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 | Toco | A post, to fasten canoes to |
| Tongan | Toco-toco | A staff |
| Tongan | Coeha tocooa? | What do you say? |
| Tongan | Tóë | Remainder, residue |
| Tongan | Tofe | The oyster |
| Tongan | Tofi(-tofi) | To mince |
| Tongan | Tofoá | A whale |
| Tongan | Tofoo | A calm (no wind) |
| Tongan | Tofoo/be | The same, just as |
| Tongan | Toge | A water snake |
| Tongan | Togi | An adze |
| Tongan | Tohi | A picture; to draw, to write |
| Tongan | Toho | To drag, to tow a vessel |
| Tongan | Toí/a | Pierced, pricked |
| Tongan | Tole | Pudendum muliebre |
| Tongan | Toleccalecca | Beautiful (applied only to men, though sometimes to plants, trees, &c.) |
| Tongan | Toli | To gather, to pluck |
| Tongan | Tolo | To pitch, or throw; the name of a game |
| Tongan | Tolo-afi | To produce fire by friction |
| Tongan | Toloa | The wild duck |
| Tongan | Tolonga | Lasting, durable |
| Tongan | Tolo/nga | The piece of dry wood on which the end of a stick is forcibly rubbed to produce fire |
| Tongan | Toloo | The number three |
| Tongan | Tomooa | Before, first (as to time) |
| Tongan | Tongi | To engrave, to carve |
| Tongan | Tongo | The mangrove |
| Tongan | Tonoo | Manifest, clear, distinct, direct, even, in a row |
| Tongan | (To)tonoo. Tonoo/ia. | Candid, open, sincere, precise, punctual; manifest, clear, straight, in a row, upright. Guiltless, in the right. |
| Tongan | Too. Too-oo. | To stand, to tread; also to rise; stand up! get up! To get up, get up. |
| Tongan | Too-mow | Stagnant (as wter) |
| Tongan | Too-oota | To land |
| Tongan | Too. Too/too. Too/chia. | To cut, to separate. To cut, to cut off, to prune; a chisel. To crop, to cut off. |
| Tongan | Tooa | The back, the loins; behind; external |
| Tongan | Tooa-nima | The back of the hand |
| Tongan | Tooachina | A cousin, an uncle |
| Tongan | Toóafafíne | A sister |
| Tongan | Tooanga | A post, or standing place |
| Tongan | Tooboo | To spring up, to grow, to yield; a sprout, a bud |
| Tongan | Tooboo | The groin |
| Tongan | Toofa | To assort, to deal out |
| Tongan | Toofoonga | A workman, or artificer |
| Tongan | Toogi | To strike, to hammer; a blow with the fist; the name of a religious ceremony; to throb, to pulsate like an inflamed part |
| Tongan | Toogoo | To abolish, to quit, to leave off; hold! avast! |
| Tongan | Toohoo | To point with the finger |
| Tongan | Tooi | A chief, or tributary governor or an island or district |
| Tongan | Tooi. Tooi nima. | The knee. The elbow. |
| Tongan | Tooi. Twi/nga. | To string, to plait wreaths; to sew. A wreath (as of flowers), a string (of beads). |
| Tongan | Tooli | To pursue |
| Tongan | Tooli mohe | To nod with sleep |
| Tongan | Toolli | Deaf |
