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English → Tongan: B

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

B (252 words)

babe

valevale; pēpē

baboon

manu hangē ha ngeli

baby

valevale; pēpē

backadjective

ʻi (ki, mei) mui

backadverb

fakafoki; holomui

backnoun

tuʻa

backverb

poupou

bad

kovi

bagnoun

tangai; kato

bake

taʻo

balancenoun

meʻa fua mamafa;

balanceverb

fakafuofua tatau

bald

tula

ball

(foʻi) pulu

ballon

pula; paluna

bamboo

pitu; kofe

banana

siaine

band
  1. (ring) mama
  2. (tie) meʻa haʻi
  3. (musical) kau ifi
bandage

haʻihaʻi; meʻa haʻihaʻi

bang
  1. (explode) pā
  2. (slam) haʻaki
  3. (make noise) patō
Bangladesh

Pengikolotesi

banish

fakahēʻi

bank
  1. (money) pangikē
  2. (river) kauvai
  3. (of earth) tafungaʻi kelekele
barnoun

pā

barverb

(exclude) tapui mei ai

bare

tekefua

bargainnoun

meʻa ʻoku fakatau maʻamaʻa

barknoun

(of tree) kiliʻi ʻakau

barkverb

(of dog) kālou

barn

fale tauhiʻanga uite

barrel
  1. (container) paelo
  2. (of gun) ngutu ʻo ha meʻafana
barrier

fakangatangataʻanga; meʻa taʻofi kakai

baseadjective

fakameʻavale

basenoun

tuʻunga

baseverb

fakatefito

basin

pēsoni

basket

kato

bat
  1. (animal) peka
  2. (cricket / baseball) pate
bath

kaukau

bathe

kaukauʻi; tafitafiʻi

battery
  1. (flash light) foʻi maka
  2. (car) puha ʻuhila
battle

tau; feingatau

bayadjective

(hoosi) kelo

baynoun

pei; kōmaki

bazaar

pasā

be
  1. (meaning identity) ko
  2. (meaning existence or location) ʻi ai
beachnoun

matātahi

beachverb

fakahake; toho

bead

kula

beak

ngutu

beam
  1. (light) huelo
  2. (wood) lango
bean

piini

bearnoun

(animal) pea

bearverb
  1. (carry) fua
  2. (give birth) fanauʻi; fāʻeleʻi
beard

kava

beast

manu

beat
  1. (hit) tā
  2. (defeat) ikuʻi
beautiful

fakaʻofoʻofa

became

naʻe hoko

because

ko e ʻuhi

become

hoko; fakaʻau

bed

mohenga

bee

hone

beef

pulu; piifi

beet

(root) pitiluti

beforeadverb

ʻanenai; ki muʻa

beforeconjunction

toki; teʻeki

beforepreposition

ʻi muʻa; ki muʻa

beg

kole

begin

kamata

behavior

tōʻonga; angafai

behindadverb

ʻi tuʻa

behindpreposition

ʻi he tuʻa

beingnoun

meʻa moʻui

Belgium

Pelisiume

belief

tui

bell

fafangu

belong

kau

below

ʻi lalo

beltnoun

leta; nonoʻoʻi

beltverb

taaʻi lahi

bench

sea (lōloa)

bendnoun

pikoʻanga

bendverb

pikoʻi; ofeʻi

beneath

ʻi lalo (ha meʻa)

benefit

ʻaonga

bent

piko; ngaofe

berry

kiʻi foʻi ʻakau

beside

ʻi he tafaʻaki; ʻi he veʻe

besides

ka e ʻumaʻā; pea mo

best

lelei taha

betray

lavaki

better

sai ange; lelei ange

between

vahaʻa

beyond

ʻi kō atu ʻi; mamaʻo atu ʻi

Bible

Tohi Tapu

bicycle

pasikala

big

lahi; fuolahi; fuʻu

bill
  1. (account) tohi moʻua
  2. (in parliament) lao fakaangaanga
bind

haʻi; haʻihaʻi

bird

manupuna

birth

fanauʻi; fāʻeleʻi

birthday

ʻaho (fāʻeleʻi)

