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English → Tongan: A

178 English words starting with A, with their Tongan meanings. Look up any word on the dictionary page, or translate whole sentences with the translator.

A (178 words)

a.m.

(ante meridiem) houa pongipongi

a(n)

ha; e

abandon

liʻaki; siʻaki

able
  1. (can) lava; ala
  2. (capable) ivilahi; poto
aboard

ʻi vaka

about
  1. (around) holo
  2. (nearly) nai
  3. (concerning) kau ki; ʻo kau ki
aboveadverb

ʻi ʻolunga

abovepreposition

ʻo feʻunga hifo mo

abroad

ʻi muli; ʻi tuʻa puleʻanga; holo

absent

mamaʻo; ʻikai ke ʻi ai

absolutely

matuʻaki; ʻaupito; ʻataʻatā

accept

tali; maʻu

accident

tuʻutāmaki; fakatuʻutāmaki

accompany

ʻalu fakataha; aʻutaki; fakahekeheka; fakafeʻao

accomplish

lavaʻi; fakaʻosi; fai ke pau

according

(to) ʻo fakatatau ki; ʻo hangē

account
  1. (bill) tohi moʻua
  2. (report) fakamatala; ongoongo
accuse

talatalaakiʻi; tukuakiʻi

accustom

fakamaheni; fakaangaanga; fakaʻiloʻilo

ache

langa

acid

ʻasita

acquaintance

maheni

acquire

maʻu; maʻunimā

acre

ʻeka

acrobat

tangata (fefine) sākisi

across

fakalava; fehāngaaki

actnoun
  1. (of law) lao
  2. (of a play) vahe; konga
actverb

ngāue; fai

actual

moʻoni; tonu; totonu

add

tānaki; kanoni; tokai

admiral

ʻamelali; tokotaha pule lahi folau tau tahi

admire

malieʻia; hohoi; toumama

admit
  1. (let in) fakahū; tuku ke hū
  2. (confess) tala ko e moʻoni; fakamoʻoni
adopt
  1. (a child) pusiakiʻi; ohi
  2. (a custom) fai ki; ngāueʻaki
advance

laka ki muʻa; fakautuutu

advantage

mālie; meʻa mālie

adventure

meʻa mālie pe fakaofo ʻoku hoko kiate kita

advice

akonaki; fakahinohino

advise

fakahinohinoʻi; faleʻi; naʻinaʻi

aerial

(antenna) uaea ʻoku fakahoko ki he letiō

affair

faingāmeʻa; ouau

affect

laveʻi; hukitonu

affection

ʻofa

afford

lava hono totongi

Afghanistan

ʻAfukānisitani

afraid

ilifia; manavahē

Africa

ʻAfilika

after

hili; ʻosi; ki mui ʻi

again

toe

against

ki; faʻaki ki; ʻo fakafepaki ki

age
  1. (years) taʻu; taʻu motuʻa
  2. (period) kuonga
ago

kuo hili

agree

loto-taha; alea

agriculture

ngoue

ahead

muʻomuʻa; ki muʻa

aid

tokoni

aimnoun

taumuʻa; kaveinga

aimverb

fakaʻata

airnoun
  1. (atmosphere) ʻea; matangi
  2. (melody) fasi
airverb

fakaʻea; tauaki

airplane

vakapuna

airport

malaʻe vakapuna

Airport.

Malaʻe vakapuna.

alarm
  1. (feeling) lilifu
  2. (warning) kailangaki ʻo ha fakatuʻutāmaki
Algeria

