Tongan → English: F

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to be hoarse of the voice

to feel with the hands; to feel round for

to carry on the back; to be carried or have a ride on someone's back

to whisper

to feed; to provide food for

bell

to call out in order to awaken someone; to awaken

(pl. of fefine) women

to split (wood); to slaughter (animal for meat); to chop (coconut in half)

skate or sting-ray

to do, to perform, to make, to act or take action, etc.

school teacher

shopkeeper, sales person

minister; clergyman; missionary

navigator

a wrong doing; wrongdoer

to do wrong

choir conductor; singing master

to conduct a choir; be a choir conductor

native pudding made of bread or various starchy vegetables

to prepare and drink kava together

different; queer; unusual; extraordinary

different from one another; of different kinds

to come into leaf; to begin to produce leaves

teacher (usually refers to primary teachers in Gov't schools)

file (for filing papers)

to file (papers)

registrar

leader of a prayer meeting

convenient; opportune; advantageous

a convenience, an opportunity; privilege, good fortune, advantage

affair incident, of an unpleasant nature

inconvenient, inopportune, disadvantageous, etc.

difficult to do; difficult

difficulty; trouble, disaster, misadventure

to be in difficulty or trouble; to find difficult

easy to do; easy

reporter; newspaper correspondent

artist or photographer

typist

to write a letter or letters

to do what is right and just

medicine or medical treatment of any kind

to treat, cure, or try to cure; to disinfect or sterilize

play, drama, concert, film; work, task, feat or game requiring skill

to have a birthday party

place where something is done or conducted or held

prefix denoting likeness, causation, supplying, having

meal to which others are invited, feast; invitation to a meal

to provide a meal for; entertain at a feast

to invite (esp. to a meal)

to criticize, to pass critical remarks on, to take exception to

proposed, planned, put forward for consideration

planning, plans, preliminary proposal or preparation

to plan to do something; to make plans, proposals, or preparations

to ride roughshod over the rights and feelings of others, to behave like a despot or a bully, to act in a domineering or tyrannical manner

to peep or look at narrowly

to open; to leave open

to cause to reach or arrive; to take or send or deliver; to fulfil

(prefix) pertaining to, concerned with, or being the concern of

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a teacher or teachers

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to the afternoon or early evening

(adj/adv) personal(ly), individual(ly), concerned with oneself only

(adj/adv) pertaining to ourselves, by ourselves

(adj/adv) pertaining to a part or to each part separately; sectionally

(adj/adv) pertaining to the period, or to one period or to each period

(adj/adv) pertaining to the soul or spirit (not the body), spiritual(ly)

(adj/adv) pertaining to the mind or the inward person

(adj/adv) pertaining to religion

(adj/adv) concerned with or pertaining to each married couple, conjugal

(adj/adv) concerned with or pertaining to that particular kind or class of work or that department

(adj/adv) concerned with, pertaining to or done in these days

(adj/adv) concerned with or pertaining to or done in days long ago

(adj/adv) pertaining to business

(adj/adv) pertaining to the government, or to one government, or to each government separately

(adj/adv) pertaining to one or each church or denomination, denominational(ly)

(adj/adv) pertaining to the body, physical(ly)

(adj/adv) human(ly), as a human being, as a man

to pick up the last bits of (leaving nothing)

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a teacher; tutorial

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a minister, ministerial, pastoral

(adj/adv) medical(ly), medicinal(ly)

to lean, place in a leaning position

to depend or be dependent on

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a hospital; appropriate to a hospital

veranda

(adj/adv) family as in family name, surname; as or like a family

(adj or adv) pertaining to or characteristic of children

one's wife's child begotten by a former husband but born after one's marriage to the woman and regarded as one's own

to breed, produce offspring

to listen deliberately, to give heed

to make narrow or narrower

(adj/adv) obligatory, imposed as a duty; as a matter of duty

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a side or team; as sides or teams; (music) in harmony

to divide into sides or teams; (music) to harmonize

in or according to kinds or classes

to classify

(adj/v) one-sided(ly); always on the same side

(adj/adv) pertaining to the season or seasons; according to the season(s); seasonal(ly)

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a mother; as a mother; motherly

to cause to give birth; to cause to be born

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a woman or to women; womanly

causing to be out of step; to cause to be out of step; to put out of step

to oppose or resist

to be thankful, to express thanks

to join or connect

person accompanying and assisting a chief, escort, aide-de-camp

to escort, accompany

(adj/adv) competitive(ly)

to set or pit one against another

to introduce (two persons or one person to another); to introduce oneself or pay one's respects

to cause to fit or go along with

producing happiness or joy

joyfully, happily, merrily

to produce happiness or joy; to be actively joyful, to make merry

comforting, soothing, satisfying, satisfactory

causing to be easy in mind; giving comfort or satisfaction

to set a person's mind at rest; to console or soothe; comfort; please; satisfy

to make tangled, to entangle; to make intricate, to complicate, to obstruct

to resign from; to dissent from, refuse to ratify, veto; decline or refuse to do something

nuisance

wearisome, tedious, tiresome, monotonous; troublesome, making a nuisance of oneself