bishop

pisope; ʻepikopō

bit
  1. (piece) konga; momoʻi
  2. (drill) mataʻi vili
  3. (horse's) piti
bite

uʻu

bitter

kona; tamala

black

ʻuliʻuli

blade

lau; mata

blame

tukuakiʻi; felauʻaki

blanket

sipi kafu

blastnoun

pā

blastverb

fana

blaze

puho

blazer

siākete; sāketi

bleed

toto; (at the nose) fekefekea

bless

tāpuakiʻi; fakamonūʻiaʻi

blew

naʻe puhi (the nose) naʻe fangu

blindadjective

kui

blindnoun

puipui

blindverb

kuihi

blister

pulusi faitoʻo; fā

blocknoun

(lump) konga; kupu

blockverb

(stop) tāpuni; taʻofi

blood

toto; taʻataʻa

bloomnoun

kakala; matalaʻi ʻakau

bloomverb

matala

blossom

kakala; matalaʻi ʻakau

blouse

kiʻi kofu ki ʻolunga; sote fefine

blownoun

tā

blowverb

puhi; ifi (the nose) fangu

blue

(color) lanu pulū; lanu langi; lanu moana

boardnoun
  1. (wood) lau papa
  2. (committee) kōmiti
boardverb

nofo totongi

boarder

ha taha nofo totongi

boarders

kau ako nofo maʻu

boast

pōlepole

boat

vaka

body

sino

boil
  1. (water) lili
  2. (food) haka
bold

loto lahi

bolt
  1. (fastener) polota
  2. (of a horse) leleakiʻi
boltverb

polotaʻi

bombnoun

pomu

bombverb

lī pomu

bonenoun

hui

boneverb

toʻohui

booknoun

tohi

bookverb

(reserve) taʻofi

boot
  1. sū; puti
  2. (of a car) puti
border
  1. (of a country) tafafonua
  2. (of a place) kau ʻā
  3. (of things) tapa; laine fakangatangata
bore
  1. (drill) vili
  2. (to weary) fakapipikoʻia
born

fanauʻi; fāʻeleʻi

borrow
  1. kole
  2. (from bank) nō
both

fakatouʻosi

bother

fakahohaʻasi; fakafiuʻi

bottle

hina; (if empty) ngeʻesi hina

bottom
  1. takele; faliki
  2. (of the sea) kilisi
bough

vaʻakau

bought

naʻe fakatau mai

boundadjective
  1. (tied) haʻisia;
  2. (sure) pau
boundnoun

(jump) puna

boundverb

naʻe haʻi

boundary

tafa; tapa; fakangatangataʻanga

bownoun
  1. (weapon) kaufana
  2. (of ship) taumuʻa
  3. (violin) pou; poutai
  4. (looped knot) fakahēkesi
bowverb

(stoop) punou

bowlnoun

poulu; kumete

bowlverb

teka

boxnoun

puha

boxverb

fuhu

boy

tamasiʻi (tangata)

brain

ʻuto

brake

meʻa-taʻofi

branch

vaʻa; vaʻakau; ʻuluʻulu ʻakau; manga

brass

palasa

brave

loto toʻa

Brazil

Palāsili

bread

mā

break

foa; motuhi; fesi; paki; maumauʻi

breakfast

kai pongipongi

breathnoun

mānava

breednoun

faʻahinga

breedverb

tupu ʻo fanafanau; fakafanau

breeze

havilivili

brick

piliki; makaʻumea

bride

fefine mali

bridge

hala fakakavakava

briefadjective

nounou; fuonounou

briefnoun

fakamatala tohi ʻa ha loea

bright

ngingila; ʻasinisini; ʻahoʻaho

brilliant

ngingila; lelei ʻaupito; fisifisimuʻa

brim

tapa; ngutu

bring

ʻomai; fetuku mai

Britain

Pilitānia

broad

laulahi; fālahi

broadcastverb
  1. (seed) tūtuuʻi holo
  2. (radio) fakamafola
broken

mafoa; mapaki; mafesi; motu; fasi

brooknoun

vaitafe siʻi

brookverb

kātakiʻi

brother
  1. (to a boy) tokoua
  2. (to a girl) tuongaʻane
brought

naʻe ʻomai

brow
  1. (forehead) laʻe
  2. (hill) ngutungutu
brown

melomelo; kelokelo

bruise
  1. (fruit) volu; fakavolu
  2. (of the body) takaʻuli
brushnoun

polosi

brushverb

polosiʻi

bubblenoun

pula

bubbleverb

lililili

bucket

kane

buckle

meʻa fakamaʻu

bud
  1. (flower) moto
  2. (any plant) muka
buffalo

pafalō

bugle

piukala

build

langa; faʻu; ngaohi; tufungaʻi

bulb
  1. (of plant) foha
  2. (electric) foʻi ʻuhila
bull

pulu tangata

bullet

pulukōkō

bumpnoun

(lump) fufula; pupula

bumpverb

tau; pā; fakapaaki;

bunch

kau; fuhinga; haʻinga

bundle

kofukofu

bungalow

fale nofoʻanga lahi mo fakafaletolo takai

bunk

mohenga ʻi ha vaka

buoy

poe

burdennoun

kavenga

burdenverb

fakakavengaʻi

burglar

kaihaʻa fou ʻi he hae fale

Burma

Pema

burn

vela; ulo; tutu

burst

pā; fā; fakapaaki; fakafaaki

bury

tanu

bus

pasi; motokā uta kakai

Bus Station.

Tauʻanga pasi.

bush

ʻakau; vao

bushel

pūseli

business

pisinisi; ngāue

busy

moʻua; femoʻuekina

but

ka; kae; kae kehe; pē

butcher

tangata fahi manu

butter

pata

butterfly

pepe

button

fakamaʻu

buy

fakatau (mai)

bypreposition

ʻi; ʻe; ʻaki

by and by

ʻanai; ʻanainai ange

by chance

noa; fakalavanoa

by land

ʻi ʻuta

by means of

ʻaki

by reason of

ko e ʻuhi; ko e meʻa ʻi

by sea

ʻi tahi

bygone

kuo hili

bystander

taha ʻoku tuʻu ofi mai