | (Of distant objects) to appear, to be in sight or come into sight |
| Tongan | Fuleheu | K. small bird, the honey-sucker |
| Tongan | Tou/ia | To be caught (in a trap or a rope, or on a nail, etc.). |
| Tongan | Tau/langa | (Of a sick person) to be able to get up or (at least) to sit up |
| Tongan | Kava | (To make a) ceremonial presentation on a large scale and with a big piece of kava plant in the lead; feast given in someone's honour. |
| Tongan | Tumu | Over-ripe and going bad at the centre (esp. of melons) |
| Tongan | Tee/kina | To drift, drift about |
| Tongan | ʔAfu/ngi | Engrossed, preoccupied... Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Afi/ʔi | To stretch open, or to open more widely, esp. a person's eye (one's own or another's) by pulling the lower lid down or the upper lid up (or both); a rather impolite word. |
| Tongan | Afi/mata | To pull one's lower eyelid down (in contempt or impudence, etc.) |
| Tongan | Ma/afi | (of a female) To spread her legs; (in indecent or vulgar speech) to go or come quickly, to walk fast or run |
| Tongan | A/lea | To confer, have a discussion or conference; to have a talk and agree to do something |
| Tongan | Longo | Shark that has come alongside a boat of shark-catchers Problematic |
| Tongan | Sio/fi | To keep one's eyes fixed on, to look at steadily |
| Tongan | Sio/ʔi | To peer at, to look at in a critical or offensive way |
| Tongan | Kapa | Edge, border (esp. of cloth) -- a less general word than *tapa* |