to cause to return, to return; to take or give back; to restore, reinstate; to reverse, rescind, revoke, withdraw

suddenly, instantaneously

to be sudden or instantaneous

pertaining to, or characteristic of voyaging

to fill; to fill in (a form)

pertaining to the land, or the country; national; civil

nationally

matters pertaining to the land; civil or national matters

causing timidity or cowardice

individually, one at a time

to turn face upwards

to turn face downwards

to renew; to refresh, restore, renovate

to cause to bear fruit, to make fruitful

to administer an oath to, to put on oath, swear in

secret; done secretly

secretly

(n/v) (to) bribe

(adj/v) having one or more decks (or stories)

estimated, regulated, controlled

with careful consideration or calculation; reasonably, moderately

estimation, estimate; inference or conclusion

to take the measurements or dimensions of; to estimate the size or weight of; to calculate, estimate; to regulate or control; to depend on for its answer or solution

to make long or lengthen (in time), to prolong

to make round or in circular form

to cause to appear, to show, disclose, reveal; to tell, make known; to announce

openly, overtly, publicly

to show, to demonstrate, to express; to announce, publicize or advertise; to explain briefly, give a brief outline

to remove from water; to beach, bring or take ashore; to introduce (a custom) to a country

misleading, causing to err

to cause to err, to mislead, delude, cause to go wrong or make a mistake

to hold guilty or declare to be guilty; to condemn or denounce; incriminate, show to be guilty

to turn so as to face in a specified direction

to make straight, to straighten; to turn so as to face directly to something

to perfect, to cause to be perfect or just as it should be

to dampen or moisten

(adj/adv)Samoan; in a Samoan way

to be bare from the waist up (Samoan style)

causing to wander; misleading

causing to wander

to slide along; to skate or ski

to take or put on board; to load (cargo)

(adj/v) causing to slip

to make smooth and slippery

to make smooth or flattering remarks or pleasing statements in order to curry favour with someone

making tired, tiring

to make oneself tired, to tire oneself

to put down, put off, unload (cargo); to depose, dismiss, expel from office or membership

on the slope, diagonally

to exalt, extol, praise, honour; to utter praise

hinge-like, having hinges, hinged

to provide with hinges

to advise, instruct, direct, recommend; to show or point out

advice

to name

(adj/adv) historic, historical(ly)

to mate, pair, or couple; to couple together

causing trouble or worry; troublesome

to cause trouble, worry, bother, or great discomfort

to worry, trouble, bother

to join, unite, make into one; to perform, fulfil, carry out; to pass, approve, agree to; to transmit, deliver, pass on

one after another in order

the order or arrangement

to arrange in order or succession one after another; to continue, or to be carried on, generation after generation

retrogressive

backwards

to go backwards; to retreat, fall back

to cause or allow to jump or leap; to bring forward a person before a meeting or law court; to excise, cut and lift out

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to noon; at noon, in the middle of the day

to cause or allow to enter, to admit; to insert; to import or export; to pay in or deposit

to suckle, breast-feed

to put out, put outside; to issue (money, stamps)

to bring in or out (this way)

to place so as to have his (or her or its) head in a specified direction

to make tasty, to flavour, to season

(of cutting or breaking) fine, into small pieces; (of examining or explaining) minutely, in detail

details

to cut into small pieces;to examine or explain in detail

what is affixed in this way; suffix of a word

to affix a tail or an end; fix a paper tail to a kite; to conclude, end up, finish up

(adj/v) frightening, terrifying

to cause to drink, to give (person or animal) something to drink

(adj/v) imparting great power or ability

(adj/v) producing or imparting strength, power, or ability; strengthening

(adj/v) making or tending to make incompetent or not up to the task

(adj/v) weakening, making or tending to make weak

to give power or ability to; to enable

to provide with, or cover with, a sheet

to put a necklace or garland on

for a stake, or the loser to provide food

to set one dog to fight another; to set or bait (a trap)

to leave a horse or a cow loose in a public place where it may forage for itself under supervision (not tied up)

to cheat by copying from another pupil's book

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to people who are uncivilized

to complete, to bring to completion

to cause or allow to swim

(adj/adv) Christlike, in a Christlike way

(adj/adv) in or according to classes

to classify

Christian: of religion, church, character, conduct

as befits a Christian, harmonious with Christianity

to provide with scent; to scent, sprinkle scent on

causing laughter, funny, humorous

funnily, humorously, jokingly

pleasantry, humour, joke

to excite laughter; to act or speak in a joking or humorous manner

to unite or combine as one whole

to cause to belong to; to put or insert or include or enter

to provide with a handle (kau)

thinking, thought; idea, notion

to think, ponder, consider; to intend or have in mind to do something

origin of one's connexion or way in which one is connectedor related

to be friendly or sociable; to associate or be friendly with

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to an association

to act together as an association

(adj/adv) as or pertaining to armies or soldiers; soldierly, martial, militarily

to supply with soldiers, to man (a fortress)

