Tikisinale · Dictionary

English → Tongan: G

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

G (135 words)

gadget

naunau siʻi ke ngāueʻaki

gagnoun

meʻa ke taʻofi ʻaki e lea

gagverb

taʻofi e lea

gain

maʻu; tupu

gale

afā

gallant

toʻa anga fakaʻapaʻapa

gallery

nofoʻanga ʻi ʻolunga

gallon

kālani

gallop

tapakaki

gamble

pele paʻanga

gameadjective

(plucky) loto toʻa

gamenoun
  1. (animals) fanga manu kaivao ʻoku tamateʻi ke kai
  2. (pastime) vaʻinga
gander

kuusi tangata

gang

kau tangata ʻoku nau taka pe ngāue fakataha; takanga

gaol

ʻapi pōpula; pilīsone

gap

ava

garage

fale tauʻanga meʻalele

garden

ngoue

garment

kofu; vala

gas

kasa

gasp

feifeinga vale ke mānava; tauʻaki

gate

matapā; keiti

gather
  1. (collect) tānaki
  2. (pick, pluck) tokonaki
  3. (assemble) fakataha
  4. (in sewing) fakamingimingi
gave

naʻe ʻoange; naʻe ʻomai; naʻe ʻoatu; naʻe foaki

gay

fakausousa

gaze

fakamamaʻu

geese

fanga kuusi

gem

maka koloa; siueli

generaladjective

lūkufua

generalnoun

(army) seniale

generation

toʻu tangata; toʻu meʻa

generous

nima homo; loto fiefoaki

genius

poto; alapoto

gentle

anga fakaalaala; māmālie; anga-malū

gentleman

matāpule; tangataʻeiki

Gentlemen.

Kakai tangata.

germ

siemu

Germany

Siamane

get
  1. (obtain) maʻu
  2. (become) fakaʻau
  3. (persuade) fakalotoʻi; fakakouna
  4. (grasp, understand) maʻu
Ghana

Kana

ghost

tēvolo; faʻahikehe

giant

saiāniti

gift

meʻaʻofa

ginger

sinisā; ango; angoango

giraffe

silafi

girdle

noʻo; sisi

girl

taʻahine

give
  1. foaki; ʻomai; ʻoatu; ʻoange
  2. (yield) ngaʻunu; kamata ke homo
glad

fiefia; loto fiefia

glance
  1. (look) kilo; hila
  2. (ricochet) paheke
glare
  1. (shine) ʻatētea
  2. (stare) kikila
glass
  1. sioʻata;
  2. (for drinking) ipu sioʻata
gleamnoun

huelo

gleamverb

fakateʻetuli; kiʻi ulo

glide

heke; lofa

glimpse

māʻalifekina

glitter

fetapaki; ngingila

globe

kolope

glory

kolōlia; lāngilangi

glove

kofu nima

glow

fakateʻetuli; kakaha

gluenoun

kulū

glueverb

kulūʻi

gnaw

ngau

go
  1. ʻalu
  2. (of clock or engine) moʻui
  3. (disappear) puli
  4. (finished) ʻosi; maha
goal

kolo

goat

kosi

god

ʻotua

goes

(ʻoku) ʻalu

going

lolotonga ʻalu

gold

koula

gone
  1. kuo ʻosi ʻalu
  2. (dead) mālōlō
good

lelei; mālie; sai; anga lelei; anga

Good evening.

Mālō ʻetau maʻu e efiafi ni´.

Good morning.

Mālō ʻetau maʻu e pongipongi ni´.

Goodbye (said to someone who is going, when you are staying)

ʻAlu ā ē

Goodbye (said to someone who is staying, when you are going)

Nofo ā ē

Goodbye (to several persons going)

Mou ō ā ē

Goodbye (to several persons staying)

Mou nofo ā ē

goods

koloa

goose

kuusi

gorilla

kōlila

gospel

kōsipeli

got

naʻe maʻu

govern

pule; puleʻi

gown

kāuni; kofu lōloa

grab

faʻao; taufaʻao; taufia

grace

kelesi

gradual

māmālie

grain
  1. (seed) tenga
  2. (in timber) afuha; huʻu
gramophone

kalamafoni

grand

lahi mo matamatalelei; molumalu

grant

tuku; fakangofua

grape

kālepi

grasp

puke; kuku; sisina

grass

mohuku; musie; vao

grateful

loto hounga; fakamālō; fakamōnū

graveadjective
  1. (of person) anga fakamātoato
  2. (of matters) mamafa
gravenoun

faʻitoka; malaʻe

gravy

kelevi

greasenoun

ngako; huni

greaseverb

ngakoʻi; fakangako

great
  1. (large) lahi
  2. (splendid) mālie
  3. (leading) tuʻu ki muʻa
  4. (famous) ongoongoa
Greece

Kalisi

greedy
  1. (for food) ʻuakai
  2. (in general) havala
green
  1. (color) lanu mata
  2. (unripe) mata
  3. (immature) mui
greet

fetapa

grew

naʻe tupu

grey

lanu panefunefu; tukumisi; hinā

grief

mamahi ʻo e loto

grim

matamatakovi; fakatupu manavahē

grin

ina

grind
  1. (pulverize) momosi
  2. (sharpen) fakamata; fakaʻalo
  3. (the teeth) fakafengaiʻitaki
grip

kuku; sisina; fakauʻu; nonota; ngūsia

groan

toʻe

grocer

tangata ʻoku fakatau meʻakai

ground
  1. (soil) kelekele
  2. (reason) ʻuhinga; tuʻunga
groundverb

naʻe momosi

groupnoun

kulupu; pupunga

groupverb

fokotuʻu; fakapupunga

grow
  1. tupu
  2. (to plant) tō
growl
  1. ngungulu
  2. (complain) hanu; lāunga
  3. (scold) tafulu; tafuluʻi; fakaʻitangi
grumble

ngulu: hanu

grunt

ngū; ngulu

guardnoun

leʻo; kaʻate; meʻa maluʻi

guardverb

leʻo; leʻohi

guess

mate; mahalo

guests

kau ʻaʻahi; kau fononga; kau fakaafe

guidenoun

toko taha ʻoku takimamata

guideverb

taki; tataki; fakahinohino

guilty

halaia

gulf

kūlifa; fuʻu vahaʻa; teleʻa

gum
  1. (of trees) pulu
  2. (for sticking) meʻa fakapipiki
  3. (of teeth) teʻenifo
  4. (eucalyptus) pulukamu
  5. (chewing) pululole
gun

meʻafana

gutter

tafeʻanga vai ʻi he veʻe hala