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English → Tongan: D

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

D (230 words)

dagger

hele tui

daily

fakaʻaho; fakaeʻaho

dainty

tuʻutai; masani

dairy

fale ngaohiʻanga pata mo e siisi

daisy

(flower) fetuʻu

damnoun
  1. (mother) faʻē ʻa e hoosi
  2. (barrier) ʻā maka tāpuni vai
damverb

taʻofi

damage

maumau; maumauʻi

dame

fineʻeiki

dampadjective

hauhau; ngaʻungaʻu

dampverb

fakahauhau; fakangaʻungaʻu

damsel

taʻahine

dance

tauʻolunga; hulohula; faiva

danger

tuʻutāmaki

Danger.

Fakatuʻutāmaki.

dare
  1. (challenge) poleʻi
  2. (egg on) fakaʻaiʻai
  3. (to make bold) fakatoʻotoʻa
dark

poʻuli; fakapoʻuli (of the skin) ʻuliʻuli

darling

ʻofaʻanga; ofeina

dartnoun

sika; ngahau

dartverb

pasika

dashnoun

(small quantity) meʻi

dashverb

laiki; haʻaki; ʻoho; ʻāhua

date
  1. (fruit) teiti
  2. (day) ʻaho
Date of birth.

ʻAho fāʻeleʻi.

daughter

ʻofefine

dawnnoun

ata

dawnverb

(on one) aata

day

ʻaho

Days

Ngaahi ʻAho

dead
  1. (deceased) mate
  2. (numb) mamate; ongonoa
deaf

tuli; fakaongotuli

dealnoun

(timber) faʻahinga papa

dealverb
  1. (do business) fakatau meʻa; hū koloa
  2. (distribute) tufa
dear
  1. (beloved) ʻofeina; siʻi
  2. (costly) mamafa; fakatau mamafa
death

mate

debt

moʻua

decay

pala; popo; ʻauʻauha; ʻaunga

deceive

lohiakiʻi; kakaaʻi

December

Tīsema

December

Tisema

decent

lelei; sai; totonu; taau

decide

fakapapau

decision

loto; fakapapau

decknoun

fungavaka

deckverb

teuʻi

declare

tala; fakahā

decline
  1. ( go down) fakaʻau ke vaivai; holomui
  2. (of the sun) pale
  3. (refuse) fakafisi
decorate

teuʻi; teuteuʻi

decrease

fakaʻau ke siʻi; tokosiʻi; holomui

deed
  1. (action) ngāue; fai
  2. (document) tohi fakamoʻoni fefakatauʻaki
deep

loloto

deer

tia

defeat

ikuʻi

defend

ʻaofi; taukapoʻi; maluʻi; langomaki

definite

pau; mahino

degree
  1. tikilī
  2. (university) mataʻitohi
delayverb

fakatuai; fakatotoka; fakatuotuai; fakatuaiʻi

delicate
  1. (weak) vaivai; mahamahaki;
  2. (fine) fakameaʻa
delicious

vovo; ifo

delightnoun

fiefia; mālieʻia

delightverb

fakafiefia; fakafiemālie; fakafiemālieʻi

deliver
  1. (rescue) fakahaofi; haofakiʻi
  2. (letters) tufa; fakaaʻu; fakahoko
delugenoun

lōmaki

delugeverb

lōmakiʻi; lōmekina

demand

kouna; fekauʻi; fakamalohiʻi

den

ʻana

denied

naʻe fakaʻikaiʻi

Denmark

Tenimaʻake

dense
  1. matolu; maʻopoʻopo
  2. (mentally) ʻatamai tuai
dentnoun

malomi; makoko; kiʻi luo

dentverb

fakamakoko; kokoʻi; lomiʻi

dentist

toketā ngaohi nifo

deny

fakaʻikaiʻi; fakafisingaʻi

depart

ʻalu; mavahe; tukufolau

department

potungāue

depend

(rely) falala; fakafalala

depositnoun

paʻanga ʻoku fakahū; tipōsiti

depositverb

tuku; fakahū

depth

hono loloto

descend

hifo; ʻalu hifo; tō

describe

fakamatalaʻi

desertnoun

(wilderness) toafa; lala

desertverb

(abandon) liʻaki; liʻekina

deserve

(punishment) ʻoku totonu ke fakapaleʻi (tauteaʻi) ia

designnoun

fakatātā

designverb

tā fakatātā

desire

holi; manako; loto

desk

tesi

despair

tuʻatamaki; taʻe ʻi ai ha toe ʻamanaki pe tuʻamelie

desperate
  1. (of sickness) fakasio
  2. (of person or situation) faingatāmaki ʻaupito
destroy

fakaʻauha

detail

kiʻi meʻa

detain

taʻofi

detect

ʻilo; femaʻuaki

determine

fakapapau

Detour.

Halafaki, ʻalu takai.

develope

tupu; ake; laka; fakautuutu; fakatupu; fakalaka

devil

tēvolo

devote

līʻoa; liʻaki; luva; fakatapui

dew

hahau

diagram

fakatātā; taeakalami

dialnoun

(clock face) mata ʻo e uasi

dialverb

(telephone) tā

diamond

taiamoni

dictate
  1. (read) lau leʻo lahi ke tohi
  2. (give orders) fai tuʻutuʻuni
did

naʻe ʻai; naʻe ngaohi

dienoun
  1. (dice) taisi
  2. (tool) tai
dieverb

(dead) mate

diet

meʻakai fakafuofua

diffcult

faingataʻa

difference

kehe; faikehe; kehekehe; faikehekehe; taha kehe

dig

keli

digestnoun

(summary) hono fakanounou

digestverb

fakatoka

dignity

matamataʻeiki; ngeia

dimadjective

nenefu; aata;

dimverb

fakanenefu; fakapoila

dinner

kai efiafi; tina

dip

unu

direct

fakahinohino; fekau

direct

(adj or adv) hangatonu

directly

hangatonu

dirt

ʻuli; kele; kelekele

disappoint

siva; loto-mamahi ʻi he ʻikai hoko ʻa e ʻamanaki´

disaster

tuʻutāmaki; mala; fakatuʻutāmaki; fakaevaha

dischargenoun

(of pus) ʻau; tālau

dischargeverb
  1. (release) fakaʻatā; tukuange
  2. (perform) fai; fakahoko; fakalato
discover