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to the crew of a boat, sailor like;

to supply with a crew, to man (a boat)

to provide kava for

to burden or be a burden to

to make different, to alter or change

to treat differently from each other

to endow with grace

(adj/adv) pertaining to chemistry; chemical(ly)

to provide the meat or fish for a meal

to argue, to reason, to take part in a dispute or debate or argument

to open eyes very widely; to deliberately stare

to cause to have a relapse

to have a slight relapse; to be in constant fear of a relapse

to make a request

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a college, collegiate

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a village, as a village, or by villages

pertaining to goods or material wealth, or to business

enrichment

to enrich; to wrap (corpse) in mats or a shroud

(adj/v) making rich, enriching

to make wealthy or rich, to enrich

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a capital city, metropolitan

(adj/adv) pertaining to colonies, colonial

(adj/adv) pertaining to a committee; as a committee, as a member of a committee

(adj/adv) pertaining to communism, communistic

(adj/v) poisonous, liable to poison

(adj/v) intoxicating, tending to intoxicate

to make poison or intoxicating; to poison or intoxicate

to make too salt, to over-salt

(adj/v) like or pertaining to the conference

(adj/v) pertaining to a consul, consular

(adj/adv) pertaining to the conscience

(adj/adv) constitutional(ly)

in part, partly

bit by bit, in parts or portions, by installments

(adj/adv) pertaining to a governor

habitually backbiting

to backbite, to say nasty or malicious things about other people

(interrog/adv) at what time, how soon, how long ago

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a grandparent etc. fakakui: (v) to wink

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a period or periods; changing from period to period

on the flat, side on; to hit side on

to flatten out, straighten out

enlarging, augmenting, additional

enlargment, extension

to make bigger or more numerous; to increase the size or quantity; to augment, extend, enlarge, exaggerate

progressively

progress, advancement, developement

to pass over or across; to cause to move on or along or forward; to promote or advance; to cause to progress or develop or improve; to overtake and pass

to cause to advance or go ahead, to further the progress of

pertaining to one's office or function or profession, official, professional

in turns, one after another

to try to find out in an indirect way, to "put out feelers"

to colour, to tint, to dye

(adj/v) such as brings honour or glory

honour, privilege

to give splendour to, to grace, to honour, to glorify

(adj/adv) legal(ly), legitimate(ly), by law

to legalize

(adj/v) causing to feel at home or to be happy and contented; pleasant, congenial

to turn over in one's mind, to meditate upon, to use the imagination

(adj/adv) spiritual(ly)

spiritual meaning or aspect

to bring to completion or fruition, to achieve or accomplish or complete

to cause to touch, to cause to refer to, to cause to affect

to wound, injure

to cause to speak or to utter a sound; to sound; to toot, blow the horn of; to supply words or wording for to speak when one is not expected to; address or speak to

to cause or allow to run; to propel; to run along with; to run or conduct (business); to have diarrhoea

in a proper or friendly manner; properly, becomingly

to mend, repair, improve; to revise; to adjust; to reconcile, to restore to friendship; to become friendly again, to make up

loudly

to make loud or louder

softly (not loudly)

to make softer (less loud); to deaden or lower

(adj/v) terrifying, horrifying, gruesome, outrageous

secretly, privately

to conceal, to keep secret or private

to provide (a boat or building) with a room or a cabin

(to lie) stretched out

to stretch oneself out at full length, to sit with the legs stretched out

lengthwise, from end to end

to make long, to lengthen

quietly, silently, in silence or tacitly

to be silent or quiet, to keep silence

(adj/v) invigorating, making energetic or lively

belonging or pertaining to the country itself, internal, domestic

(adj/v) making disagreeable, ill-disposed or malicious

in a disagreeable or malicious way

(adj/v) heart-breaking, arousing sorrow or remorse

(adj/v) enthusiastic, fervent, passionate, impassioned or arousing enthusiasm

to make enthusiastic or fervent, to enthuse

(adj/v) causing sorrow, grief, resentment or annoyance,

sorowfully

to make sorrowful, to grieve, sadden, offend or annoy

(adj/v) producing cold-heartedness, tending to dampen enthusiasm

to make cold-hearted

pertaining to the country inself, domestic; inner workings of the government

pertainingto the inner affairs of the church

inward, within one's mind or self

(adj/v) making (or tending to make) nervous or timid, discouraging

in a nervous or timid way, discouragingly

(adj/v) making courageous or valiant

in a courageous way, in such a way as to arouse courage

(adj/adv) pertaining to religion or religious worship

religious matters

to convert to religion (esp. to Christianize)

(adj/v) causing or liable to cause choking

to cause to vomit

in a general or all-embracing manner, generalizing

(adj/v) causing shame, shameful, disgraceful, ignominious

to illuminate or enlighten

to put in order, to make tidy, to straighten out; to adjudicate, judge, sit in judgement

judgement; judge, magistrate; umpire, referee

court of justice; judgement seat

to put to shame, to make ashamed

to authorize, to empower, to endow with the right or authority to do something

to make warm, warm up, heat up

something to warm oneself with (i.e. a hot drink)

to make warm or to make fervent or enthusiastic, to warm oneself

to spread or disseminate; to propagate; to broadcast

to empty, to cause or allow to become empty

to provide or supply with weapons or cartridges, to arm

(adj/adv) familiar(ly)

familiarity (shown by one to another)

to accustom, familiarize; to make oneself familiar, to show familiarity

(adjadv) monthly, every month

to explain, elucidate, make clear

to keep away from someone, to shun or avoid company

to regard as important or valuable, to value

to evaluate, appraise, estimate the price or value or importance of; to realize the value of, to appreciate

