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 | Cocoho | Eruption of a volcano, or of fire, vapour, steam |
| Tongan | Coe/ni | This |
| Tongan | Cofe | The bamboo |
| Tongan | Cofoo | To inclose, or wrap up |
| Tongan | Cofoo | To clothe |
| Tongan | Coia | Well done! that's right! truly |
| Tongan | Co/ia | That (relative pronoun) |
| Tongan | Coi/há. He-ha. | What? which? why? what is the matter? |
| Tongan | Colo | A fortress |
| Tongan | Coloa | Riches, property, any thing of value |
| Tongan | Möóni. Co-möóni. | Truth; actual, trusty. Indeed it is true/ |
| Tongan | Conga | A piece |
| Tongan | Nima-coo | With the loss of a finger |
| Tongan | Nifo-coo | Toothless, having lost a tooth |
| Tongan | Coocoo | To grasp; a handful |
| Tongan | Coola | A species of the paroquet; beads |
| Tongan | Coola-coola | Red |
| Tongan | Cooloo-cooloo | A species of the dove (the columba purpurata) |
| Tongan | Cote | Gibberish, jargon, chattering of birds; the speech of foreigners [including Fijians but not Samoans] |
| Tongan | Cotoa | Mass, whole, bulk; complete, entire |
| Tongan | Cotóa/bé | Wholly |
| Tongan | Covi | Bad, malicious; a bad design, a wicked intention |
| Tongan | Cow | Many; sign of the plural number, but only used when speaking of men, or of brute animals |
| Tongan | Cow | Stalk, stem |
| Tongan | Cow | Bunch |
| Tongan | Cówá | A fence |
| Tongan | Co-ooáhe | The cheek |
| Tongan | Ców-ców | To bathe; to foment |
| Tongan | Mya. Cow-mya. | A cord or rope. Cordage. |
| Tongan | Cow-nanga | A female servant, or attendant |
| Tongan | Cow-oofi | A parcel of yams, twenty in number |
| Tongan | Tow. Cow-tow. | War, an army, a battle by land, the enemy; to wage war, to invade, in a state of war. A body of warriors; an army; an ally. |
| Tongan | Cow-vaca | The crew of a vessel |
| Tongan | Váë. Cow-váë. | The foot, leg, paw, mark. The leg. |
| Tongan | Vale, valea. Cow-vale. Ky-vale. | Mad, insane, foolish, crazy, delirious; ignorant. A pack of fools. Greedy, gluttonous. |
| Tongan | Cownatoo | The stick which is forcibly rubbed on a flat piece of dry wood to procure fire |
| Tongan | E | The sign of the third person singular of the future tense |
| Tongan | Effe/nioo | Grated cocoa-nut after the emulsion is pressed out |
| Tongan | Efoo | Ashes; dust |
| Tongan | Egi | A chief; a god; a noble; the head man of a party |
| Tongan | Eho | Fetid; putrid |
| Tongan | Elelo | The tongue of any animal |
| Tongan | Elo | Stinking, putrid |
| Tongan | Fucca elo | Communicative |
| Tongan | Emo | To lick |
| Tongan | Ena | There |
| Tongan | Enga | Turmeric |
| Tongan | Eni. Gi-heni. | Here; in this place. Here, hither, to this place. |
| Tongan | Enne | The possessive pronoun: his, her, its |
| Tongan | Eva | To walk |
