English → Tongan: S
572 English words starting with S, with their Tongan meanings. Look up any word on the dictionary page, or translate whole sentences with the translator.
S (572 words)
Sāpate
(bag) tangai
(dismiss from employment) tuli
sakalamēniti
toputapu; tapu; tāpuhā
feilaulau; luva; feilaulauʻaki
loto mamahi
(cart saddle) nofoʻa; tuʻa
fakanofoʻa
malu
seifi
naʻe pehē; naʻe lau; naʻe lea
lā
(travel by sea) folau; lele lā
tangata pe fefine anga māʻoniʻoni
sālati
vāhenga
- fakamaʻamaʻa
- (bazaar) pasā
- fakatau
- (by auction) fakatautuki
fāvai
sāmani
māsima
fakamāsima; fakamāsimaʻi; fakakonokona
- (military) salute
- (greet) fetapa
- (honor) fakaʻapaʻapa; fakalāngilangi
tatau; faitatau; taha
vaka lā siʻi mei Siaina mo ʻEsia Saute
meʻa fakaʻaliʻali; sīpinga
ʻahiʻahi; ʻahiʻahiʻi
ʻoneʻone
saniuisi
- ʻatamai lelei pē
- (of views) fakapotopoto
naʻe hiva
naʻe ngoto
sātini
naʻe tangutu
fakafiemālieʻi
Tokonaki
Sātuna
soosi
sosa
Sauti ʻAlepea
sōsisi
fekai; fītaʻa; kaivao; anga fakakaivao
- (rescue) fakahaofi; haofakiʻi; fakamoʻui
- (put aside) tuku
paʻanga tānaki
fakamoʻui
kili
- kili; kilisi
- (see) naʻe sio
pehē; lau; lea
- (of fish) ʻuno
- (musical) sikeili
- (size) hono fakafuofua´
- (remove the scales of) ʻauʻuno
- (climb) kaka
(shell fish) fole
siʻi; tātelau; hāhāmolofia
ilifiaʻi; manavaheeʻi
kula ʻahoʻaho
movetevete; fakamovetevete
- (place of occurrence) potu naʻe hoko ai´
- (view) feituʻu ʻoku fakaʻofoʻofa ki he mamata ki ai´
- (of a play) konga
- (quarrel) faingāmeʻa
- (liquid) kaloni
- (odour) nanamu
fakakaloni; fakamanongi; fakakakala; fakauʻu
- ako; lautohi; akoʻanga
- (building) faleako
- (of fish) potanga
saienisi
hele kosi
tafulu; valoki
- (musical) tuʻungafasi
- (in games) kai
manuki; paetaku; fakaliliʻa
sikopio
Sikotilani
sikauti; tautuaʻā
- vau
- (one's feet) ʻaliaki
vaku; kohi; tāheu
kekē; kekekeke
puipui
ʻaofi; maluʻi
- sikalu
- (propeller) meʻa tapili
- sikaluʻi
- (twist) mioʻi; milohi
tohi ʻi he tohitapu´
(bush) vao
fufulu; olo
- tahi
- (deep sea) moana
- (open sea) vaha
ngeʻesi fingota
- (animal) kulī tahi; sila
- (wax) sila
silaʻi
taulanga
kumi
matāfanga
- faʻahitaʻu
- (time) taimi
- (timber) fakamōmoa
- (food) fakaifo
sea; hekehekaʻanga; nofoʻanga
ua, hono ua
(of time) sekoni
(support) poupou; tokoni
meʻa fakafufū; lilolilo
sekelitali
vahe; vāhenga; konga; kupu; langanga
- (safe) malu
- (tight) maʻu
maluʻi, fakamaʻu
- (safety) malu
- (for a loan) meʻa ke maluʻi ʻaki ha nō paʻanga
sio; ʻilo; feʻiloaki
tengaʻi ʻakau
- (look for) kumi; unga
- (try) feinga
- hā; matamata; ngali; ngalingali
- (seem as if) hangē
puke; faʻao; hamu; pō
tātātaha
- (choice) matakakano; fisifisimuʻa
- (exclusive) filifili; fakangatangata
fili
(oneself) kita
siokita; angafakakaivale
taʻe siokita
fakatau atu
- (a person) fekau
- (a thing) ʻave fakamoimoi; ʻomai
- (hither) ʻoatu; ʻoange
motuʻa ange; lahi
- (intelligence) ʻatamai
- (faculty) ongo
- (meaning) ʻuhinga
ongoʻi
naʻe fekau etc.
