Tongan entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| AN.KUMI-KUMI | Kumukumu | Chin; pendulous lichen | (Cwd) |
| AN.KUMI-KUMI | Coomoo-coomoo | The chin | (Mar) |
| PN.RAQA-KAU.B | ʔAkau-taa | Club (weapon); bow (of violin) | (Cwd) |
| SO.FAI-FEKAU | Faifekau | Minister (of religion), clergyman, missionary | (Cwd) |
| PN.TOLO.2B | Tolo/i | To lengthen, draw out, extend | (Cwd) |
| PN.TAA.7 | Taa | ..scooping up fish with a hand-net... | (Cwd) |
| PN.SAU-QARIKI | Houʔeiki | Chiefs (pl. of 'eiki). In public speaking it is often equivalent to 'gentlemen' or 'ladies and gentlement' or 'you (pl)'. | (Cwd) |
| OC.FATI.A | Fesi-ʔi | To break (a stick, rod etc.) | (Cwd) |
| MP.HAGA.1 | Hanga fesi | Distance measured by spanning and then bending the hand over onto the knuckles, thus adding to the span the length of the two top joints of the fingers | (Cct) |
| MP.MUTU.1A | Mutu/kanga | Dividing line along the middle of tapa cloth | (Cwd) |
| EO.TAPA.3 | Taba | Border of unprinted cloth | (Cct) |
| MP.PAPA.1A | Baba | Semi-circular frame on which the cloth [tapa] is extended to be printed | (Cct) |
| PN.FUHI.A | Lau te/fuhi | 100 *langanga* (length of tapa) | (Cct) |
| FJ.MATA-.4 | Mata, (-ga)-mata | Unit classifier in counting fish (up to 5) | (Cct) |
| PN.HOA | (-ga)-hoa | Pair classifier in counting fish or yams (6 and over) | (Cct) |
| NP.LAU.1B | Mate/lau | "Plus one" in counting odd numbers of fish (7 and above) | (Cct) |
| PN.KAU.2C | Kau-ika | Ten pairs of fish | (Cct) |
| SO.TINO-.B | -ga-sino | Unit classifier in counting yams (up to 5) Problematic | (Cct) |
| EP.FUA.3C | Fuo/fua/vale | Almost full moon | (Cct) |
| CE.MA-TOFI.B | Matofi/tele | The waning of the moon is very apparent | (Cct) |
| FJ.LEKA.2 | Leke/leka | The moon is very small | (Cct) |
| EC.TOKA-LUA | Tokoua | Brother or sister (without regard to sex or age on either side) Problematic | (Cwd) |
| PN.MEQA-KAI | Meʔakai | Food | (Cwd) |
| PN.HAGA.2 | Hangee (ko) | Be like, resemble Problematic | (Cwd) |
| PN.TAUSI | Tauhi | To tend, look after, take care of...keep safe, preserve... | (Cwd) |
| PN.FIA-INU | Fieinu/a | To be thirsty | (Cwd) |
| PN.FAKA-QAROFA | Fakaʔofo/ʔofa | Lovely (esp. to look at), pretty, charming, beautiful... | (Cwd) |
| PN.MA-LELE | Malele | To lean to one side or another, to sway; to cave in to some extent; (of crowd) run across this way or that; (of disease) become less serious | (Cwd) |
| PN.TAU-SOA | Tauhoa | Two by two, in pairs; opposite one another in pairs (e.g., of two parallel lines of trees or posts) | (Cwd) |
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