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English → Tongan: W

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

W (178 words)

wade

aʻa

wages

totongi ngāue; vāhenga

wagon

saliote ngāue veʻe fā

waist

kongaloto; noʻotanga vala

wait

tali; tatali; talitali

waiter

tangata tali tēpile

waiteress

fefine tali tēpile

wakenoun
  1. (over a corpse) ʻā pō
  2. (of a ship) taʻau
wakeverb

ʻā; fakaʻā

Wales

Uēlesi

walknoun

(promenade) ʻaluʻanga; ʻeveʻevaʻanga

walkverb

ʻalu (lalo); ʻeva; ʻeveʻeva

wall
  1. holisi
  2. (stone fence) ʻā maka
wallaby

ualapī (manu)

wallet

kiʻi kato ʻaiʻanga paʻanga

walnut

faʻahinga nati

walrus

ualusi (manu)

wander

hē; hēhē; hē holo; ʻalu holo; ʻalu fano; takamilo; haua

wantnoun

(be in want) masiva

wantverb
  1. (be in want) masiva
  2. (want to get) fie maʻu
  3. (desire) fie; loto
war

tau

wardnoun

(hospital) loki

warmadjective

māfana; mafana; pupuha; velevela

warmverb

fakamāfana; fakamafana

warn

fakatokangaʻi; sīnaki; tanoʻa; faleʻi

warship

manuao; vakatau

wash

fufulu

wasp

pī; pī kula

wasteverb

maumau noa; fakamole noa; līʻaki noa; tolovekaʻaki

watchnoun
  1. (clock) uasi
  2. (period of watching) vāhenga leʻo
watchverb

leʻo; leʻohi; lamasi

waternoun
  1. vai
  2. (sea) tahi
waterverb

fuʻifuʻi

wavenoun

peau

waveverb
  1. tākalo
  2. (beckon) taʻalo
waxnoun
  1. teʻelango
  2. (in the ear) teʻetuli
waxverb
  1. fakangingila ʻaki e teʻelango´
  2. (of the moon) faai hake ke kātoa
way
  1. (path) hala
  2. (method) founga
  3. (habit custom) anga
we
  1. (exclusive dual) ma; kimaua
  2. (excl. plural) mau; kimautolu
  3. (inclusive dual) ta; kitaua
  4. (incl. plural) tau; kitautolu
weak

vaivai; vaivaia; ivisiʻi; peʻe; ngalemu

wealth

koloa

weapon

mahafu

wear
  1. (have on) ʻai; tui; ʻaluʻaki
  2. (become worn) mōlia
  3. (last; endure) tolonga
wearyadjective

ongosia; fiu; kina

wearyverb

fakaongosiaʻi; fakafiuʻi; fakakinaʻi

weathernoun

anga ʻo e ʻaho´; anga ʻo e matangi´

weatherverb

tuʻuaki (ʻa e hou etc.)

weave

lalanga; sia

web

matamatakupenga

wedding

mali

Wednesday

Pulelulu

weednoun

ʻakau; mohuku taʻeʻaonga; vao

weedverb

fakamaʻalaʻala; tāvao; huo

week

uike

weep

tangi

weigh

fua hono mamafa´

weight

mamafa; mafamafa; fakamamafa

welcomeverb

tali fiefia; fakafeʻiloaki

welladjective

(in good health) lelei; moʻui lelei

welladverb

lelei; fakalelei

wellnoun

vaikeli; vaitupu

went

naʻe ʻalu

wept

naʻe tangi

Wesleyan

Uēsiliana

west

hihifo

Western Samoa

Haʻamoa Hihifo

wetadjective
  1. viku; viviku
  2. (rainy) ʻuhoʻuha
wetverb

fakaviku; fuʻifuʻi

Wet paint.

Vali viku.

whale

tofuaʻa

wharf

uafu

what

hā

What are you doing?

Ko e hā hoʻo meʻa ʻoku fai?

What is the English word for ____ ?

Ko e hā ʻa e lea fakapilitānia ki he ____?

What is the name of your school?

Ko e hā hono hingoa ho ʻapi ako?

What is the Tongan word for ____?

Ko e hā e lea faka-Tonga ki he ____?

What is this called?

Ko e hā hono hingoa ʻo e meʻa ko ʻeni?

What is today's date?

Ko e ʻaho fiha ʻeni.

What is your address in this country?

Ko e hā ho tuʻasila ʻi he fonua´ ni?

What is your first name?

Ko hai ho hingoa ʻuluaki ?

What is your last name?

Ko e hā ho hingoa fakafāmili?

What is your telephone number?

Ko e hā ho fika telefoni?

What time is it?