- sētesi
- (punishment) tautea
tokotaha ʻoku leʻo´
mavahe; makehe
vaheʻi; fakamavahe; fakamāvaeʻi; fakamavaeua
Sēpitema
Sepitema
sātini
holongā; ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hokohoko
mamafa; fakamātoato
malanga
- sevāniti
- (male) tamaioʻeiki
- (female) kaunanga
- (food) tufa; hiko
- (wait on) tauhi; tokangaʻi
- (tennis) teka
- (stallion) tauʻi; fakatouʻia
seti
- (a table) seti; teuteu
- (a trap or snare) tau; fanga; fakakai
- (an example) tā; fokotuʻu
- (to put in place) tuku; ʻai
- (of the sun) tō
- (of jelly) toka
- (of fruit) hifo
- (in "now we're set", etc.) maau; mateu; mateuteu
- (class) faʻahinga
- (decide) fakapapauʻi
- (cause to reside) fakanofo
- (of birds) puna hifo ʻo tuʻu
- (of people) nofo
fitu
hongofulu mā fitu, tahafitu
fitungofulu; fitunoa
- niʻihi
- (a plural sign) ngaahi
- (various) kehekehe
- (few) siʻi
tuitui
- (shadow) malu; alumalu
- (blind) puipui
- (of color) kiʻi faikehe ʻo e lanu´
- (of meaning) kiʻi faikehe ʻo e ʻuhinga´
fakamalumaluʻi
malu; malumalu; ʻata
- ngalulu; tete; tatupe; lulu; tū
- (hands) lulululu
- (futurity) te; ʻe; ka
- (certainty) pau
mamaha; ʻikai loloto
mamaha; afua
- mā
- (shameful thing) meʻa fakamā
fuo
fakafuo
- (of plough) mataʻi palau
- (portion) ʻinasi; vāhenga
vahevahe
ʻanga
- māsila
- (mentally) ʻatamai-māsila
1. totonu
(musical) saapa
fōfoa
telekava
(fefine) ne; ia
fale tukuʻanga meʻa
- (blood) lingi
- (leaves) fakatōlau
- (habits) fakamatanga
sipi
- (for bed) tupenu kafu; tupenu ʻufiʻufi mohenga
- (of paper) lau
hiliʻanga meʻa; lau papa tukuʻanga meʻa
- ngeʻesi; ngeʻesi fingota
- (turtle) ʻuno
- (explosive) pulukōkō
ʻauʻau
malu; ungaʻanga; hūfanga
hūfanga; ungaekina; ūngaki
tangata tauhi sipi
pā; pāletuʻa; fakaū
ʻaofi; ʻaofia; maluʻi
(of workers) kaufetongi
(move) hiki; fetuku
silini
ulo; huhulu; malama; ngingila; fakangingila
ngingila
vaka
- (put on board) fakaheka
- (convey by ship) uta ʻi ha vaka
sote
tekelili; nininini; tetetete; ngatetetete; fakamomoko
ʻohovale
- fakaʻohovale
- (electric) hamu
sū
fakasū
kuo ʻosi hā mai
naʻe lulu; naʻe ngalulu
- (with a gun) fana; fanaʻi
- (sprout) huli
- (dart) pasika; tasika; oma
- (of sparks) mofisi
- (of pain) makini
fale koloa
fakatau meʻa mei ha falekoloa
- (beach) matātahi
- (land) ʻuta
- nounou
- (of time) fuonounou
- (non communicative) ʻikai ke fie talanoa mai
talausese mutu
(for shooting birds) pulu fana manu
naʻe fana; naʻe fanaʻi
- (futurity) te; ʻe
- (after if) ka....... leva
uma; hikehika
kaila
eʻa; ʻilonga; mataʻāʻā
fakaʻaliʻali
fakahā; fakahāhā; fakaeʻa; fakaʻaliʻali; fakahinohino