(of food) satisfying

(adj/adv) pertaining to preachers or to preaching

(adj/v) causing misfortune or disaster

to curse, to pronounce or bring a curse upon; to cause to meet with misfortune or disaster

pertaining to marriage or to married couples, matrimonial

to give thanks, to be grateful, to feel or express gratitude; to praise or congratulate

forcibly, with force or violence

strengthening

to make strong, to strengthen; to act with violence

physical exercise, drill, calisthenics

to do physical exercise, to have drill

to compel, to force, to oppress or treat with violence, to bring pressure to bear upon; to strengthen

to dismiss, to retire, to dispense with the services of; to rest, give a rest to

to express thanks for or appreciation of

umbrella or parasol

to act the hypocrite, to be have in a hypocritical way

to cast a shadow, to give shade or protection; to get shade or take shelter

heavily; emphatically, with emphasis

emphasis, stress, accent

to make heavy; to stress or emphasize; to take seriously, to regard as a matter of importance

causing pain or sorrow

to cause pain or sorrow

to give pain to, to hurt, to be cruel to, to torment

(adj/adv) worldly, secular, mundane

to show a person round, to take him to see something

to place far away, to put at a distance; to place oneself at a distance, to depart or keep away or abstain from

to look steadily, gaze, stare

to make threats, to speak intimidatingly

serving to commemorate or remind, memorial

memorial, reminder

to refresh one's memory; to commemorate, to recall; to remind

vent, safety-valve; spillway; outlet

(adj/v) frightening, terrifying, causing fear, terrible

to frighten, scare, terrify

to hold one's breath

(adj/v) arousing or producing nervousness or apprehension

(adj/v) arousing sympathy or kindly feeling

thinly

to make thin or thinner

with one's mouth open, agape, gaping

to have one's mouth open, to open one's mouth

(adv/v) to sit or stand with the legs apart

to open forcibly; to open widely (a bag); to leave open or uncorked

to open up and let the steam escape; or to turn into steam

to sharpen, to make sharp

salted

to salt, to provide with salt

to sharpen to a point; sharpen the edge of

explanation, description, report

to explain; to describe; to report on

to look pleasant or friendly, to show a friendly face

to act in a way that looks bad

to make (something or someone) beautiful, to beautify; to put on a pleasant or friendly look which is not genuine

to provide with doors or gates or windows

(adj/adv) gentlemanly, in a gentlemanly manner

to act and speak in a gentlemanly way

(adj/adv) pertaining to figures or numbers, by numbers

to mark with figures or numbers

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to letters of the alphabet; alphabetically

to letter, to mark with letters

(adj/adv) material(ly); physical(ly)

(adj/adv) serious(ly), earnest(ly)

to be serious, earnest or in earnest

to take or treat seriously; to be serious or earnest about, or to take pains with

thickly

to make thick, to thicken

(adj/adv) pertaining to parents or to elderly people

to behave like a grown-up person

to cause to cease flowing, to stop the flow of; to stanch (blood)

to make dry, to dry

farewell function, send-off

to give a farewell

to separate or take apart into two

to set aside or apart; to separate or segregate

to divide or separate from one another, to separate out into different lots or groups

causing disorder or confusion

to throw into disorder or confusion; to riot or be riotous

cleansing; cleanliness

to make clean, to cleanse

to clear of weeds, to weed thoroughly

to go along or past in order to attract attention to oneself

to make light or lighter, to reduce the weight of, to lighten; reduce the price of, to make cheap, cheapen,

making light or cheap; bargain sale

lightly; cheaply, to sell cheaply

to cause to float

cause or source of shame or disgrace

(adj/v) difficult to clean

(adj/v) easy to clean

to sanctify

fastener, latch; button, stud, snap

to make firm; to do up, or fix, or fasten; to tighten

to be engaged to be married

to make low, to lower; to act humbly

in a self-restrained manner

to practise (a song, dance, etc.) for a performance

to restrain, repress, keep in (one's feelings); to exercise self-restraint, to refrain

place or occupation where one usually ends up, or in which one finds most lasting satisfaction

postal

to drown, to kill by holding underwater; to submerge in water

to make sweet or fresh, to sweeten,

in a manner that pacifies, calms or brings peace

peace-making

to pacify, to cause to be peaceful or at peace

pertaining to food

to provide food

to cause (a baby) to urinate

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to missionaries; having to do with the annual church collection

