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 | Lelléa | Adrift, driven to leeward |
| Tongan | Lemoo | The buttocks |
| Tongan | Leo | To watch, to be awake; a sentinel |
| Tongan | Lepa | A well |
| Tongan | Li | To toss (as any thing light) |
| Tongan | Lia-lia | Disagreeable to the sight, abominable, brutal, filthy |
| Tongan | Liagi | To abandon, to throw away; the name of a game |
| Tongan | Licoo | That part of any island which is least frequented by canoes, owing to its rocky shores; in all the Tonga islands the licoo is more or less the eastern coast |
| Tongan | Liha | A nit, an egg of a louse |
| Tongan | Liha-mooa | The name of the first lunar month |
| Tongan | Liha-mooi | The name of the second lunar month |
| Tongan | Lili | Anger |
| Tongan | Lillé | Good, kind; peace, order |
| Tongan | Lilo | To hide or conceal |
| Tongan | Limoo | Sea-weed |
| Tongan | Lingi | To pour out, to diffuse |
| Tongan | Lioo | To [sc. the?] hold in a vessel |
| Tongan | Lo | An ant |
| Tongan | Lo. Low. | The leaf of a plant. A leaf (of a tree). |
| Tongan | Lo-gnootoo | The lips |
| Tongan | Loa | Ancient, long ago, tedious |
| Tongan | Loa loa | Long, extended, tall; tallness |
| Tongan | Loata | The large black ant |
| Tongan | Lofa | To hover as a bird |
| Tongan | Lofa | A paper kite |
| Tongan | Lohoo | A crook to hook down branches, for gathering fruit |
| Tongan | Lolo | Oil, emulsion of the cocoa-nut |
| Tongan | Lo/lomi | To defer, to press down |
| Tongan | Lo/longo | Quiet, still, peaceful |
| Tongan | Lo/loto | Deep, depth |
| Tongan | Lomagi | To drown, to founder |
| Tongan | Longoa | Noise, noisy |
| Tongan | Loo | A name given to several preparations of food |
| Tongan | Looa | To disgorge, to vomit; sea-sickness |
| Tongan | Loobe | A dove |
| Tongan | Looloo | An owl |
| Tongan | Loóloo-á | To inclose with paling |
| Tongan | Looloo-looloo | To shake, to jolt |
| Tongan | Low | To nip, or pinch |
| Tongan | Low vale | A countless number |
| Tongan | Lowcow | Proud, arrogant |
| Tongan | Ma | Ashamed, bashful |
| Tongan | Ma | Clear, immaculate |
| Tongan | Ma. Mama. Mamma. | To chew, a mouthful. To chew cava. To chew, a morsel. |
| Tongan | Ma | A sort of food |
| Tongan | Ma | The conjunction, and...used only in connecting numbers |
| Tongan | Ma | The preposition, for |
| Tongan | Máäla | A field of yams |
| Tongan | Máanga | A mouthful, a morsel |
| Tongan | Maboo | To whistle |