ʻAsilia

alive

moʻui

all

kotoa; kātoa; fulipē; fua pē

alligator

ʻalakeita

allow

fakangofua; tuku

almost

meimei; toe siʻi

alone

toko taha pē

along

ange

aloud

leʻo lahi; ke ongo

already

ʻosi; ʻi muʻa atu

Alright/too expensive

Sai pē/fuʻu mamafa

also

pea mo; kae ʻumaʻā

alter

liliu; fakakeheʻi

although

neongo

altogether

kotoa pē; ka lau kotoa pē

always

maʻu ai pē; ʻi he taimi kotoa pē

ambulance

kā uta mahaki

AmericanSamoa

Haʻamoa ʻAmelika; Pangopango

amount

hono lahi

anchornoun

taula

anchorverb

lī taula; tau

ancient

motuʻa ʻaupito; fuoloa; tupuʻa

and

pea; mo; pea mo

angel

ʻangelo

anger

ʻita

anglenoun

tuliki; afeitui

angleverb

(fish) taumātaʻu

animal

manu

ankle

tungaʻivaʻe

announce

fanongonongo; uiaki

annual

fakataʻu

another

ha.....ʻe taha; kehe

answer

tali

ant

lō

Antarctica

ʻAnitātika

antelope

ʻanitelope

anxious

(worried) loto moʻua; lotohohaʻa; tailiili

any

ha; ha.....noa pē

apart

mavahe; kehe; vāmamaʻo

apenoun

ngeli

apeverb

akosope ki; fakatatau ki

apparent

mahino; hā

appealnoun

tangi; tohi tangi

appealverb

tangi; tautapa

appear

hā; ʻasi; tuʻu

apple

ʻāpele

apply
  1. (put) ʻai
  2. (for) kole
  3. (concerning) kau
appoint

fakanofo; fokotuʻu

approach

ʻunu; fakaofiofi

approve

loto; leleiʻia

apricot

ʻepilikoti

April

ʻEpeleli

Arctic Ocean

ʻOseni ʻAketika

area

feituʻu; ʻēlia

Argentina

ʻAsenitina

argue

fakakikihi; fakafekiki

arise

tuʻu; tupu

armnoun

nima

armverb

fakamahafu

arose

naʻe tuʻu

aroundadverb

holo; takai

aroundpreposition

takatakaiʻi

arrange

fakahokohoko; fakamaau; teu

arrest

puke; taki ʻe ha polisi

arrive

aʻu; tau; lava

arrow

ngahau

art

faiva; tā fakatātā

article

meʻa; (in grammar) muʻa nauna

artificial

loi; faʻu pē; ʻikai ke tupu fakaenatula

artist

faitā; tangata tā fakatātā

as
  1. (like) hangē
  2. (because) ko e ʻuhi
ash

efu; efuefu

ashamed

mā

Asia

ʻEsia

aside

ki tafaʻaki; fakatafaʻaki

ask
  1. (inquire) ʻeke
  2. (question) fehuʻi
  3. (request) kole
asleep

mohe

assemble

fakatahaʻi; tānaki

assert

pehē

assist

tokoni

association

kautaha

assume

pehē pē; lau pē

assure

pehē; taukave; fakamoʻomoʻoni

at

ʻi; ʻia; ʻiate

at ease

fiemālie

ate

naʻe kai

atmosphere

ʻea; ʻatimosifia

attach

fakapipiki; fakahoko

attack

ʻohofi; tauʻi; taaʻi

attempt

feinga; ʻahiʻahi

attend
  1. (give attention) tokanga
  2. (go to) ʻalu ki
attention

tokanga

attitude

fakakaukau; anga tangutu

attract

taufusi; tautoho

audience

kau fanongo

August

ʻAokosi

aunt

(paternal) mehikitanga (maternal) tokoua ʻo e faʻē

Australia

ʻAositelēlia

Austria

ʻAositelia

author

tangata faʻu tohi

authority

pule; mafai

autumn

faʻahitaʻu fakatōlau

avalanche

konga sinou lahi ʻoku tō hifo mei he tafaʻaki moʻunga

avenue

hala

averageadjective

fakaʻavalisi

averagenoun

ʻavalisi

avoid

fakaʻehiʻehi; fakamāhuʻi

await

tatali ki; talitali ki

awake

ʻā

awaken

fafangu

awardnoun

pale

awardverb

fakapaleʻi

aware

ʻilo; lāuʻilo

axe

toki