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 | Gita | The pronoun, I (used to answer to a question, or after a verb) |
| Tongan | Gita | Tetanus, trismus; spasms, convulsions |
| Tongan | Gite | To view at a distance, as the land when at distance |
| Tongan | Gnaco | Blubber, fat, grease |
| Tongan | Teców. Gna/ców. | A score. The plural of tecow, a score, used only in counting out yams and fish |
| Tongan | Gnafa | A fathom, the measure of the extended arms |
| Tongan | Gnafi-gnafi | A mat |
| Tongan | Gnahi | To make, to fashion, to repair |
| Tongan | Gnaholo | Fleetness, swiftness, fast sailing |
| Tongan | Gnahów | A war arrow |
| Tongan | Gnale | Suitable, consistent with one's station, character, &c. |
| Tongan | Gnalo | To disappear, to forget, to lose, to leave behind |
| Tongan | Gnaloo | A billow, surf, surge |
| Tongan | Gnano | Red-faced, flushed, sunburnt, blowzy |
| Tongan | Gnaoóë | Motion |
| Tongan | Gnatá | Difficult |
| Tongan | Gnatoo | The substance used for clothing, prepared from the bark of the Chinese paper mulberry tree, and imprinted |
| Tongan | Tapa | The substance used for clothing...before it is imprinted |
| Tongan | Te/áoo, të/áoo. Gne/áoo. | A hundred. Hundreds. |
| Tongan | Gnedji. Gnedji nima. | Hull, husk, pod, a shell. The nails of the hand. |
| Tongan | Gnele | A baboon, monkey |
| Tongan | Gnignila | Bright, polished, brilliant |
| Tongan | Gnofooa | Easy, easily; plainly evident; unprohibited, not forbidden, not tabooed, lawful, allowable |
| Tongan | Gnogno | A seagull |
| Tongan | Gnóooe | To till the land, agricultural work |
| Tongan | Gnootoo | Mouth of any animal; beak of a bird |
| Tongan | Gnow | To chew sugar-cane |
| Tongan | Gooa | The sign of the present tense |
| Tongan | Gooi | Blind; blindness |
| Tongan | Gooli | A dog |
| Tongan | Goolo | A cauldron, a kettle; a sort of earthenware vessel of the manufacture of the Fiji islands |
| Tongan | Goómá | A mouse, a rat |
| Tongan | Goomala | The sweet potatoe |
| Tongan | Goomete | A trough, a dish |
| Tongan | Goomi | To investigate, to search, to explore |
| Tongan | Gootoo | A louse |
| Tongan | Ha | To display, to shew, to appear |
| Tongan | Habe | A cripple |
| Tongan | Hage | Up |
| Tongan | Hahanga | A reef |
| Tongan | Ha/hów. How-chia. | The dew; a fog, a mist, a haze. Misty, foggy, cloudy. |
| Tongan | Hahage | That end of any island which is most towards the north; or if it should happen to lie east and west, that end which is most towards the east |
| Tongan | Hai. Haichia. | To tear, to cut. To tear to pieces. |
| Tongan | Hala. Halla. | Entrance, door-way; road into a plantation or wood. A road or path; a channel into a port. |
| Tongan | Hala. Halla. | An error; to err. To miss, to fail, to blunder; wrong, amiss; a mistake |
| Tongan | Hamma | The smallest canoe of a double canoe, viz. the leeward canoe |
| Tongan | Hamoochi/a | To grudge, to envy (used only with first person, singular or plural) |
| Tongan | Havili. Havili-vili. | A blast, a gale. A breeze. |
| Tongan | Hawla. Holla. | To escape, to flee. To run away, to desert. |
| Tongan | He. E. | The article, the or a. A contraction of the article he. |
