Tikisinale · Dictionary

English → Tongan: I

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

I (152 words)

I

ou; ku; u; au

I am ______(your name)

Ko _______ au. (ho hingoa)

I am going to...

Ko ʻeku ʻalu ki...

I come from ...

Ko ʻeku haʻu mei ...

I don't know.

ʻOku ʻikai te u ilo.

I live in ...

ʻOku ou nofo ʻi ...

ice

ʻaisi

Iceland

ʻAisilani

idea

fakakaukau

idle

nofo noa

if

kapau; ka; ʻo kapau; ʻo ka

ignore

taʻe tokangaʻi; taʻe tokaʻi

ill

puke; mahakiʻia

ill-feeling

loto kovi

ill-treat

ngaohi koviʻi

illegal

taʻe fakalao

illegible

taʻe mahino hono tohi ʻo e mataʻitohi

illiterate

vale ʻi he lautohi mo e tohinima

illogical

taʻe ʻuhinga totonu; tuʻu maumau

illuminate

fakamaama; fakamaamangia

illustrate

fakamahinoʻaki ha fakatātā; tā fakatātāʻi

image
  1. ʻimisi
  2. (idol) tamapua
imitate

faʻifaʻitaki

immature

teʻeki ke motuʻa; mui

immense

kāfakafa; lahi fakaʻulia

immigrant

muli ʻoku nofo hili mai

immoral

kovi pe taʻe totonu; moʻui taʻe taau

immortal

taʻe mate; taʻe faʻa mate

immovable

taʻe maueʻi

impair

maumauʻi

impartial

taʻe filifilimānako

impassable

ʻikai lava ke lakasi

impatient

taʻe faʻa kātaki

imperfect

taʻe haohaoa

imperialism

ko e pule fakaʻemipaea

impersonal

taʻe kau ki ha taha

implementnoun

meʻa ngāue

implementverb

fakahoko

implore

kōlenga

importnoun

(meaning) ʻuhinga

importverb

fakahū mai mei muli

important

mahuʻinga; mamafa

importsnoun

koloa hū mai mei muli

impress

ongo; maongo

imprison

fakahū ki fale pōpula

improve
  1. (become better) lelei ange
  2. (make better) fakalelei ange
impulse

ko ha foʻi ongo ke fai vave ha meʻa

in

ʻi; ʻi he loto

in-law

alafiaʻanga

incensenoun

ʻinisēnisi

inch

ʻinisi

incident

meʻa ʻoku hoko; faingāmeʻa

incline

malele; fakamalele

inclined
  1. (tending to) hehema
  2. (mentally) fiefia......pē
include

makupusi; kātoi

income

paʻanga hū mai

increase

tupu ʻo lahi ange; fakalahiange; fakatupulekina

indeed

moʻoni

independent

taʻe falala; tauʻatāina

index

tohi hoko ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku tuʻu ai

India

ʻInitia

Indian Ocean

ʻOseni ʻInitia

indicate

fakahā; fakamatala; fakahinohino

individual

foʻi toko taha

Indonesia

ʻInitonīsia

indoors

ʻi loto fale

induce

fakalotoʻi; takiakiʻi; fakakolekole

industry

ngāue

infant

tamasiʻi siʻi; valevale

infect

fakapipihi

inferior
  1. ʻikai ke loko lelei
  2. (in rank) māʻulalo ange
influencenoun

ivi ʻoku ne takiekina ha taha

influenceverb

takiekina; fakalotoʻi

influenza

fulū

inform

tala; fakahā; fakamatala

inhabit

nofoʻi

inherit

hokosi; maʻu ʻi he tukufakaholo

initialadjective

ʻuluaki; muʻaki

initialverb

fakamoʻoni ʻaki ʻa e mataʻitohi tuʻumuʻa hoto hingoa

injure

maumauʻi; fakalaveaʻi

ink

vaitohi

inland

ʻuta

inn

fale tali fononga

inneradjective

loto; fakalotosino

innings

tāʻanga

innocent

taʻe hala; taʻe halaia; tonuhia

inoculate

huhu; faitoʻo huhu

inquire

fehuʻi; ʻeke

insect

ʻinisēkite

inside
  1. loto; ʻi loto; ʻi loto fale; ʻi fale
  2. (internal organs) toʻotoʻonga
insist

