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 | Aniný | Just now; some little time ago |
| Tongan | Aniwiha | The day after tomorrow |
| Tongan | Ano | A lake; a marsh; a bog |
| Tongan | Anoo | Saliva; to spit |
| Tongan | Aný | Presently, by and by |
| Tongan | Aoo | A cloud |
| Tongan | Aˈoochia | To grow cloudy |
| Tongan | Aˈoonga | Of use; valuable |
| Tongan | Api-api | Crowded; full; as a road crowded with men; a basket full of any thing |
| Tongan | Ata | Reflecting, shining, resplendent; to reflect as a mirror; also, transparent |
| Tongan | Atá | Wide; capacious |
| Tongan | Ate | The liver |
| Tongan | Ate-bili | The kidneys |
| Tongan | Ato | To roof; to thatch |
| Tongan | Atoo | To give; towards (with second person) |
| Tongan | Atoo | The fish called Bonito |
| Tongan | Au. Co-au. C/ow. | The pronoun I. It is I; I, in answer to the question, who? |
| Tongan | Ava | A fish resembling the mullet |
| Tongan | Ave | To take away, to deprive of; to conduct |
| Tongan | Awla | Name of a kind of tree of which spears are made |
| Tongan | Awta. Otta-otta. | Raw, not cooked |
| Tongan | Awta-awta | Dirt; filth; refuse; sweepings |
| Tongan | Awtý | A preparation of food |
| Tongan | Bawla | Matting made of the branches of the cocoa-nut tree, with which houses are thatched |
| Tongan | Bawlo | The name of a shrub |
| Tongan | Bawlo papalangi | Capsicum |
| Tongan | Bea. Be. | Then, next after that. The conjunction, and, also. |
| Tongan | Be/a | The conjunction, or |
| Tongan | Beca-beca | The swallow (a bird) |
| Tongan | Becoo. Pecoo. | Blunt, not sharp; obtuse |
| Tongan | Behe | So, in this manner, alike; to signify, to give another to understand; to relate, to say; to resolve or determine; to show or exhibit |
| Tongan | Beito | A kitchen or place where cooking is carried on |
| Tongan | Bela | Purulence, corruption, pus; to suppurate |
| Tongan | Bele | A favourite; a minion |
| Tongan | Beloo | Cups to drink out of, made of the banana leaf |
| Tongan | Bepe. Pepe. | Butterfly |
| Tongan | Bico | Crooked; curved; awry |
| Tongan | Bigi. Bigi-bigi. | To cement; to stick; to adhere. Adhesive, sizy, to stick. |
| Tongan | Bihi | To splash |
| Tongan | Bihi/a | Contagious |
| Tongan | Bili | A species of lizard |
| Tongan | Bito | Full; brimful |
| Tongan | Bito | The navel |
| Tongan | Bo | A post; a pillar |
| Tongan | Bo/bói, bói | A preparation of food |
| Tongan | Boca | To castrate |
| Tongan | Bolata | The stem either of the banana or the plantain tree |
| Tongan | Bolotoo | An imaginary island to the NW of Tonga, the residence of the immortal gods, and of the souls of deceased chiefs and matabooles |
| Tongan | Méë | A dance; to dance |
| Tongan | Bongi-bongi | To-morrow; to-morrow morning |
