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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 Fucca-ilonga To betoken, to note, to mark, to trace; omonious
Tongan Fucca-ita To affront, aggravate, make angry, displease; to pout or look displeased
Tongan Fucca-ochi To conclude, to perfect; to extirpate, to demolish
Tongan Fucca-taha To adjoin, unite to, coalesce, connect, interlace; to league, to be in company with; together, inseparate
Tongan Fucca-tow To barter, truck, or deal with, to commute, to lay a wager or bet
Tongan Fucca-tonoo To demonstrate
Tongan Fucca-tooboo To beget, to cause to spring up, to grow
Tongan Ge. Ge chi. Yet. Insufficient, i.e. yet a little.
Tongan Gea A species of the breadfruit
Tongan Gele A dike, a ditch, to dig, to intrench, a bank of earth
Tongan Gele-gele Earth or mould, the ground
Tongan Gelea A couch [sc. conch]
Tongan Gelemootoo The common earth-worm
Tongan Gemo. He/gemo. The eyelash, to wink. In the twinkling of an eye.
Tongan Ky. Ge/na. To eat, to take a meal. To champ, to munch, to devour, to eat; to corrode or canker, as iron or cloth, with age and exposure
Tongan Gehe Different, differently; apart, separate, separately; removed; uncommon
Tongan Gehe-gehe Elsewhere
Tongan Ger The sign of the infinitive mood, to; also of the subjunctive or potential mood, that
Tongan Ger Thou
Tongan Gete The abdomen, the belly, the stomach, the gizzard of fowl
Tongan Getoo Lame; to hobble
Tongan Ghe. Fe/gé. A quarrel, disturbance, affray, dispute; to wrangle, to dispute. Controversy, discussion.
Tongan Gi To whistle, as birds; to squeak as a rat
Tongan Gi At, to, into; than; towards, among; against, opposite
Tongan Gia The gorge or throat, the neck
Tongan Gi-botoo On one side, towards
Tongan Gi-hage Upwards
Tongan Hifo. Gi-hifo. Down, below. Downwards.
Tongan Lalo. Gi-lalo. Below, deep, the bottom. Below, down, downwards.
Tongan Loto. Gi-loto. The middle, the centre, that which is inclosed. In the middle, amidst, halfway, inside, in
Tongan Mooa. Gi-mooa. First, preceding; the capital town of an island; a rank in socity. In front, first in rank or place, forwards, before.
Tongan Mooi. Gi-mooi. He-mooi. After, following; ago, in time past. Behind, or last in rank or place, backwards. Hereafter.
Tongan Oota. Gi-oota. Land or shore. On shore, inland.
Tongan Gi tooa. Gi-tooa. Outside, out, without. Behind, at the back of.
Tongan Tow-mooli. Gi-tów-mooli. The stern of a vessel. Abaft, astern.
Tongan Gië A kind of wearing mat, used chiefly in canoes, as they are not liable to be spoiled by sea-water...
Tongan Gigi Any food used to relish some other food, as yams with pork, or the contrary
Tongan Gihi A very little person, a dwarf
Tongan Hema. Gi/hema, The left. To the left hand, on the left hand or side
Tongan Gili Bark of a tree; paring; skin, husk, or hull; hide or skin of an animal (living or dead), leather
Tongan Gili. Gili/chi A file, a saw. To file, filings.
Tongan Giloo One hundred thousand
Tongan Matów. Gi-matów. Right, in contradistinction to left. To the right hand.
Tongan Gimóooa. (Ma)móooa. Both, the dual number to the pronoun mo
Tongan Motoloo. Gimótóloo Ye, you, your (used only when three or more persons are signified)
Tongan Gimówoóa We two, both of us, our (the dual number of mow, used only when the person spoken to is not included)
Tongan Gimówtóloo Us, our (used only when the person spoken to is not included, and when three or more are meant)
Tongan Ginówoóa. Nowooa. They, them, their (when only two are signified), both of them. The dual number of the pronoun, they...
Tongan Ginówtóloo They, them, their (when three or more are signified)
Tongan Gioo A crane (a bird)