- (bath) saoa
- (rain) ʻuha mosimosi; ʻuha fuonounou
huaʻi; lilingi; afuhi
kuo fakahāhā; kuo fakaʻaliʻali; kuo fakaeʻa
kekekeke
faʻahinga ʻuo iiki
mapuni; songo
- tāpuni; tāpuniʻi
- (a book) tāpuni
- (an umbrella) tamateʻi
mā; papaka
papaka; teteki
- (ill) puke
- (sick of) kina
- tafaʻaki
- (party) faʻahi
māpuhoi
- (seeing) sio; mamata; vakai
- (thing seen) meʻa ʻoku te sio ki ai
fakaʻilonga
fakamoʻoni hingoa ki
kamo; kakamo; fakaʻilonga
fakamoʻoni hingoa
- (show) fakahā
- (mean) ʻuhinga
longo; felongoi; lolongo; fakalongolongo; longomate
silika
vale; sesele; fakasesele
siliva
meimei tatau; vāofi; anga tatau; ngali tatau; ngalingali tatau
lililili
- (easy) faingofua
- (not compound) lōtaha
- (not elaborate) siʻisiʻi kae maau
- (easy to understand) mahino ngofua
angahala
fai angahala
(temporal) talu; talu mei; tālunga
loto-totonu; loto moʻoni; anga-moʻoni
hiva
- (one) taha
- (not double) lōtaha
- (not mated) taʻe hoa; matelau
- (not married) taʻe mali
- (individual) foʻi
falani
- (grammatical) singulali
- (peculiar) makehe; kehe ʻaupito; taha kehe; tahaʻana
(kitchen) meʻa fuluipuʻanga
ngoto; fakangotongoto; holo; hoholo; ngalo; fakangoto
tangataʻeiki
- (male's) tuofefine
- (female's) tokoua; (older) taʻokete; (younger) tehina;
- (senior nurse) neesi pule
- (nun) tāupoʻou
- nofo ki lalo; tangutu
- (on eggs) tataʻo
- (place) feituʻu
- (work) lakanga
- (circumstances) tuʻu; tuʻunga
ono
hongofulu mā ono; tahaono
onongofulu; ononoa
- hono lahi´; hono fua´
- (glue) kulū vai; kulū fakapakaka tupenu
- (fish) fai
- sū sikeiti; sū fakaheheke
(slide) sikeiti; fakaheheke
ʻū hui
poto
kili
fohi
- (dress) piva
- (border) tetepu
(go along near the edge) fakateletele
langi
kuo ʻosi tamateʻi
hopoate
ngāue hangē ha pōpula´
tāmateʻi
sāliote taʻe veʻeteka; sāliote fakaheheke
mohe
nima (ʻo ha sote)
pakapakau; pakiu
naʻe mohe
naʻe tamateʻi
konga meʻa manifi
hifi pe tofi fakamanifi
- hekeʻanga; meʻa fakaheke; heke
- (glass) sioʻata
heke; fakaheke; hekea
- (slender) pakapakau; pahau
- (small, mild) siʻi; maʻamaʻa
taʻe tokaʻi
- (of paper) kiʻi konga pepa
- (for planting) kiʻi vaʻa ke tō
- (boat slip) tohoʻanga vaka; silipa
- heke; hekea; homo; maholo
- (make a mistake) kiʻi hala
silipa; sū fale
hifonga; hifoʻanga
tahifo; tahake; tahifohifo; tahakehake
tuai; tōʻohi; māmālie; ālonga; tuma; fakatuotuai
siʻi
- (sting) kalakala
- (brisk) toʻotoʻo; anga vave
- (clever) ʻatamai vave
- (in appearance) laukau
haveʻi
nanamu; ngangatu; ʻalaha
- nanamu; ngangatu; ʻalaha
- (with the nose) fakananamu; nāmuʻi
malimali; katakata
- ʻahu