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a machine or an engine; mechanical;

to provide with a machine or an engine

(adj/adv) mysterious(ly) or mystical(ly)

to put to sleep; to anaesthetize

to cook thoroughly, to cook till done

to cook gradually until quite done

to half cook, to cook till only half done

to send by the hand of another

gift or present sent one by another

to make cool or allow to become cool

to catch cold, get a chill

to spend, expend, use up; to cause or allow to perish

to apologize; to be gracious, to refrain from taking offence

to pardon, forgive, excuse, be merciful to

to make soft; to till (the soil)

mattress

to stand in a manner that yields to pressure or movements this way and that

to make softer, or to soften little by little; to yield or give way a little here and there, to refrain from insisting too strongly on one's own way

to dry; to season (timber)

to dry oneself in the air (after a bath) without using a towel or cloth

to ripen, to cause or allow to become ripe

to make cold; to throw cold water on; to go out in the cold, to risk catching cold

to express gratitude or appreciation or joy for

to make fortunate, to bless, to bestow good fortune or success or prosperity upon,

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to an island or to island life

to bait

as a matter of absolute truth

to assert something as absolutely true

giving evidence, serving to prove or demonstrate

evidence, verification, proof; witness, person giving evidence; signature

to give evidence, to bear witness, to produce or afford evidence or proof of the truth of

to witness to the truth of, to verify, to certify, to prove

to get things on credit, to have an account; get into debt

salvation, saviour

to cause to live, to give life to; to heal or cure, to restore to health; to rescue, save; to start, set going (clock or motor)

last

(adj/adv/v) afterwards, later, or last

to put in front or send or ahead; to give preference to, to give first consideration to.

to touch the work with the fingertips only instead of getting right into it

to go round sniffing or smelling (as a dog does)

to smell; to sniff so as to determine the smell of

(adj/adv) natural(ly)

to cause (a child) to stop crying; to comfort (a child)

dessert, sweets, fruit salad, anything sweet or tasty served at the end of a meal

to provide with teeth or cogs; to groove, make a groove in

with one hand

with both hands

(adv/v) to behave in an affected way

halter (horses')

to have a halter on (horses)

to halter, put a halter on (horse)

to cause to sit or dwell; to appoint (to an office); to ordain (a minister)

to call or show to their proper seats

to draw one's legs back (after sitting with legs stretched out)

giving tranquillity or peace of mind

tranquillity, peace of mind

to shorten

to cause to rustle; to make a rustling noise

to cause to creak; to grind (the teeth)

to disembowel, remove the entrails of

to grease; to fatten

to pretend, sham, feign

causing to look or seem bad

causing to look or seem good

causing to appear religious; to act as if religious

to cause to sink in, to push under, to put out of one's mind; to have almost disappeared, to be about to disappear completely

to make slack, to slacken

to bring to an end, to terminate, conclude; to finalize

limited, restricted, bounded, finite

to limit, to restrict; to terminate

to rattle, to cause to rattle or jingle or clatter

to make loose

to dampen

to shine, polish

to sanction, allow, or permit; to remove prohibitions or restrictions from;

to sink

to sink gradually

to place near, cause to be near, bring near; to approach, draw near, come near

(adj/v) to cause surprise, to be surprising

(adj/v) causing amusement, amusing or droll

modern

to report, carry or convey news or orders

to keep one's ears open for something (be alert); to sound or listen to (a person or his chest as a doctor does)

to desensitize, to make insensitive to pain (by use of an anaesthetic

to wait for instructions

discreditable, defamatory, bringing into dishonour or disrepute

to defame or speak badly of, to bring into disrepute.

to praise commend, recommend, speak well of; to cause to be well spoken of, to bring honour to

to tire or weary

to turn a deaf ear, to refuse to heed

to cause to burst, to burst; to bump into (intentionally)

(adj/v) exasperating

to provide or supply with a pipe; to fix a pipe or a tap to; to insert a tube into

to fry

frying; frying-pan

to cause or allow to rot or decay

(adj/v) to act or behave in a dirty and repulsive way

to give a prize to, to reward

(adj/adv) presidential(ly)

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a prophet, prophetic

(adj/adv) pertaining or appropriate to the place where the sovereign usually receives visitors

(adj/adv) European, pertaining to Europeans, in European fashion or style (refers to Australia, N.Z., U.S.A. etc.)

giving certainty, conclusive, decisive

definitely, for certain

decision

to decide, to make up one's mind

to fix or settle, to determine, decide ; to affirm, certify, or say definitely; to ratify, confirm; to ensure, make sure or certain

to butter, to spread butter on, to provide butter

to powder, to dust or dab or sprinkle face powder on, to add baking powder to

pertaining to money or finance, monetary, financial

to provide the money for, pay for, finance

to come out suddenly from one's hiding-place and say Pē!

to be in this state or condition, to act or proceed in this way or manner

to blunt, make blunt

to play or mess about in the mud or mire

to make a pet of, to treat with indulgence or favouritism; to treat with special care

to pucker up when about to cry

lazily

to be lazy or slothful

(adj/adv) English, British; in an English or British way

to infect, to cause (a child) to catch a disease (by placing him among those who already have it)

to stick, to cause to adhere, to attach

sticking (i.e. meʻa-fakapipiki)

