Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Fonu | Turtle |
| Tongan | Foha | Son |
| Tongan | Foha | Grow large tubers, good crop of tubers, bulb, tuber |
| Tongan | Fota | Massage by squeezing |
| Tongan | Foto | Barb of stingray |
| Tongan | Fotu | Appear |
| Tongan | Foʔou | New |
| Tongan | Fuu(fuu) | Clap hand crosswise so as to make a hollow sound |
| Tongan | Fu/fuu | Hide, conceal |
| Tongan | Fuʔu | Complete tree or plant |
| Tongan | Fua | Weigh, measure |
| Tongan | Fua | Carry on shoulder, lift |
| Tongan | Fua | Fruit |
| Tongan | Fua | Preposed adv. first before other things Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tongan | Fua | Gather seaweed or jellyfish from the sea |
| Tongan | Fuaʔa | Jealous |
| Tongan | Fuofua | First, before other things; preposed adverb |
| Tongan | Fuofua | Pimple |
| Tongan | Fua | Kind of fish similar to kanahe but rounder in cross-section |
| Tongan | Fuʔo/fuʔanga/ | Pumice |
| Tongan | Fue | Fly-whisk, whisk (v.) |
| Tongan | Funga | Top, surface (Upper) |
| Tongan | Fuhi | Bunch, cluster |
| Tongan | Fui/fui | Flock (of birds, bats) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Fuhu | Shellfish (conical) |
| Tongan | Fuʔi/fuʔi/ | Put water on, douse |
| Tongan | Fuko/fuka/ | Cut hair |
| Tongan | Fuke | Uncover |
| Tongan | Hula | (To perform a) Hawaiian dance Problematic |
| Tongan | Fue/fue | Tail and rump of a roast pig |
| Tongan | Fuli | Turn (round or over) |
| Tongan | Fuli pee | All |
| Tongan | Fulituʔa | To turn one's back on |
| Tongan | (Fu)fulu | To wash or scrub |
| Tongan | Fulufulu | Hair, feather |
| Tongan | Fuuna/ki | Secretly |
| Tongan | (Funo)funa | Moult |
| Tongan | Fune/funeʔi mei | Bustard Quail chick |
| Tongan | Fuhi | To hang up (esp. a bunch of bananas); to hang and carry over one’s shoulder |
| Tongan | Fuhu/i | Box v |
| Tongan | Fute | Struggle, jump convulsively |
| Tongan | Fusi | Pluck, pull up/out |
| Tongan | Fusi | Banana |
| Tongan | -nga | Gerundive suffix |
| Tongan | Ngaa | Pant, struggle for breath (as with asthma) |
| Tongan | Ngaa/hi | The commonest of the plural signs; used with things, relatives, friends, enemies, gods, kings, collective nouns, classes, bunches |
| Tongan | Ngafa | Share of work, length or section of tapa cloth |
| Tongan | Ngafingafi | Kind of fine mat |
| Tongan | Ngofua | Allowed, permitted, permissible, not prohibited |
| Tongan | Ngahaha(haha) | Rustle (silk dress, leaves etc.) |