- (emit smoke) ʻahu; kohu
- (treat with smoke) fakaʻahu
- (tobacco) ifi tapaka
- molemole; tokalelei
- (of the sea) tofu
- (of words) olo; malena
fakahamolemole; fakatokalelei
fakahū ki he fonua´ taʻe lao
ʻelili vao; hihi; tui
ngata
(fastener) fakamaʻu lomi
- (break) motu fakafokifā; mafesi fakafokifā
- (bite) uʻu fakafokifā
- (speak sharply) lea fute
hamu; hamusi
mafatua
kiʻi mohe
tāngulu
sinou
- (thus) pehē; pehē fau
- (therefore) ai; leva
fakavai; peke
koa
koaʻi
sōsiale
kau ki he nofo´; fakakolo; fakafonua
ko e fakataha fakafiefia
- (association) kautaha; sōsaieti
- (people) kakai
sitōkeni
sota
- molū; mangumolū
- (lenient) anga molū; anga faingofua
- (not loud) leʻo siʻi
kelekele
naʻe fakatau
sōtia; tangata tau
(only) pē; tāfataha
- (of the foot) ʻaofi vaʻe
- (fish) ika fāmili tatau mo e ali´
fakaʻaofivaʻe
molumalu; fofonga mamahi
- (not hollow) maʻopoʻopo
- (not liquid) fefeka
- (dependable) alafalalaʻanga
ʻOtu Motu Solomone
- (liquid) vai
- (explanation) hono fakamatala´
solova; fakamatalaʻi; fakaʻuhingaʻi
- (quantity of) ha
- (number of) ngaahi; niʻihi; kau
- (man's) foha
- (woman's) tama
- (king) ʻalo
hiva; taʻanga
vave
mamahi
pala
loto mamahi; meʻa fakatupu loto-mamahi
loto tautea; loto mamahi; kātaki
faʻahinga
fakafaʻafaʻahinga; vahevahe
naʻe kumi
laumālie
- (in good condition) lelei; taʻe mele; haohaoa
- (correct) totonu
(noise) ongo; vākē
- (measure the depth) tukutuku
- (dive) uku
supo
mahi
tupuʻanga; tupunga; fakatupunga; matavai; maʻuʻanga
saute; tonga
ʻAfilika Saute
ʻAmelika Saute (Tonga)
ʻOseni ʻAtalanitiki Saute
ʻOseni Pasifiki Saute
ʻOseni Saute
(pig) puaka fefine;
(plant) tō; tūtuuʻi
ʻatā; vaha; vā; vahaʻa; ava
huo sipeiti
Sipeini
- (withering) mamae
- (thin) pahau; pakapakau
kalofiama
mofisi
ngingila; fetapatapaki
sipalo
naʻe ʻaʻanu
(flood) fā; vai fā
lea
Lea māmālie
tao
veloʻi; hoka
makehe; ʻilonga; fisifisimuʻa; tuʻu kehe
lea; malanga
hono vave´
- (charm) manaʻi
- (rest) mālōlō siʻi
- (a word) sipela
- (give rest) fakamālōlō
- (usefully) ngāueʻaki
- (wastefully) fakamole
hina
naʻe sipai; naʻe asiasi
huaʻi; mahua
- (rotate) vilo; vilo takai; tavilo
- (twirl) vilo; viloʻi
- (twist) filo; filofilo
- (soul) laumālie
- (ghost) tevolo; faʻahikehe
- (feeling) ongo; anga
- (alcohol) sipiliti
(roasting-rod) ʻakau tunu puaka
ʻaʻanu; ʻanuhi; kisu
anga-fakamolokau; fakafāsifasi
lelei ʻaupito; mālie
fahi; mafahi
- (damage) maumauʻi; fakameleʻi; fakatamaki
- (a child) fakapelepelekoviʻi; fakanainaiʻi
kahoki ʻo ha veʻeteka
naʻe lea
sēpuni
sipoti; vaʻinga; fakavā
1. (place) feituʻu; potu
- (place) feituʻu; potu