vili; feviliʻi; kouna

inspect

vakai; ʻaʻahi; sivi

inspire

fakalotoʻi; tokoniʻi; takiekina

installment

konga; fakakongokonga

instant

mōmēniti

instantly

leva

insteadadverb

pē

instead of

ko e fetongi ʻo

instinctnoun

ʻilo fakaenatula

institutenoun

kautaha pe fale kuo fokotuʻu ke ʻaonga ki he kakai

instituteverb

fokotuʻu; faʻu; fakalanga; kamata

instruct

akoʻi; akonakiʻi; fakahinohino; tuʻutuʻuni

instrument
  1. (musical) meʻalea
  2. (tool) meʻangāue
insulate

(electrically) kofu ha uaea naʻa tafe kehe mei ai e ʻuhila

insultnoun

lea pe anga pe ngāue ʻoku fakasiʻisiʻi ai ha taha

insultverb
  1. (to belittle) fakasiʻisiʻi
  2. ngāhiʻi
insure

maluʻi

intact

kakato

intelligent

ʻatamai vave

intend

fakakaukau ke; loto ke; fakahangahanga

intent

ʻeta fakakaukau ki; hota loto ki

intentional

fakakaukauʻi

interest
  1. (financial) tupu
  2. (mental) loto manako; ofoofo
interfere

kaunoa

interior

loto

international

fakavahaʻa puleʻanga

interpret
  1. fakatonu
  2. (explain) fakaʻuhingaʻi
interrupt

fakapiko; fakatuta; fakaheleleu; fakahohaʻa; fakalelu

interval
  1. vahaʻataimi; fakavaha
  2. (at a concert) mālōlō
  3. (in music) vahaʻa nota
interview

feʻiloaki; alea

intestine

ngākau

into

hū ki; ki he loto.....

introduce
  1. (two persons) fakafeʻiloaki
  2. (a subject) fakaʻasi; fakafou
  3. (a custom) fakahake
  4. (a person to a work) fakalika
invade

ʻohofi; fakatūʻuta

invalidadjective

(not valid) taʻe ʻaonga; taʻe ivi

invalidnoun

(sick person) mahaki; taha ʻoku mahakiʻia

invent

fua faʻu foʻou

invite

fakaafeʻi

involve

fakakau; fakapiki

inwardadjective

fakalotosino

iodine

ʻaiotini

Ireland

ʻAilani

iron
  1. (metal) ukamea
  2. (for ironing) haeane
ironverb

haeaneʻi

irregular

ʻikai ke tuʻumaʻu hono anga-fai; fetōkaki

irrigate

fakatafe vai ki ai

irritate
  1. (make angry) fakaʻitaʻi
  2. (cause to smart) fakakalakalaʻi
  3. (cause discomfort) lalave; hohaʻa
Is it ripe?

ʻOku momoho?

island

motu

isolate

fakamavaheʻi

Israel

ʻIsileli

issuenoun
  1. (things issued) ʻū meʻa kuo fakahū ki tuʻa; ʻū meʻa kuo tufa maʻata
  2. (offspring) fānau
issueverb
  1. mapuke; matua; pupū; fakahū ki tuʻa
  2. (distribute) tufa
isthmusnoun

kavelemotu

it

ia; ne

It is nine o'clock.

Ko e hivā ʻeni.

Italy

ʻItali

itch

veli

item

meʻa ʻi ha hokohoko

itinerant

faʻa ʻalu holo; hiki holo

ivory

lei (nifo ʻo e tofuaʻa)

ivy

ʻaivi (faʻahinga ʻakau totolo)