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 | Tefe | To circumcise in the Tonga manner |
| Tongan | Camo | Circumcise [Fiji method] |
| Tongan | Tefito | The root of any plant |
| Tongan | Tefooa | Single, alone |
| Tongan | Tegi/chi | Not yet, ere |
| Tongan | Tehina | A brother |
| Tongan | Tele | To scrape, to shave; a razor |
| Tongan | Telefooa | Bare, naked |
| Tongan | Telie | The name of a tree |
| Tongan | Telinga | The ear |
| Tongan | Tenga | The thigh, the ham |
| Tongan | Teoo | To adorn with dress; finery in dress; to prepare to go any where; ready, prepared |
| Tongan | Tepa | To goggle, to squint |
| Tongan | Téte-téte | Tremulous, chilliness |
| Tongan | Teve | The name of a particular plant, the root of which, in time of security, is eaten for want of better food |
| Tongan | To | The name of a tree, bearing berries, of which the glutinous pulp (called also to) is used to paste together the different sheets of tapa |
| Tongan | Toa | Brave, bravery |
| Tongan | Toa | The casuarina |
| Tongan | Tobe | A lock or tuft of hair |
| Tongan | Toboo-váë | The sole of the foot; a shoe, or sandal |
| Tongan | Toca | Person, or individual |
| Tongan | Tocalów | Eastern, in the east |
| Tongan | Tochi(-tochi) | Nibbled, notched Problematic |
| Tongan | Toco | A post, to fasten canoes to |
| Tongan | Toco-toco | A staff |
| Tongan | Coeha tocooa? | What do you say? |
| Tongan | Tóë | Remainder, residue |
| Tongan | Tofe | The oyster |
| Tongan | Tofi(-tofi) | To mince |
| Tongan | Tofoá | A whale |
| Tongan | Tofoo | A calm (no wind) |
| Tongan | Tofoo/be | The same, just as |
| Tongan | Toge | A water snake |
| Tongan | Togi | An adze |
| Tongan | Tohi | A picture; to draw, to write |
| Tongan | Toho | To drag, to tow a vessel |
| Tongan | Toí/a | Pierced, pricked |
| Tongan | Tole | Pudendum muliebre |
| Tongan | Toleccalecca | Beautiful (applied only to men, though sometimes to plants, trees, &c.) |
| Tongan | Toli | To gather, to pluck |
| Tongan | Tolo | To pitch, or throw; the name of a game |
| Tongan | Tolo-afi | To produce fire by friction |
| Tongan | Toloa | The wild duck |
| Tongan | Tolonga | Lasting, durable |
| Tongan | Tolo/nga | The piece of dry wood on which the end of a stick is forcibly rubbed to produce fire |
| Tongan | Toloo | The number three |
| Tongan | Tomooa | Before, first (as to time) |
| Tongan | Tongi | To engrave, to carve |
| Tongan | Tongo | The mangrove |
| Tongan | Tonoo | Manifest, clear, distinct, direct, even, in a row |