- (dot) ʻila; toti
naʻe hopo; naʻe puna
mafola; holofa; fakamafola; fakaholofa
- (of metal) sipilingi
- (of water) vaitupu
- (season) faʻahitaʻu matala
(jump) hopo; puna; fute
kuo hopo; kuo puna
naʻe vilo; naʻe filo
asiasi; mataki; sipai
- tapafā
- (city square) malaʻe
fakatonutonu; fakatatau
(vegetable) sikuasi (faʻahinga hina)
haveʻi
- fakatetenga; sisina
- (to extract oil or juice) tatau
tetepa; fetēpaaki
makau; mākauua
sikuila (faʻahinga manu)
pihi; tangikafa
Sīloni
hoka; tuiʻi
maʻu; tuʻumaʻu; taʻe liliu
fale hoosi
- (rod) vaʻakau; tokotoko
- (music) sitafu
- (officers) kau pule; kau taki; kau faiako
- (platform) siteisi; faivaʻanga
- (phase) sitepu; vāʻihala
fai ha faiva he siteisi´
- (dye) meʻa fakalanu
- (spot) ʻila; pani
- (dye) fakalanu
- (soil) fakaʻilaʻi
hala ki ʻolunga pe ki lalo
kau
- (stride) manga
- (hunt) tolofi
(postage) sitapa
- (with the feet) tūvaʻe; malaki; patū tau
- (mark) tuki; fakaʻilonga
tuʻunga; tuʻuʻanga
- tuʻu
- (endure) kātaki; tuʻuaki
- (flag) fuka
- (model) sīpinga; tuʻunga
- fetuʻu
- (movie) sitā
fakamamaʻu
- (begin) kamata
- (a song) hua
- (a journey) hiki fononga
- (an engine or clock) fakamoʻui
- (a quarrel) fakalanga
fakaʻohovale
mate ʻi he fiekaia´; fakaʻaukaiʻi; tuku ke fiekaia
- (condition) anga; tuʻu
- (nation) puleʻanga
(say) lea; pehē
- (position) tuʻunga
- (office) lakanga
- (camp) ʻapitanga
vaheʻi ke ngāue mo nofo ai
maka fakamanatu
(brace) toluhama; teke
nofo
1. tuʻumaʻu; taʻe ngaue
- (rob) kaihaʻa; kaihaʻasi
- (go secretly) ʻalu fakafufū
mao
- fakaʻahu
- (cook) haka mao
- (metal) sitila
- (for sharpening) meʻa fakamatahele
fakalilifa
(young ox) pulu tangata kuo pokaʻi
ʻuli; fakaʻuli
- (trunk) sino
- (stalk) kau
- (originate) tupu
- (check) taʻofi
- (door step) sitepu
- (stride) laka
laka; taulaka; manga
anga fefeka
(of a boat) taumuli
(rod) vaʻakau
- (adhere) piki; pipiki; pikisia
- (with glue) fakapipiki
- (insert) mono
- (stab) tuiʻi
kekeva
- (motionless) maʻu; taʻe ngaue
- (tranquil) nonga; malū
(continuing) kei; ai pē
(nevertheless) ka neongo ia
(for distilling) meʻa fakatafe
- (of a stingray) foto
- (of a bee) nifo
- (feel pain) kalakala
- (hit, prick) uʻu; huhu
fai
heu; hakalo; ekeʻi
mata tuitui
tuitui
- (goods) koloa pe nāunau
- (shares) ngaahi ʻinasi ʻi ha kautaha
- (breed) faʻahinga
- (cattle) fanga pulu
- (root) aka totolo
- (flower) sitoka
(provide with goods) faʻoaki koloa ki ai
sitōkeni
naʻe kaihaʻasi
kete
- maka
- (14lb.) sitoni
naʻe tuʻu
punou; tulolo
- (stand) tuʻu
- (cease flowing) matuʻu
- (quit) tuku
- (prevent) taʻofi
Tuʻu heni.
Tuʻu hena.
