Entries from Martin 1827 in Pollex-Online
Martin, J. (1827). An account of the natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, with an original grammar and vocabulary of their language, compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr.William Mariner, several years reside in those islands. Edinburgh, Constable and Co.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Omi. Omý. | To bring, to fetch. To bring hither. |
| Tongan | One(-one) | Sand; also gunpowder |
| Tongan | Feichi. Fia-feichi. | Copulation, act of generation (Mtn). Venery, venereal desire. |
| Tongan | Ongo | To hear |
| Tongan | Ongo | Echo, sound, noise; fame, reputation, glory; news, tidings |
| Tongan | Olongá | A certain kind of tree |
| Tongan | Vy hoo | Broth made from fish (having no other broth) |
| Tongan | Hoo | To boil or stew |
| Tongan | Hoo | To pray, to entreat, to be submissive |
| Tongan | Honge | Dearth, famine |
| Tongan | Holo. Holo-holo. Holoi. | Friction, rubbing; a rag. A towel, to scrub. To chafe, to wipe. |
| Tongan | Holi | Eager |
| Tongan | Cava | The pepper plant; also the root of this plant |
| Tongan | Cava | The beard |
| Tongan | Cave | A handle or sling to a basket |
| Tongan | Cavenga | Burden, load, freight of a canoe or other vessel |
| Tongan | Cawle | To beg; to request |
| Tongan | Pacoo | Crimp, crisp, cracknel of baked pork; also the scab of a sore, crust |
| Tongan | Ger | Thou |
| Tongan | Gi | To whistle, as birds; to squeak as a rat |
| Tongan | Ghe. Fe/gé. | A quarrel, disturbance, affray, dispute; to wrangle, to dispute. Controversy, discussion. |
| Tongan | Getoo | Lame; to hobble |
| Tongan | Too-mow | Stagnant (as wter) |
| Tongan | Too-oota | To land |
| Tongan | Too. Too-oo. | To stand, to tread; also to rise; stand up! get up! To get up, get up. |
| Tongan | He. Gihé. | There. There, thereabout, in that place, thither. |
| Tongan | Tow-mooa | The stem of a vessel |
| Tongan | Malië | Well! well done! bravo! |
| Tongan | Loloi | Juice of the cocoa-nut |
| Tongan | Oole | The penis |
| Tongan | Loto | Mind, temper, idea, opinion, disposition |
| Tongan | Tamachi | A child of either sex |
| Tongan | Löoóloo | A long head of hair |
| Tongan | Low | The hair of the head |
| Tongan | Low-chi | Narrow |
| Tongan | Low lahi | Broad, expansive |
| Tongan | Low | Measure of the surface of any thing |
| Tongan | Low | To discourse, to relate; hearsay, report. To calculate. |
| Tongan | Lotoo | Adoration, invocation; to invoke, to pray |
| Tongan | Lotoá | An enclosed place |
| Tongan | Mooli. Gi-mooli. | Foreign; a foreigner, a stranger; behind, abaft. Abroad, in a distant country. Problematic |
| Tongan | He. Gihé. | There. There, thereabout, in that place, thither. |
| Tongan | Co/ena. Hena. Gi-hena. | That. There, thither. |
| Tongan | E/chía | The handle of an axe, hatchet, or adze |
| Tongan | Eni. Gi-heni. | Here, in this place. Here, hither, to this place |
| Tongan | Awtý | A preparation of food |
| Tongan | Féfé | How? |
| Tongan | Sisi | To hiss Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Ho/holo | To grind |
| Tongan | Iboo | A cup, a mug, saucer, &c. |