(adj/v) causing disinclination or boredom, boring, humdrum

(adj/adv) pertaining to business or trade or commerce; commercial(ly)

murder

Good gracious!

to commit murder; to murder

to tie with a knot; to knot

knot

(adj/v) dazzling; hurting the eyes by excess of light

(adj/adv) pertaining to a captive or prisoner or slave

to enslave or imprison, to make a captive or prisoner or slave

to keep talking

(adj/adv) sensible(ly), prudent(ly), tactful(ly), discreet(ly), wise(ly)

to do or deal with in a sensible or prudent or wise or economical manner

to put wise, to undeceive or disillusion

(adj/adv) departmental(ly)

to provide with posts or pillars, to erect the posts or pillars of

(adj/v) (to be) dark; to be unenlightened, uneducated or ill tempered

dark (of colours)

to be or become somewhat dark (as when night is coming on)

to race (strictly competitive)

to heap up earth over (planted yams, etc.); to provide ramparts or earthworks

governmental, national, pertaining to the government or the nation; public

by the government, under the auspices of the government, officially, or nationally

to cause to vanish or disappear, to conceal; to cause oneself to disapear, to conceal oneself by disguise

to cause or allow to vanish or disappear; to lose or mislay

secret, kept secret or out of sight

secretly, privately, or in a code

to keep out of sight, to keep secret, to keep oneself out of sight

to cover or wrap the head, to cover the face , or to cover a with a cloth

to fly (a kite); to fling, fling out, fling away

to be very very dirty in one's habits, to be habitually dirty like a pig

to blow out one's cheeks, or to act in a pompous manner

(adj/adv) scientific(ally)

clean and neat in one's habits, particular about keeping things clean, neat and pleasing to the eye

neatly, deftly, delicately

to make clean and neat and trim, to embellish

pertaining to supper

to provide with supper

(adj/adv) like or pertaining or appropriate(ly) to the sabbath or Sunday

southern, southerly

to provide with a chain

to act in a silly or eccentric manner

to drive (animals) along

(adj/adv) pertaining to the church, ecclesiastical(ly)

(adj/adv) pertaining to the body, physical(ly);

to appear in physical form; to provide with a body, to embody; to personify; to materialize, make real or implement

to fatten; to fill out; become stout or big

to look at steadily or constantly, to watch

(adj/adv) geographical(ly)

(ajd/adv) geometrical(ly)

to look round for, to see if one can find; to look at narrowly, to peep

to provide with a stamp, or to stick a stamp to

(adj/v) having steps; or to proceed step by step or in easy stages

to turn one's back on, to ostracize, or to let down; to turn down, decline (an invitation)

(adj/adv) Jewish, of or pertaining to Jews

(adj/adv) pertaining to civilized people, in a civilized way

to civilize

(adj/adv) on a small scale or informal

to make smaller or less, to make comparatively small, to reduce in size, scale or quantity; to belittle, minimize

to put a shirt on someone, or to provide a shirt for

(adj/adv) as a soldier or to soldiers; soldierly; military

to shoe, to provide with shoes

sugared, sweetened with sugar

to provide sugar for; to sugar, add sugar to, or sprinkle sugar on

in a manner characteristic of Suva (to live together as husband and wife though not legally married)

to be over-familiar with persons of higher rank

sloping to one side

on one's side; with a list; side-ways, towards one side

to lie on one's side; (of a boat) to have a list

to or towards one side, or edgeways

to move over to one side

to turn partly on its side, or to tilt slightly

to turn on his/her side; to tilt (considerably)

gutter, or drain; spouting, down-pipe

to cause (liquid) to run or flow; to distill; to drain

causing things to be flooded or carried along by a stream

gutter or channel or pipe, for water to flow along

to turn (a car) so as to move in the opposite direction; to turn over (a child in bed); to convert to Christianity

together, unitedly

meeting, assembly

to come together, meet or gather together, assemble

to assemble, to gather together, from various directions or by a process extending over a long time

meeting place; constitution (of a club)

meeting-place; meeting, gathering

to assemble, collect or gather together; to unite, combine, join together

(adj/adv) in a Tahitian way

to wet with sea-water

pertaining to time; temporal; temporary

temporally; temporarily, for a short or limited time only, for the time being

to make brackish or slightly salt

to cover, provide with a cover

to be flippant; to be in the habit of speaking in a humorous way even about serious things

to cause to rotate; to go by a circuitous route or a round-about way; to go round by a more or less circular path

to make such a noise as is likely to wake the king or queen

to start up a conversation with

to engage (a person) in conversation, or to make (a person) talk with a view to eliciting information

to separate, detach, release, disentangle

to provide with trousers, or put trousers on (someone)

(adj/adv) tropical, pertaining to the tropics

(adj/adv) pertaining to children, childlike, or childish

occurrence that spoils something, mishap

to spoil (a game, work, feast, concert)