- (stock) tānakinga koloa
- (shop) fale koloa; sitoa
faʻolaki; tokonaki; tuku
taufa; afā
- (rage) kālili
- (attack) ʻohofi mālohi
talanoa; fananga
- (fat) sino
- (thick) matolu
sitou
totonu; hangatonu
fakahangatonu; tonu
(breed) faʻahinga
- (filter) sivi; tatau
- (stress) fakamafau; fakakulukiaʻi
- matamatakehe; foʻou
- (suprising) fakaofo
- leta
- (handle) kavei
ʻai hono leta´ ʻo fakamaʻu
kauʻi uite
situlōpeli
- (river) vaitafe
- (current) ʻau
(of people) holo
hala
mālohi
fao; fusi; fano; kakapa
- (hit) tuki; tā; faʻaki
- (with heel or spur) sokiʻi
- ( a match) kohiʻi
- (of a clock) tā
- (stop work) fakafisi ke toe ngāue atu
- (to tie) afo; tuaine
- (violin) filo
- (of beads) tuinga
- (an instrument) fakafilo
- (beads) tui
- (of cloth) konga lausiʻi mo lōloa
- (of land) konga fāsiʻi mo lōloa
- (bark or leaves) hafule; mulu
- (remove clothes) vete kofu
- (mark) kohi
- (of an oar) kaponga
- (apoplexy) pā kālava
- amohi
- (blow) tā; hapo
- mālohi
- (of tobacco) kona
meʻa kuo langa pe faʻu; hono faʻu´
fetakai; fāinga
ʻefihia; pikisia; pipiki; taumaʻu
taha ako
(room) fale tohi
- (learn) ako
- (exmine) sivi; fakatotolo; hakule
- meʻa
- (goods and chattels) ʻū meʻa
- (cloth) tupenu
- (nonsense) launoa
- pitoi; fafaʻo; faʻoaki; faʻololo
- (eat greedily) ʻoloʻoloni; kai fakamaʻamaʻanga; faʻalolo
tungaʻi; tuke; potuʻi
(in cricket) tamateʻi-kolo
naʻe huhu; naʻe uʻu
ʻatamai vale; vale hioa; loto hē
- (pig) ʻā puaka
- (in the eye) matafā
anga; founga; ākenga
- (lesson) tuʻunga lesoni´
- (topic) tuʻunga lea´
- (grammatical) saipiesi
- (person) taha puleʻi
vakauku
ngalo; uku; fakangaloʻi; lōmakiʻi
- tokalalo
- (present) ʻoatu; ʻoange; ʻomai
- (maintain humbly) pehē
- meʻa; kakano
- (possession) koloa
- (arithmetic) kole
- (take away) toʻo
- (finish, win) lavameʻa; ola; siaʻa
- (replace) fetongi; hoko
pehē
huhu
fakafokifā
- (allow) tuku
- (pain) kātaki
suka
fokotuʻu atu
- (of clothes) kote mo e talausese; tangata kātoa
- (lawsuit) hopo
(please, fitting) ngali mo
sulitana
- (total) hono kotoa
- (arithmatic) fika
faʻahitaʻu māfana
Laʻā
laʻā
Sāpate
kuo hiva
kuo ngoto
- lelei taha; lelei ange
- (proud) loto mahikihiki
(boss) pule
sapa; ʻohomohe; kai efiafi
fakaai
poupou; pouaki; tuʻuaki; tuʻuekina
mahalo; lau
- pau; ʻilo pau
- (reliable) alafalalaʻanga
- (secure) malu
- (top) funga; fukahi
- (outside) tuʻa
toketā fai tafa
hingoa fakafāmili; fakaiku
ofo
tukulolo
kāpui
taha ʻoku mahaloʻi
mahalo; mahaloʻi
(bird) pekepeka
folo
naʻe kakau
ano; tokaʻanga vai
lōmakiʻi; lōmekina
faʻahinga manupuna
pupunga; taunga
- ngaʻuta
- (of bees) fononga
- ngaluelue; femaleleʻaki; fakangaluelue
- (influence) fakalotoʻi
- (take an oath) fuakava
- (profanity) kape; kapekape
kakava; tautaʻa
Suēteni
tafi
melie
(look nice) laukau
- (on the sea) ākefua
- (on an organ) meʻa fakaleʻolahi
pupula
naʻe tafi; tafia
oma; vave ʻaupito
kakau
heke
heke; mākave; fekaveʻi; kaveʻi
- (stick) kiʻi vaʻakau ke kini ʻaki
- (electric) meʻa kamosi
kamosi
Suisalani
tangapula
heletā
naʻe kape
kuo kakau
naʻe heke
fakaʻilonga; fakatātā
kaungā mamahi; feongoʻiʻaki
Silia
meʻafana faitoʻo
anga; founga; ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ngāue fakataha
