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 | He | A grasshopper |
| Tongan | Hea | The name of a tree, from the fruit of which is expressed a glutinous red varnish (called also hea)...used to stain and varnish the finest gnatoo... |
| Tongan | Heca | To sit down on a chair, bank, or bench; to embark; deposited, settled, placed in |
| Tongan | Héë | To err; astray, wandering |
| Tongan | He/hele. Hele. Ma/hele. | An incision; to cut. To cut, also a knife. A cut, a gash. |
| Tongan | He/hengi. Hengi-hengi. | Early. Morning, break of day. |
| Tongan | Heke heke | Slippery, slimy; slipperiness; to slide |
| Tongan | Hela | Fatigue; breathless, short of breath |
| Tongan | Hele | A trap, a snare |
| Tongan | Naw hele. Naw-gia. | To snare (with a string), to noose. To strangle. |
| Tongan | Heloo | A comb; to comb |
| Tongan | Heoo | To ward off, to avoid |
| Tongan | Hi | Emissio seminis |
| Tongan | Hifo | To go down |
| Tongan | Higgi | To raise, to lift, to heave |
| Tongan | Hihifo | That end of an island which is towards the south; if the island should lie east and west, that end which is towards the west |
| Tongan | Hili | To put or place up or upon; to lodge or be fixed, as a body thrown, in a tree, &c. |
| Tongan | Hili. Hili/anga. | To leave off or finish any work or operation. End of, termination (in a moral sense), as termination of happiness or misery; also termination of work. |
| Tongan | Hilinga gele-gele | The fifth lunar month... |
| Tongan | Hilinga-mea | The name of the eighth lunar month... |
| Tongan | Hilo | The anus |
| Tongan | Hina. Hina-hina. | Hoary headed; grey with age. White. |
| Tongan | Hinga | To fall, to tumble |
| Tongan | Hingoa | Name, appellation. |
| Tongan | Hiva | The numeral, nine |
| Tongan | Hiva | To sing |
| Tongan | Ho | The possessive pronoun, your |
| Tongan | Hobo | To caper, to jump, a jump, to rebound |
| Tongan | Hoca | To stab, a lance, a thrust |
| Tongan | Hoco | To splice or knot |
| Tongan | Hoco. Tahi hoco. | To flow. High water. |
| Tongan | Ho/holo | To grind |
| Tongan | Holi | Eager |
| Tongan | Holo. Holo-holo. Holoi. | Friction, rubbing; a rag. A towel, to scrub. To chafe, to wipe. |
| Tongan | Honge | Dearth, famine |
| Tongan | Hoo | To pray, to entreat, to be submissive |
| Tongan | Hoo | To boil or stew |
| Tongan | Vy hoo | Broth made from fish (having no other broth) |
| Tongan | Hoogoo | To dive, to immerge |
| Tongan | Hoohoo | The female breast, the teat of any animal; milk |
| Tongan | Hooi | A bone; also a needle or pin |
| Tongan | Hooli | A sprout from the root of a plant, a sapling |
| Tongan | Hoonoo | To singe |
| Tongan | Hoóö | To till the land, to clear a plantation; also a wooden implement used for digging, &c. |
| Tongan | Hoóö. | Taste or flavour |
| Tongan | Hootooa | An immaterial being, as a god, spirit, &c.; also any evil by the infliction of the gods, a bodily complaint, a boil. This word sometimes applies to foreigners. |
| Tongan | Hotooa pow | A demon |
| Tongan | How | A king, the supreme chief (not as to rank, but power) |
| Tongan | How | To come, to approach |
| Tongan | I | A fan |