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a child, childlike, childish

in a superficial or slipshod way

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a man

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to a gentleman, gentlemanly,

to be gentlemenly, to behave like a gentleman

to cause to cry

to raise to a sitting posture

edging, border; ledge

to provide with an edge or border

to cause to flash, to manipulate (a mirror, etc.) in such a way as to make it send out a bright flash of light

to chop or cut square or with four sides

to make square or four-sided

to make three-sided or triangular

often interpolated in a speech to avoid repeating an apologetic ("tapu mo") used in Tongan speeches

to dedicate or sanctify, to set apart as sacred, to make or declare to be sacred or holy

to express respect for those present by saying"Tapu mo"

model, parable, illustrative story, figurative word or statement

representation, picture, drawing, plan, diagram, effigy, image, statue, copy, model, dummy, symbol, type; instance, example, illustration, analogy

to model on, to copy from, to make like; to compare or liken; to dramatize

equally, similarly, evenly, parallel

to make or cause to be equal, or to compare; to place oneself on an equality with another (by presuming to act as he does)

buying, selling, sale

to buy or to sell

to set (dogs or cocks) to fight each other

to strain into the cup and hand out (kava)

to provide with a refrain (for a song)

to sell well, to find a ready sale

to express hope or desire by saying "tauange"

to speak (to a king or queen)

(adj/v) over-expensive, very dear (in price)

(adj/v) reasonably priced

(adj/v) dear, expensive

(adj/v) cheap, inexpensive

to dangle

to draw in, draw near (of a boat arriving at the wharf)

auction sale

to sell by auction

(adj/v) alluring, enticing, seductive, beguiling, tempting

enticement, temptation

market-place, place where things are sold and bought

(adj/adv) voluntary, voluntarily, freely

to set free, liberate, or emancipate

to sit on the floor or the ground with legs crossed (as men do)

(adj/v) discomforting, causing discontent or dissatisfaction or discomfort

to make discontented, dissatisfied or uncomfortable

to leave unclothed

causing one not to feel at home, producing discontent or unhappiness

to act as if unhappy, discontented or not at home

to act in a neglectful or inattentive manner.

to doubt, to be disinclined to believe, to be rather sceptical

to provide with a taʻovala, or to put a taʻovala on

thatch ridge (of a native house) made of coconut leaves woven in a certain way

to base (a lesson, a sermon, etc) on

to assemble, gather together as an assembly

to go, or to take (persons) one after another, in a continuous stream

to roll (one's eyes) about; to chew (tobacco), rolling it about (in the mouth)

to drive animals or people or fish in a place to trap them

to troll, to fish with a line towed behind a boat; to attract (a shark), by means of a bait

to have one's eyes filled with tears

(adj/adv) democratic(ally)

boat races, regatta

to sail (a boat)

to float (or swim) on the back

to squeeze, to press from both sides; to try to force a person to do or to give something

to cause or allow to stick out; to exaggerate in such a way as to spoil; to speak in praise of a person far beyond he deserves

to provide the decorations for

(adj/adv) as or like pertaining to devils, demons, or ghosts; demoniacal(ly)

to provide tea for; to put the tea into (a teapot)

to lay, to lay an egg or eggs, (of fish) to spawn

to leave over, let remain

(adj/adv) scriptural(ly)

to conceal or to put a person into a hiding-place

to make flat or level

warning, serving to warn or to draw attention

warning; notice

to give warning, utter a warning; to pay careful attention, to take particular notice of, to draw attention to

to take notice of; to warn

(adj/adv) doctrinal(ly)

northern, northerly

to humble, humiliate

communal, belonging to a large number of people

to make numerous, to increase the number of (people or animals)

to make few, to decrease the number of (people or animals)

to lay down

(adj/v) causing leaves to fall, (of a tree) shedding its leaves, deciduous

to cause to last or endure, to preserve, or to embalm

to repent, be penitent

to repent of

to make straight, to straighten out; to correct, rectify, redress, amend, or settle, to settle out of court; to adjust, to focus, or to tune

(adj/adv) Tongan, like or pertaining to Tongans, in the Tongan manner,

Tongan way or translation

to trace or track down; to examine, scrutinize, investigate, or do research work on; to explore

both

to rush or tear along

on the left, or to the left

on the right, or to the right

quickly, with haste, or hastily

to make haste, to be quick, to bustle

to be slow in one's movements so as to cause delay, to be dilatory

to cause to grow or to come into existence; to produce, originate, generate, give rise to, engender, create, or beget; to cause something to do something; to make profits, or to run a business

(adj/v) causing or giving rise to quarrels

(adjv) productive of evil, harmful, noxious, pernicious

(adj/v) causing or producing sickness or disease, injurious to health

(adj/v) productive or pain or suffering (whether in body or in mind)

(adj/v) producing or tending to procuce) commotion or disturbance or rioting

(adj/v) money-producing, profit-making

(adj/v) giving rise to anger, annoying, vexing, aggravating

causing or tending to cause thinness (of body), emaciating

to be becoming thin or emaciated

to make (a roof) leaky

to anticipate, think of, or look forward to, with confidence and hope

to address (a letter)

