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 | Booa | A kind of flower resembling the Jiali, but yellow |
| Tongan | Booaca | Swine; pork; pig,&c. |
| Tongan | Boóboó | A gargle; to gargle |
| Tongan | Boo/boola, boola | To swell |
| Tongan | Booge | To apprehend; to seize hold of; to arrest |
| Tongan | Booge | The little hillock or mound in which a yam is planted |
| Tongan | Booge | Those parts of a double canoe extending beyond the platform |
| Tongan | Boogoo-boogoo | Squab; short and thick |
| Tongan | Booha | A box; a chest |
| Tongan | Boohi | To blow any thing out of the mouth with force; also the name of the party that distribute the bait for rats, which is done by blowing it forcibly out of their mouths |
| Tongan | Booi booi | A curtain; a screen |
| Tongan | Boole | To order or conduct, to manage, to declaim |
| Tongan | Boole-boole | Spotted, party-coloured |
| Tongan | Booló | Veiled, concealed, something thrown over the head and face, to veil, to mask |
| Tongan | Booloo | The husk of the cocoa nut |
| Tongan | Booloo | Gum, pitch, or any adhesive substance |
| Tongan | Booloo-booloo | To draw up the dress so as to cover the shoulders, to shelter |
| Tongan | Boona | To fly, to vault, to jump high in the air; to rebound as an elastic body |
| Tongan | Boonó | To incline, to bend down, to droop, to stoop |
| Tongan | Bo-oola | A night dance |
| Tongan | Bo-ooli | Night |
| Tongan | Bootoo | Burial ceremony |
| Tongan | Bopau | A small paddling canoe made of a hollow tree |
| Tongan | Bopo | Rotten, mouldy |
| Tongan | Boto | Wise, cunning, knowing, expert, well practised |
| Tongan | Boto-boto | Round, circular |
| Tongan | Botoo | Alongside, near to, the side of any thing (except of man or animal); a part of, a portion, a detachment |
| Tongan | Botoo fonnooa | A district |
| Tongan | Ca | If, for, because, whilst |
| Tongan | Ca | But, although |
| Tongan | Cabe | A certain plant |
| Tongan | Caca | To climb |
| Tongan | Ca/caha | Lighted in flames, kindled |
| Tongan | Cacala. Namoo cacala. | Any flower, a wreath or necklace of flowers. Sweet scent (as of flowers); odorous. |
| Tongan | Cacano | Pulp of fruit. &c. |
| Tongan | Cacava | To sweat, to perspire |
| Tongan | Cacców | To swim, to wade |
| Tongan | Cafa | Plait made of the husk of the cocoa-nut |
| Tongan | Cafo | A wound in battle; or at least with a warlike instrument; to wound |
| Tongan | Cafoo | Any covering with which a person may be covered whilst resting or sleeping |
| Tongan | Cahi | Scrofulous indurations of the glands, to which the Tonga people are very subject |
| Tongan | Caho | A reed; an arrow for sport |
| Tongan | Caho-caho | A superior species of the yam |
| Tongan | Cahoa | A necklace |
| Tongan | Cainga, Kyinga. | A relation; a kin; one of the same party or interest. A relation or kinsman. |
| Tongan | Caký | Inhabitants; population; populous |
| Tongan | Calanga | To roar out; to shriek; to halloo; s shout |
| Tongan | Calava | Artery; vein; sinew |
| Tongan | Cali | A pillow (made of wood, after the Tonga fashion) |
| Tongan | Calia | A double sailing canoe |
