Tongan entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
OC.LEPA.2 Lepa A well (Mar)
PN.LEPE Lepe/si Diviser, déchirer, détruire (Btn)
CP.LEPO Lepo Pad of loupata leaves, used for covering native ovens (Cwd)
CP.LEPO Lepo/ʔi Cover a native oven with leaves, bags and earth (Cwd)
CP.LEPO Lebo Leaves of the breadfruit tree, sewed together for the purpose of covering food in cooking, to keep in the steam (Mar)
OC.LEQO.1 Leʔo Voice (Cwd)
PN.LEQO.2 Leʔo Keep watch (over), be on guard, guard (v). (Cwd)
PN.LEQO.2 Leo To watch, to be awake; a sentinel (Mar)
FJ.LEU Levu Ripe (tava and hopa only) Problematic (Cwd)
CP.LEU-LEU Leuleu Soft and limp through long use (of tapa cloth) Problematic (Cwd)
CP.LEWA.2 Leva (Cerbera sp.) (Niuatoputapu) (Whr)
PN.LEWELEWE Neveneve Nest and young of kaleveleve Phonologically Irregular (Cwd)
PN.LI-AKI Liaki Swing, toss, fling (Cwd)
PN.LI-AKI Liagi To abandon, to throw away; the name of a game (Mar)
CP.LIALIA Faka/lielia/ Vile, abominable (Cwd)
CP.LIALIA Faka/liliʔa To feel abhorrence or disgust, to be nauseated; to scorn to do something (Cwd)
CP.LIALIA Lia-lia Disagreeable to the sight, abominable, brutal, filthy (Mar)
CP.LIALIA Lia-lia Disagreeable to the sight, abominable, brutal, filthy (Mar)
PN.LIFU Lifu(lifu)/sia To be subdued or overpowered with fear (Cwd)
??.LIGA Linga The male organs of generation (a vulgarism) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Mar)
OC.LIGI Li(li)ngi Pour (Cwd)
OC.LIGI Lingi To pour out, to diffuse (Mar)
PN.LIGO Lingo/lingo Calm (Cwd)
PN.LIGO-LIGO Lingolingo Cricket (Cwd)
AN.LIHA Liha Nit, egg of louse (Cwd)
AN.LIHA Liha A nit, an egg of a louse (Mar)
FJ.LII.1 Lii Throw, toss v (Cwd)
FJ.LII.1 Li(i)ʔaki Throw away, cast aside, reject, abandon, neglect, etc. Not to be confused with liaki (Cwd)
FJ.LII.1 Li To toss (as any thing light) (Mar)
FJ.LIKA Lilika Be giddy, feel like falling from a height (Cwd)
FJ.LIKA Lika Dream (Cwd)
PN.LIKO.1 Liko/liko Dirty (Cwd)
AN.LIKO.2 Liko Type of fishing net (Cwd)
EO.LIKU.1 Liku Cliff-bound coast; large rocks on coast at the back of the island (Cwd)
EO.LIKU.1 Licoo That part of any island which is least frequented by canoes, owing to its rocky shores; in all the Tonga islands the licoo is more or less the eastern coast (Mar)
FJ.LIKU.2 Liku To dance in the nude, or almost so (of girls) (Cwd)
PN.LILA Lila Sickly, unhealthy looking (of persons, animals, plants) (Cwd)
PN.LILI.1 Lili Angry, to be (Cwd)
PN.LILI.1 Lili Anger (Mar)
MP.LILI.2 Lili Very rough, to be, stormy (of sea); boil (of water) (Cwd)
PN.LILO Lilo Hidden, unseen; secret, private (Cwd)
PN.LILO Lilo To hide or conceal (Mar)
AN.LIMA.A Nima Five (Cwd)
AN.LIMA.A Nima The number five (Mar)
MP.LIMA.B Nima Hand (Cwd)
MP.LIMA.B Nima The arm, the hand (Mar)
MP.LIMU Limu Seaweed, moss (Cwd)
MP.LIMU Limoo Sea-weed (Mar)
PN.LINO Lino/aki Make a kind of fishing-net by stringingLeaves on a rope or creeper stem (Cwd)
TO.LIOGI Liongi To go into mourning (esp. for neice or nephew) by complete neglect of one's hair and then cutting it very short (Cwd)

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