Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Vaasua | Tridacna clam sp. Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Fata | Rack for storage of food, etc |
| Tongan | Fatafata | Chest |
| Tongan | Faatai | To sit in a certain way, somewhat like faaite |
| Tongan | Fatai | A parasite creeper (Cassytha filiformis) |
| Tongan | Fasi | To break internally, become fractured (limb, etc.)...not actually severed; to break (of wave) |
| Tongan | Fasi | Part of ceremonial kava ring where it curves towards the bowl |
| Tongan | Fasi/’a | Bend of |
| Tongan | Fasi | Tune, melody |
| Tongan | Fatu | Begin making a mat |
| Tongan | Fatu | Compose a song, write a book; begin the making of a mat; construct the framework of a house |
| Tongan | Fatu(fatu) | Fold |
| Tongan | Fatu/kala | Type of stone |
| Tongan | Fatu | Gizzard |
| Tongan | Fatu | Thick, viscous, curdled |
| Tongan | Fatunga | Beam to which rafters are tied |
| Tongan | Fatunga | Edge of mat where weaving begins |
| Tongan | Fatukala | Kind of stone (solid, not porous) |
| Tongan | Fatulisi | Awesome, terrifying (of sky with thunder and lightning) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Faʔu | Tie |
| Tongan | Faʔu | Headband, turban |
| Tongan | Fau ʔingo | A Hibiscus variety |
| Tongan | Feooʔaki | Go in opposite directions (of two or more) |
| Tongan | Fee | Where? |
| Tongan | Feʔao | Company for, to be/look after each other, look after |
| Tongan | Feʔauaki | Commit fornication |
| Tongan | Fefeka | Hard, tough, stiff, taut, tight |
| Tongan | Fekai | Savage, ferocious |
| Tongan | Fekau | Send, message, order, serve as messenger |
| Tongan | Feke | Octopus |
| Tongan | Fekiiʔi | Squeak Problematic |
| Tongan | Fekeʔikeʔi, fekikihiaki, fakafekiki | To quarrel |
| Tongan | Fekite/ʔaki | Appear to or be in sight of one another; see or come across one another from time to time |
| Tongan | Fela/ʔi | Open wide or wider |
| Tongan | Felaaveʔi | To be in contact with one another |
| Tongan | Felo/felo | Yellowish |
| Tongan | Fena | (Of yams) over-mature and beginning to shoot |
| Tongan | Fonua | The people of the land |
| Tongan | Mea fana-fonua | Cannon |
| Tongan | Fenumi/ʔaki | To tuck so as to overlap; conceal, keep secret |
| Tongan | Feo | Coral |
| Tongan | Fehiʔi | Burst out, as toothpaste from a tube |
| Tongan | Fehikitaki | (Ex)change places |
| Tongan | Fete | Be a lump |
| Tongan | Fete/fete | Lumpy |
| Tongan | Fetookaki | Be irregular, sometimes good & sometimes bad etc |
| Tongan | Fetuʔu | Star |
| Tongan | Fetuʔu ʔaho | Morning star |
| Tongan | Feʔunu | Strips of pandanus leaf ready for weaving |
| Tongan | Fie | Desire, want v |