ʻilo foʻou

discuss

aleaʻi

disease

mahaki

disgracenoun

fakamāʻanga

disgraceverb

fakamā

disguise

fakapuli; fakakehe

disgusting

fakalielia; palakū

dish

tisi

dismiss
  1. (let go) tuku ange; tutuku
  2. (from office) fakahifo; fakamālōlō
dispatchnoun

(official message) pōpoaki fakapuleʻanga

dispatchverb

(send) fekau

display
  1. fakaʻaliʻali; fakahāhā
  2. (pomp) ngeia
dispute

fakakikihi

dissolve

vaia; fakavaia

distance

mamaʻo

distinct
  1. (different) kehe; faikehe; faikehekehe
  2. (clear) mahino; hā lelei
distressnoun

mamahi lahi; faingataʻaʻia lahi

distressverb

fakatupu mamahi lahi

district

vahefonua

disturb

fakahohaʻasi; veuki; fakamaveu; fakaʻāmoheʻi

ditch

luo; keli

dive
  1. uku
  2. (of a plane) tūʻulu
divide

vahe

divineadjective

fakaʻotua; fakaeʻotua

divinenoun

(clergyman) faifekau

divineverb

fakaʻilonga

do

ʻai; fai; ngaohi

Do not disturb.

ʻOua ʻe fakahohaʻa

Do not touch.

ʻOua ʻe ala.

Do you need any help?

ʻOku´ ke fie maʻu ha tokoni?

dock
  1. (for ships) tohoʻanga vaka;
  2. (for prisoner) puha tuʻuʻanga ʻi ha hopo
doctor

toketā

dodge

kalo, kalofi, holohola

dog

kulī

doll

tamapua

dollar

paʻanga, tola

domestic

fakaʻapi, fakafale

don't

ʻoua

done
  1. (fully cooked) moho
  2. (exhausted) helaʻia
donkey

ʻasi

door

matapā

dot

toti, piliote

doubleadjective

lōua

doublenoun

tatau

doubleverb

pelu

doubtverb

tālaʻa; fakataʻetaʻetui

dough

tou; takaonga mahoaʻa

dove

lupe; manumaʻa

downadjective

(sick) puke

downadverb

hifo; ki lalo

downnoun

(fluff) fulufuluʻotua; fulufulu molū

dozen

tōseni; meʻa ʻe taha ua

dragadverb

(proceed slowly) tuta

dragverb

toho; taufetoho

dragon

talākoni

drainnoun

tafeʻanga vai; fakaʻosinga

drainverb

fakatafe

drank

naʻe inu

drawnoun

(tie in a game) māhanga; tatau

drawverb
  1. (pictures) tā; tā fakatātā;
  2. (pull) taʻaki; unuhi;
  3. (water) ʻutu
drawer

(sliding box) toloa

dread

manavahē; manavasiʻi; tailili; fakatuʻatamaki

dream
  1. misi
  2. (suspect) kikiteʻi
dressnoun

kofu

dressverb
  1. tui kofu; fakakofu
  2. (prepare) teu; teuteu
drew

(picture) naʻe tā

dried up

mātuʻu

driftverb

tēkina; fakapāpā

drillnoun
  1. (pneumatic) tuila; vili-tuila
  2. (cloth) tilili; faʻahinga tupenu matolu
drillverb
  1. (bore a hole) vili
  2. (soldiers) akoʻi
drink
  1. inu
  2. (take alcohol) inu kava mālohi
drip

toʻi; tulutā

driveverb
  1. (a horse) angi
  2. (vehicle) fakaʻuli
droop

mapelu; mae; malolo

dropnoun

(of water) tulutā

dropverb

tō; fakato; fakatoʻi

drove

naʻe fakaʻuli

drownverb

melemo; fakamelemoʻi

drum
  1. (log) lali
  2. (steel) talamu; nafa
drunk

(intoxicated) konā; huʻakavaʻia

dryadjective

mōmoa

dryverb

fakamōmoa

ducknoun
  1. (bird) pato; toloa
  2. (in cricket) foʻi moa
duckverb

lolo; kalo; tulolo

due

taau; feʻunga; totonu; tupunga

duel

fetāʻaki

dug

naʻe keli

dulladjective
  1. (not shiny)nenefu;
  2. (of a day) fakatetea;
  3. uninteresting) toutounoa;
  4. (lifeless) longomate;
  5. (mentally) ʻatamai tuai;
dullverb

fakanenefu

dumb
  1. (unable to speak) noa
  2. (stupid) vale; ʻatamai-vale
during

lolotonga

dusk

ata; mamalu; fakapoʻupoʻuli

dustnoun

efu

dustverb

holoefu

duty
  1. fatongia
  2. (customs) tute
dwarf

leka

dwell

nofo

dyenoun

meʻa-fakalanu; tongo

dyeverb

fakalanu

dying

meimei mate; tauʻaki

dynamic

mālohi; ivilahi; ivimālohi

dynamite

ʻone fana-maka

dynasty

holongā hau; liukava