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 | Au. Co-au. C/ow. | The pronoun I. It is I; I, in answer to the question, who? |
| Tongan | Ava | A fish resembling the mullet |
| Tongan | Ave | To take away, to deprive of; to conduct |
| Tongan | Awla | Name of a kind of tree of which spears are made |
| Tongan | Awta. Otta-otta. | Raw, not cooked |
| Tongan | Awta-awta | Dirt; filth; refuse; sweepings |
| Tongan | Bawlo | The name of a shrub |
| Tongan | Bawlo papalangi | Capsicum |
| Tongan | Bea. Be. | Then, next after that. The conjunction, and, also. |
| Tongan | Be/a | The conjunction, or |
| Tongan | Beca-beca | The swallow (a bird) |
| Tongan | Becoo. Pecoo. | Blunt, not sharp; obtuse |
| Tongan | Behe | So, in this manner, alike; to signify, to give another to understand; to relate, to say; to resolve or determine; to show or exhibit |
| Tongan | Beito | A kitchen or place where cooking is carried on |
| Tongan | Bela | Purulence, corruption, pus; to suppurate |
| Tongan | Bele | A favourite; a minion |
| Tongan | Beloo | Cups to drink out of, made of the banana leaf |
| Tongan | Bepe. Pepe. | Butterfly |
| Tongan | Bico | Crooked; curved; awry |
| Tongan | Bigi. Bigi-bigi. | To cement; to stick; to adhere. Adhesive, sizy, to stick. |
| Tongan | Bihi | To splash |
| Tongan | Bihi/a | Contagious |
| Tongan | Bili | A species of lizard |
| Tongan | Bito | Full; brimful |
| Tongan | Bito | The navel |
| Tongan | Bo | A post; a pillar |
| Tongan | Bo/bói, bói | A preparation of food |
| Tongan | Boca | To castrate |
| Tongan | Bolata | The stem either of the banana or the plantain tree |
| Tongan | Bolotoo | An imaginary island to the NW of Tonga, the residence of the immortal gods, and of the souls of deceased chiefs and matabooles |
| Tongan | Méë | A dance; to dance |
| Tongan | Bongi-bongi | To-morrow; to-morrow morning |
| Tongan | Booa | A kind of flower resembling the Jiali, but yellow |
| Tongan | Booaca | Swine; pork; pig,&c. |
| Tongan | Boóboó | A gargle; to gargle |
| Tongan | Boo/booha | Sultry, hot |
| Tongan | Boo/boola, boola | To swell |
| Tongan | Booge | To apprehend; to seize hold of; to arrest |
| Tongan | Booge | The little hillock or mound in which a yam is planted |
| Tongan | Booge | Those parts of a double canoe extending beyond the platform |
| Tongan | Boogoo-boogoo | Squab; short and thick |
| Tongan | Booha | A box; a chest |
| Tongan | Boohi | To blow any thing out of the mouth with force; also the name of the party that distribute the bait for rats, which is done by blowing it forcibly out of their mouths |
| Tongan | Booi booi | A curtain; a screen |
| Tongan | Boole | To order or conduct, to manage, to declaim |
| Tongan | Boole-boole | Spotted, party-coloured |
| Tongan | Booló | Veiled, concealed, something thrown over the head and face, to veil, to mask |
| Tongan | Booloo | The husk of the cocoa nut |
| Tongan | Booloo | Gum, pitch, or any adhesive substance |
| Tongan | Booloo-booloo | To draw up the dress so as to cover the shoulders, to shelter |