Ko e fihā ʻeni?

wheat

uite

wheelnoun

vaʻe; veʻe; veʻeteka

wheelverb
  1. (push) teke
  2. (pull) toho
  3. (roll) tekaʻi
when

ʻanefē; ʻafē; fakakū

whenconjunction

ka; ʻo ka

whence

mei fē; mei ai

where

ʻi fē; ki fē

Where are you going?

Ko hoʻo ʻalu ki fē?

Where do yo come from?

Ko hoʻo haʻu mei fē?

Where do you go to school?

ʻOku ke ako ʻi fe?

Where do you live?

ʻOku ke nofo ʻi fē?

Where is it?

Ko fē ʻia?

Where is the ____?

Ko fē ʻa e ____?

Where is the toilet?

Ko fē ʻa e fale mālōlō?

Where is your book?

Ko e fē hoʻo tohi?

whether
  1. pe
  2. (no matter whether) tatau pē pe
which

fē

whileconjunction

lolotonga

whilenoun

taimi siʻi

whipnoun

uipi

whipverb

uipiʻi

whirl

takai; takamilo

whiskers

kava; halakava

whisky

uasikē

whisper

fafana; fanafana

whistlenoun

meʻaifi; kakalu

whistleverb

mapu; ifi

white

hinehina; tea

who

hai (Ko hai)

Who are you?

Ko hai koe?

whole

kotoa; kātoa; kakato; fua; toʻofua

whom; whose

hai; ʻa hai; ʻo hai

why

hā (Ko e hā)

wicked
  1. (of persons) anga fulikivanu; anga fakalielia
  2. (of deeds) fulikivanu; fakalielia
wide

laulahi; fālahi; fāʻatā

widow

fefine uitou

width

maaukupu; fālahi; laulahi

wife

mali; uaifi

wild

kaivao; hehengi; fekai

willnoun
  1. (document) tohi tuku
  2. (purpose) loto
willverb

would) te; ʻe

win

mālohi; ikuna; maʻu; pue; lavaʻi

windnoun
  1. matangi; havili
  2. (in the bowels) ʻaukolo
windverb

takai; takaiʻi; kiiʻi

window

matapā

wine

uaine

wing

kapakau

wink

fakakuitaha

wipe

holo; fakamaʻa

wirenoun

uaea

wireverb

uaeaʻi

wise

poto; fakapotopoto

wishverb
  1. (wish for) holi
  2. (long) fakaʻamu
  3. (should like) fie
  4. (want) loto
witnoun
  1. (clever) loto poto
  2. (humoress) ʻatamai hua
witch

fefine faʻahikehe

with
  1. (accompanying) mo
  2. (by means of) ʻaki
  3. (in charge of) ʻi
witness

fakamoʻoni

wizard
  1. tangata faʻahikehe
  2. (very clever person) taha ʻoku poto ʻaupito ai
woe

loto mamahi; meʻa fakatupu loto mamahi

woke

naʻe ʻā; naʻe fakaʻā

wolf

ulofi

woman

fefine

won

naʻe mālohi; naʻe ikuna; naʻe maʻu

wonder
  1. (be curious to know) fifili
  2. (be surprised) ofo; ofoofo
  3. (wonderful thing) meʻa fakaofo
wonderful

fakaofo

wood
  1. (material) ʻakau
  2. (firewood) fefie
  3. (forest) vaotātā
wool

fulufuluʻi sipi

word

lea; foʻi lea; lau

wore

naʻe tui

work

ngāue; ngāueʻi

world

māmani; maama

worldly

fakaemāmani

wormnoun
  1. (earth) kelemutu
  2. (intestinal) ponu; ʻuanga
worn

maiki; makaikai; kavelemotu; maumau; popo

worry

hohaʻa; loto moʻua; fakahohaʻasi; fakafiuʻi

worse

kovi ange

worship

lotu; hū

worst

kovi taha

worth

(value) hono mahuʻinga´

would

te; ʻe

woundnoun

(hurt) lavea

woundverb

(hurt) fakalaveaʻi

woundverb

(wind) naʻe takaiʻi

woven

lālanga

wrapnoun

pulupulu

wrapverb

pulupulu; kofukofu

wrecknoun

(wrecked ship) vaka toka

wreckverb

fakatuʻutāmaki; maumauʻi

wren

faʻahinga manupuna iiki

wretch

taha anga fakalielia; taha anga fakamamahi

wrist

fasi ʻa nima; fasiʻi nima

write
  1. tohi
  2. (a letter) fai
  3. (a book) faʻu
wrongadjective

hala; taʻe totonu; kovi

wrongverb

faihala ki; ngaohi koviʻi

wrote
  1. naʻe tohi
  2. (a letter) naʻe fai
  3. (a book) naʻe faʻu