Tongan entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
PN.MA-QALI Maaʔali/fekina To notice or get a glimpse of something or someone flitting by (Cwd)
MP.MAQA-MAQA.A Maʔamaʔa Light (in weight) (Cwd)
MP.MAQA-MAQA.A Mámá Light, not heavy (Mar)
PN.MAQAMAQA.B Maʔamaʔa Lungs (Cwd)
PN.MAQAMAQA.B Mámá The lungs (Mar)
AN.MA-QANU Maʔanu Afloat, float (Cwd)
PN.MA-QENE Maʔene/ʔene To be tickled, to feel a tickling sensation (Cwd)
PN.MA-QENE Maénne. Maenne-enne. To tickle. (Mar)
PN.MAQI Meʔi/te Honorific for *na'a*: (of children) stop crying. (Cwd)
PN.MAQI Mei/te Ne fais pas, cesse (Btn)
EP.MAQITAKI Maaʔitaki Favourite wife or concubine Problematic (Cwd)
SO.MA-QOFA Mahofa Collapse, fall to pieces; spill, spilt Phonologically Irregular (Cwd)
PN.MAQONI.* Moʔoni True, genuine, real, intrinsic (Cwd)
PN.MAQONI.* Faka/moʔoni To give evidence, to bear witness, to produce or afford evidence or proof of the truth of (Cwd)
PN.MAQONI.* Fai maʔoni Persist, keep on (Cwd)
PN.MAQONI.* Maaʔoniʔoni Morally pure, sincere and upright; righteous (in the true sense); impeccable (Cwd)
PN.MAQONI.* Möóni. Co-möóni. Truth; actual, trusty. Indeed it is true/ (Mar)
PN.MA-QOPO Maʔopo Fitted closely together, packed (closely but not uncomfortably) of buildings, people, boat, cargo (Cwd)
PN.MA-QOPO Maʔopo/ʔopo Packed or fitted together very closely; compact, dense, solid (Cwd)
PN.MA-QOPO Maaʔopo/ʔopo Completely furnished and fitted out, tidy, neatly and properly arranged (Cwd)
OC.MAQOTA Moʔota Bush with a strong scent (Dysoxylum richii) (Cwd) (Dysoxylum forsteri) (Whr) (Cwd)
PN.MAQU.1 Maʔu Fixed, firm, settled, regular; (adv) firmly, tightly, still (quiet), permanently, always (Cwd)
PN.MAQU.1 Maoo Clear; to define; explanatory (Mar)
PN.MAQU.1 Moʔu- (with -a) Indicates continuation for a long time, or for too long a time (Cwd)
PN.MAQU-A Maʔu Catch up to; find; obtain, possess; comprehend (Cwd)
PN.MAQU-A Mow To obtain, to attain, to win, to catch; to overtake; obtained, secutre, safe, faithful (Mar)
PN.MAQU-A Moʔua Encumbered, busy, engaged, occupied; in debt; convicted, found guilty (Cwd)
PN.MAQUGA Moʔunga Mountain (Cwd)
PN.MAQUGA Möoónga An eminence, a hill (Mar)
PN.MAQU-KOLOA Maʔu-koloa Rich, wealthy, well-to-do (Cwd)
PN.MAQU-LALO Maaʔulalo Low, or low-lying (Cwd)
PN.MAQU-LALO Moʔulalo/a To be in subjection (to), under the control or domination of another; to be beholden to (Cwd)
PN.MAQU-LALO Mow he lalo. Mow-he-lalo. Deep. Depth, low. (Mar)
PN.MAQU-QALUGA Maa/ʔolunga High (Cwd)
PN.MAQU-QALUGA Mow he-loonga. Mow-aloonga. High. Height, lofty. (Mar)
AN.MAQURI Moʔui To live, be living, alive, in health; to recover (esp. from a serious illness) (Cwd)
AN.MAQURI Maaʔuli Midwife, practise midwifery Uncertain Semantic Connection (Cwd)
AN.MAQURI Móooi. Life, convalescence, fertile, to live, subsist (Mar)
OC.MARA Maa Kind of ensilage (but for human consumption) usually made from plantains or bananas, in a hole in the earth (Cwd)
OC.MARA Ma A sort of food (Mar)
OC.MA-RAMA.A Maama Light (not dark); lamp, lantern or other source of light (Cwd)
OC.MA-RAMA.A Malama Shine, give light or send out light Problematic (Cwd)
OC.MA-RAMA.A Mama Light from the sun, or fire; a torch, torch-light (Mar)
PN.MA-RAMA.B Maama World (as opposed to underworld) (Cwd)
PN.MA-RAMA.B Mama The world, human beings, society at large (Mar)
PN.MARAWA Maʔava Kind of fish (Teuthis rostratus) (Hpr)
PN.MARONA Malona To subside, ease off (of worry, pain, disease, etc.) (Cwd)
PN.MAROO Moo/moa Dry as opposed to wet), seasoned (of timber) Phonologically Irregular (Cwd)
PN.MAROO Moa/moa Dryness, dry (Mar)
MP.MASA.1 Maha Dry (Cwd)

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