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 | Mooca | The buds of the banana, or plantain tree |
| Tongan | Moochíë | Any grass-plat. [sc. plant?] |
| Tongan | Mooi | The end, tip, or extremity of any thing; conclusion, the hindermost. |
| Tongan | Mooi | Unripe, young |
| Tongan | Taw-mooi | Behind-hand |
| Tongan | Mooi fonnooa | A point of land, a cape |
| Tongan | Mooi váë | The heel |
| Tongan | Móooi. | Life, convalescence, fertile, to live, subsist |
| Tongan | Möoónga | An eminence, a hill |
| Tongan | Móoonoo | Prosperity, good luck Problematic |
| Tongan | Mootoo | To break, to part |
| Tongan | Moto/hico | A blow with the fist |
| Tongan | Motoo | Dependant islands |
| Tongan | Motooa nima, motooa váe. | The thumb, the great toe. |
| Tongan | Movete | Slack, loose |
| Tongan | Mow | To obtain, to attain, to win, to catch; to overtake; obtained, secutre, safe, faithful |
| Tongan | Mow he lalo. Mow-he-lalo. | Deep. Depth, low. |
| Tongan | Mow he-loonga. Mow-aloonga. | High. Height, lofty. |
| Tongan | Mowmow | To break, to waste, to consume |
| Tongan | My | To, towards (only used when the first person singular or plural is implied) |
| Tongan | Myili | A species of the myrtle |
| Tongan | Na | Lest; in case that |
| Tongan | Na | The sign of the past tense, ne, in the first person singular |
| Tongan | Náä | Hush! |
| Tongan | Fucca náa | To appease, as one would a child |
| Tongan | Naffa | A drum |
| Tongan | Namoo. Na/namoo. | Odour (either good or bad). To smell, aromatic. |
| Tongan | Namoo | The mosquito |
| Tongan | Natoo | To commix, to knead |
| Tongan | Naw/agi. Naw fucca taha. | To bind up with. To join. |
| Tongan | Ne | A particle frequently joined to the end of words for the sake of euphony -- women more frequently use it than men |
| Tongan | Nifo | A tooth, teeth, a tusk |
| Tongan | N/ihi | Some, any |
| Tongan | Nima | The arm, the hand |
| Tongan | Nima | The number five |
| Tongan | Nioo | The cocoa, the cocoa-nut |
| Tongan | Noa. Noa-ai-be. | At random, wandering. In vain, unfixed. |
| Tongan | Noa | Trivial, trifling |
| Tongan | (No)nofo | To dwell, remain, pass one's time |
| Tongan | Nofoa | A chair or bench |
| Tongan | Nónó | Short, of little length |
| Tongan | Nóno | A tree, the root of which furnishes a red dye |
| Tongan | Ny | Perhaps, I wonder if |
| Tongan | Ochi | To conclude; perfect, ended. |
| Tongan | O´fá | To measure out lengths, to fathom |
| Tongan | Ofa | Love, esteem, mercy |
| Tongan | Ófi | Near at hand |
| Tongan | Ohoo. Ohoo lioo. | A scoop to bale out. To bale out the hold. |
| Tongan | Ongofooloo | The number ten |
| Tongan | Ono | The number six |
