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fakaʻilonga

fakaʻilongaʻi

1. (work) ngāue; fakaongosia
2. (workers) leipa
3. (travail) langā

fale kemi

leisi

nonoʻo

hala; masiva

tamasiʻi; tama

tuʻunga

Kakai fefine.

(banana) misipeka

ohu; meʻa ohu

fineʻeiki

fangaʻuta; namo

naʻe fakatokoto; naʻe fakatoka

ano; anovai

heke

maama

fonua; ʻuta

1. tūʻuta
2. (of a plane) fakatō

hala

lea; faʻahinga lea; lea fakafonua

1. (knees) funga
2. (in a race) takai
3. (to drink) ʻemo; hepo

ngakoʻi puaka

lahi; fuolahi

1. (bird) laaka (faʻahinga manupuna)
2. (prank) kiʻi pauʻu

1. (tie) haʻi; nonoʻoʻi; lalava
2. (whip) uipi

maea lafo

lafoʻi

1. ki mui; fakamuimui; fakaʻosi
2. (endure) tolonga; tuʻuloa

1. tōmui; tuai; tokamui
2. (deceased) kuo pekia; kuo mamaʻo

mui; kimui

kata

sitima siʻi; sitima kalasini pe penisini

hifoaki; toho ki tahi

falemālōlō; (loki tafitafi)

lao

musie; malaʻe

(place or cause to lie) fakatokoto; fakatoka; hili; hilifaki

fakapikopiko

(metal) pulu

1. (go before) taki; tataki
2. (as a path does) fakatau

lau; lou

mama

1. (of meat) kanomate ʻataʻatā
2. (thin) tutue; pakapakau

falala; faʻaki; fakafalala

hopo; puna

ako

siʻi taha

leta

1. (furlough) mālōlō ʻeveʻeva
2. (sick leave) mālōlō mahakiʻia

(go) ʻalu; mavahe; liʻaki; tuku; nofo mei

Lepanoni

malanga; fakamatala

akonakiʻi; valokiʻi

naʻe taki

fakatapa

1. (not right) hema; toʻohema
2. (remaining) toe

naʻe ʻalu; naʻe mavahe

vaʻe

fakalao; fakaelao; ngofua

talatupuʻa

taimi ʻatā; ʻataʻatā

lēmani

ʻomai; ʻaluʻaki

hono lōloa

lēpati

1. siʻi hifo
2. (without) taʻe; taʻe ʻi ai hano

lēsoni

1. (allow) tuku; fakangofua
2. (a house) tukuange

1. (of the alphabet) mataʻitohi
2. (mail) tohi

fakamataʻitohi

lētisi

tokalelei; hangatonu

1. (height) maʻolunga
2. (standard) tuʻunga

fakatokalelei

tangata loi pe fefine loi

tauʻatāina

laipeli

Lipia

laiseni

ʻemo

tāpuni

(falsehood) loi; lohi

(down) tokoto

lafitani

moʻui

(elevator) lifi

hiki; fua; huke

1. (not heavy) maʻamaʻa
2. (not dark) maama

tutu; tafu

ʻuhila

(similar) tatau; hangē; hokosi

manako; saiʻia; ifoʻia; mālieʻia; leleiʻia

ngalingali

lile

1. (hands) kaunima
2. (feet) kauvaʻe
3. (birds) kapakau

1. (fruit) laimi
2. (substance) lahe

ngātanga; ngataʻanga

fakangatangata

molū; mangumolū

ketu

1. (stroke) laine
2. (row, series) ʻotu; holongā

(cord) afo

1. (mark with lines) laineʻi
2. (supply with a lining) fakaʻaofi

līneni

(stay behind) nofo hifo

ʻaofi

1. (connecter) fakafehokotakiʻanga
2. (of a chain) fakafehokotaki; kupu

hoko; fakahoko

laione

loungutu

vai; meʻa ʻoku vai; meʻa ʻoku lava ke tafe

(inventory) lisi; tohi hokohoko

1. (tilt) fakatafa; fakaʻeu
2. (make a list) hiki; tohi
3. (a house) tuʻuaki

fanongo; fakafanongo; fakaongo

Fanongo lelei.

naʻe fakaulo; naʻe tutu

ngaahi tohi kuo pulusi

siʻi

1. (be alive) moʻui
2. (reside) nofo

ʻate

moko

faʻahinga manu ʻi ʻAmelika Saute

uta; tauloto; kavenga

1. (a boat) fakaheka
2. (a gun) fafaʻo

(of bread) foʻi mā

(do nothing) nofo noa; tuʻu noa

ngaahi foʻi mā

fakakolo

1. (of hair) fī
2. (of a door) loka

lokaʻi; kīʻi

heʻe

1. (live) nofo; nofo totongi
2. (to place) tuku
3. (be lodged) nofo

1. (of wood) kupuʻi ʻakau
2. (ship's) tohi fakamatala folau

tokotaha

1. (of time) fuoloa
2. (measure) lōloa

(wish) fakaʻamu; fakaʻānaua; ʻunaloto

1. (see) sio
2. (appear) matamata; ngali; ngalingali; hā

(for weaving) mīsini lālanga

fakakite

konga maea; konga tuaine; konga afo

1. kōkō; homohomo
2. (slack) ngaloku

vete

ʻeiki

motololi

1. fakapuliki; fakamole
2. (be defeated) foʻi; kifā

(much) lahi

(ground) ʻapi

1. (of sound) leʻo lahi
2. (of colors) kikila

1. ʻofa
2. (like) mamana; manako

māʻulalo

(of cattle) mū

mateaki; ʻofa mateaki

monū; monūʻia

1. (piece) konga; takaonga
2. (protuberance) tepu

kai hoʻatā

maʻamaʻa

lolotonga tokoto