Tongan entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.MATA-FENUA | Mataafonua | Coast, shore, from the standpoint of the sea | (Cwd) |
| OC.MATAGI | Matangi | Wind, air, to be windy | (Cwd) |
| OC.MATAGI | Matangi | The wind, windy | (Mar) |
| PN.MA-TAKA | Mataka | (Of what covers a surface) to curve or curl or roll up and come away (e.g. flesh of half-coconut...); copra | (Cwd) |
| PN.MA-TALA.A | Matala | Come off, come away, separated, to be; to flower, come out in full bloom, open; flower | (Cwd) |
| PN.MA-TALA.B | Matala | Clear (to the mind), lucid; clear or fresh in memory | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATA-LIKI.A | Mataliki | (of plants or trees) Begin to produce flower-buds; (of a number of boats or distant islands) to appear as dots or small patches on the horizon | (Cwd) |
| EO.MATA-LIKI.B | Mataliki | The Pleiades or Seven Sisters | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATA-MATA | Matamata/ʔau | Ruffling or rippling of the sea where two currents meet, or where the current meets with obstructions | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATA-MOSO | Moho | K. vine or creeper bearing small seeds, each of which is red and white and black | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATA-MOSO | Mataʔi moho | Seeds of vine called moho | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATA-MOSO | Matamoho | Abrus precatorius | (Whr) |
| PN.MATA-PISU | Matapihu | Limpet | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATA-PULA | Matapula | Red Globe-eye (Priacanthus cruentatus) | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATA-QALI | Mataʔali | Ripe before its time because of stem injury (of a coconut) | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATA-QARA | Mataʔaa/ʔaa | Bright-eyed, keen-sighted or wide-awake looking | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATA-QELE | Matakele/kele | Fish sp. | (Cwd) |
| MP.MATA-QI-HUHU | Mataʔi huhu | Teat, nipple | (Cwd) |
| CP.MATA-QI-TALIGA | Matai | Hammer-head shark Phonologically Irregular | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATAQU.1 | Maataʔu | Fishhook | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATAQU.1 | Mátów | A fish-hook | (Mar) |
| AN.MATAQU.2 | Ma-taʔu | Right (not left) | (Cwd) |
| AN.MATAQU.2 | Matów. Gi-matów. | Right, in contradistinction to left. To the right hand. | (Mar) |
| PN.MATATA | Matata | Make sound of tearing, ripping | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATA-TILI | Matasili | (of coconuts) To begin to sprout; (of seed-yams) to sprout | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATA-TOQA | Mata-toʔa | Bold-faced | (Cwd) |
| MP.MATA-WAI | Matavai | Spring (of water); source (of a river) | (Cwd) |
| AN.MATE.1A | Mate | Die | (Cwd) |
| AN.MATE.1A | Mate | Death, carnage, a corpse, an eclipse; to die, to wither | (Mar) |
| PN.MATE.1B | Mate | Unconscious | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATE.1C | Mate | To 'almost die' with, to be overcome or carried away with (laughter, weeping, desire, sleepiness, fear, etc.) | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATE.1D | Mate | Extinguished | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATE.1E | Mate | (of wind) To die down, cease | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATE.2 | Mate, mate/a | Guess, solve a riddle | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATE.2 | Mate | To guess, to conjecture | (Mar) |
| PN.MATE-GA | Matenga, mateʔanga | Source, origin, reason or cause of death | (Cwd) |
| XW.MATE-GUUGUU | Mate-nguunguu | To be tired out and moaning or groaning with exhaustion; also said of one's hand or arm when stiff or insensate after being lain on or anaesthetized | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATI.1 | Masi | General term for several tree spp. including Ficus tinctoria, F.scabra | (Whr) |
| XW.MATI.2 | Mesi/masi | Neither green nor dry; partially dry (of wood, bark, leaves) | (Cwd) |
| XW.MATI.2 | Masi | Partially dry (= mesimasi), but applied only to paper-mulberry bark (*tutu*). | (Cwd) |
| PN.MA-TIKE | Masike | (Of one who is sitting down) to rise slightly as if about to get up | (Cwd) |
| PN.MA-TILA | Masila | Bonito fishing rod | (Cwd) |
| XW.MATINI | Mesini | Offrande du kava aux Dieux | (Btn) |
| PN.MATIWA | Masiva | Poor | (Cwd) |
| PN.MATO | Mato | Precipice, cliff face | (Cwd) |
| PN.MA-TOFI.A | Matofi | Cut or hacked off, or into two | (Cwd) |
| CE.MA-TOFI.B | Matofi | A certain stage of the waning moon | (Cwd) |
| CE.MA-TOFI.B | Matofi/tele | The waning of the moon is very apparent | (Cct) |
| PN.MA-TOSI | Matohi | Marked with a line or narrow stripe | (Cwd) |
| NP.MA-TOU.A | Mau | Cardinal pronoun, 1 exc.pl., we Problematic | (Cwd) |
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