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 | Cow | Bunch |
| Tongan | Cówá | A fence |
| Tongan | Co-ooáhe | The cheek |
| Tongan | Ców-ców | To bathe; to foment |
| Tongan | Mya. Cow-mya. | A cord or rope. Cordage. |
| Tongan | Cow-nanga | A female servant, or attendant |
| Tongan | Cow-oofi | A parcel of yams, twenty in number |
| Tongan | Tow. Cow-tow. | War, an army, a battle by land, the enemy; to wage war, to invade, in a state of war. A body of warriors; an army; an ally. |
| Tongan | Cow-vaca | The crew of a vessel |
| Tongan | Váë. Cow-váë. | The foot, leg, paw, mark. The leg. |
| Tongan | Vale, valea. Cow-vale. Ky-vale. | Mad, insane, foolish, crazy, delirious; ignorant. A pack of fools. Greedy, gluttonous. |
| Tongan | Cownatoo | The stick which is forcibly rubbed on a flat piece of dry wood to procure fire |
| Tongan | E | The sign of the third person singular of the future tense |
| Tongan | Effe/nioo | Grated cocoa-nut after the emulsion is pressed out |
| Tongan | Efoo | Ashes; dust |
| Tongan | Egi | A chief; a god; a noble; the head man of a party |
| Tongan | Eho | Fetid; putrid |
| Tongan | Elelo | The tongue of any animal |
| Tongan | Elo | Stinking, putrid |
| Raga | Ilaw. Iloa. Eloa. | To ascertain, to see. To perceive, to detect, to understand. Having the knowledge of; being acquainted with. |
| Tongan | Fucca elo | Communicative |
| Tongan | Emo | To lick |
| Tongan | Ena | There |
| Tongan | Enga | Turmeric |
| Tongan | Eni. Gi-heni. | Here; in this place. Here, hither, to this place. |
| Tongan | Enne | The possessive pronoun: his, her, its |
| Tongan | Eva | To walk |
| Tongan | Fa | The numeral four |
| Tongan | Fa | Hoarse |
| Tongan | Fa | Capable of; apt to be or to do; ready at; skilled |
| Tongan | Fa | Industrious in agriculture |
| Tongan | Fa-boole | Eloquent |
| Tongan | Fa-cawle | Importunate |
| Tongan | Fachi, fetchi | To break; to dislocate; to sprain; broken; disjointed. To break, to starve, to snap in two, split |
| Tongan | Fáë | Mother |
| Tongan | Fáëfine | The armpit |
| Tongan | Fa/eho | A stinking breath |
| Tongan | Fáële | Parturition; childbirth; also the period of confinement |
| Tongan | Fá-fá | To feel, to grope about |
| Tongan | Fáfa | To carry on the back |
| Tongan | Fa/fanga | To feed; to nourish; to supply with food |
| Tongan | Fa/fango | To whisper |
| Tongan | Fafango | To awaken |
| Tongan | Fafaoo | To fill up, to stuff full, to load, to burthen |
| Tongan | Fa/fatoo | To curl, to fold up |
| Tongan | Fe/hooi | To inquire, an inquiry, a question, to request advice |
| Tongan | Fafine | A woman, a female of any animal, a daughter |
| Tongan | Táca/bé | Unmarried (applied only to females), whether a widow or not |
| Tongan | Ohana | A husband or wife, a spouse, a married person; to marry |
| Tongan | Matooa. Motooa. Fafine motooa. | An old man. Age, old, state; (of bread-fruit, yams, &c.) full-grown, ripe; to wear away with age. An old woman, a widow, also a wife. |
