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 | (To)tonoo. Tonoo/ia. | Candid, open, sincere, precise, punctual; manifest, clear, straight, in a row, upright. Guiltless, in the right. |
| Tongan | Too. Too/too. Too/chia. | To cut, to separate. To cut, to cut off, to prune; a chisel. To crop, to cut off. |
| Tongan | Tooa | The back, the loins; behind; external |
| Tongan | Tooa-nima | The back of the hand |
| Tongan | Tooachina | A cousin, an uncle |
| Tongan | Toóafafíne | A sister |
| Tongan | Tooanga | A post, or standing place |
| Tongan | Tooboo | To spring up, to grow, to yield; a sprout, a bud |
| Tongan | Tooboo | The groin |
| Tongan | Toofa | To assort, to deal out |
| Tongan | Toofoonga | A workman, or artificer |
| Tongan | Toogi | To strike, to hammer; a blow with the fist; the name of a religious ceremony; to throb, to pulsate like an inflamed part |
| Tongan | Toogoo | To abolish, to quit, to leave off; hold! avast! |
| Tongan | Toohoo | To point with the finger |
| Tongan | Tooi | A chief, or tributary governor or an island or district |
| Tongan | Tooi. Tooi nima. | The knee. The elbow. |
| Tongan | Tooi. Twi/nga. | To string, to plait wreaths; to sew. A wreath (as of flowers), a string (of beads). |
| Tongan | Tooli | To pursue |
| Tongan | Tooli mohe | To nod with sleep |
| Tongan | Toolli | Deaf |
| Tongan | Tooloo. Too/tooloo. Tooloo-tooloo. Tooloo/i. | To drop, like water. Dropping off, or out of (as a fluid); to be permeable to water, as the roof of a house when the rain drops through. Instillation. To drop into (any fluid dropt into the eyes, &c. to abate inflammation). |
| Tongan | Tooloo-tooloo | Eaves of a house |
| Tongan | Toonga | The core of fruits, a knot in wood, a kernel, the seed of plants |
| Tongan | Toonga | A ladder |
| Tongan | Toonoo | To broil |
| Tongan | Tootanga | A block, a large piece or slice of any thing |
| Tongan | Toótoo | Heat, ignition; to burn, kindle, boil |
| Tongan | Toótoo | The bark of the Chinese paper mulberry tree |
| Tongan | Too-ý | Dilatory, slow |
| Tongan | To/toca | Slow; softly, quietly |
| Tongan | Totý | A sailor, a fisherman; to fish |
| Tongan | Tow | The year, a season, the produce of a season |
| Tongan | Tow | Fit, to suit |
| Tongan | Tow | To barter, to trade |
| Tongan | Tow. Tow-tow. | To excern, or squeeze out. To wring as a sponge. |
| Tongan | Tow | To reach or extend to |
| Tongan | Tow, toia | To meet one's expectations of profit in the act of bartering, or trading |
| Tongan | Towgete | The first born, either male or female |
| Tongan | Towla | An anchor, a cable |
| Tongan | Towlanga | An anchorage |
| Tongan | Twawfa | A heath, a common |
| Tongan | Twenga. Tooenga, toénga, twenga. | Remainder. Residual. |
| Tongan | Va | A piece (applied to wood, or trees) |
| Tongan | Vaca | A ship, vessel, or canoe |
| Tongan | Vaca-fawha | A boil |
| Tongan | Vaca vaca | The side of a man, or any animal |
| Tongan | Vacký | To heed, to inspect, to search, to be provident; look! behold! lo! |
| Tongan | Vacoo | To claw, to scratch |
| Tongan | Vahe | To parcel, to divide; to separate, or be separated, as two combatanta; parted from |
| Tongan | Vala | Apparel, dress |