(adj/v) sudden, expected, happening unexpectedly, taking one by surprise

suddenly, unexpectedly, or by surprise

to land or go ashore

(adj/v) causing or liable to cause disaster; disastrous, dangerous or noxious

danger; disaster, accident

to wire, or to provide with wire

(adj/adv) weekly

to cause to blaze up; to cause to shine or give light; to light (a lamp) by turning a gas-tap or switching on the electric current

to be gloomy or sombre

increasingly, or more and more

to increase continually, to become greater and greater, or more and more, or better and better, or worse and worse

glottal stop

to write or pronounce with a glottal stop, or to insert the glottal stops in

to play, play about, or act playfully

to put space between (in place or time)

hymn or anthem sung between the two lessons at a church service

(adj/adv) pertaining to a district, as a district, by districts; in chapters, by chapters

(adj/adv) pertaining to a district or districts, as a district, as districts

to put into water to soak, to soak in water; to provide with water, or to add water to, or pour water into or onto

to provide clothes for or to clothe or put a loin-cloth on

to bring or place or cause to be close together or near one another (of two things)

to cause to be quick, to quicken, hasten, speed up, accelerate; to do quickly, be quick about; to make haste, hurry

not to take things seriously, to work or behave as if one were merely playing or indulging in a pastime, to trifle

to disentangle, untangle, unravel

to litter with rubbish

to make wet, to wet; to get wet, or to go out in the wet

to wet, make wet

to awaken; to restore sight to or open the eyes of

(adj/adv) daily, every day

to smoke, smoke out, or suffocate with smoke; to cure (preserve) by smoking; to fumigate; to steam (one's throat)

to encourage, egg on, incite, or urge

to show something

show, exhibition, or advertisement

to show, exhibit, display, or advertise

to sharpen the edge (not the point)

(adj/v) uncertain, doubtful; ambiguous

uncertainly, doubtfully; ambiguously

(adj/v) arousing hope or expectation

(adj/adv) American, in an American way

to wish, to long, to hope (wistfully)

to long for, dream of

at one time (of two or more things done simultaneously)

to use, utilize, make use of

showing deference or respect, courteous;

to show deference, respect or courtesy, to be deferential or courteous; to do homage or obeisance

(adj/adv) pertaining to the home; domestic; homelike

to provide with a home or home allotment

(adj/adv) pertaining to the intellect or understanding; mental(ly) intellectual(ly), rational(ly)

to be considerate, to treat with consideration, or with thought for the feelings or interests of

completely, wholly, exhaustively, without exception

destroying, destructive, or ruinous

to destroy

to compel to fast, to forbid to eat, to withhold food from

to waste away, to become thinner and weaker in body, to languish

average

to constrict, crowd, cram, or obstruct; to take up a lot of room, to be bulky; or to get in the way

warily

to avoid or abstain from

to inquire into, to make repeated inquiries about, to investigate

to sing or say amen

to walk on tiptoe (also, to stalk or hunt)

to take for (or let go for) a walk, a stroll, or a holiday

to say no, to give a negative answer, to deny what has been asked or stated

to deny, disown, or repudiate; to deny the truth, correctness or existence of

the accused, the defendant, person who is prosecuted

serving as a sgin or symbol; serving to indicate or distinguish

mark, sign, symbol, symptom; signal; indication; distinction

to make a mark on, to mark, to distinguish by means of a mark or sign; to make signs, to signal; to show signs, to produce signs, or to take effect; to divine or make a discovery by means of a sign

(adj/adv) English, in an English way; or Anglican, pertaining to the Anglican Church

(adj/v) iritating, making or tending to make angry

in anger, angrily

to make angry, to enrage

to behave in an angry way

(adj/v) moving (to sympathy or pity), pitiful, stirring, pathetic, pitiable

(adj/adv) pertaining to an office or offices

(adj/v) lovely (to look at) charming, pretty, beautiful, good-looking, or handsome

to regard as lovely or charming or beautiful

(adj/v) startling, very surprising, shocking

to place a pillow or head-rest under the head of (someone)

last, final, concluding

to finish or complete; to conclude, finish off; to settle, finalize; to use up, exhaust, use, spend or expend all of,

end, termination

to be in the process of finishing, to be approaching the end or completion of

to litter the place with rubbish, to throw or drop or leave rubbish about

(adj/adv) like or pertaining to God (or a god), divine(ly)

to make one eager to eat

to go out in the rain.

to give meaning to, to discern or explain the meaning of

steersman, driver

to steer (a boat), to pilot (a plane), to drive (a car),

(adj/v) terrifying, terrible, dreadful, amazing, or marvellous

to make dirty

to make black, to blacken; (of the sky) to become black, to cloud over

to cut the ends off (yam)

to cause to roar or rumble; to make a lot of noise but do little work

mat, floor mat, bed mat, door mat, food mat

(adj/v) wide

fraction

to lean on or against; to rely on, trust, confide in

person or thing in which one trusts, that on which something or someone leans,

T-shirt; singlet of material

house, building

school building

butcher's shop or slaughter-house

photographer's studio or shop

theatre, picture theatre, concert hall, building for entertainment

law court (the building)

broadcasting station

veranda

obstetric ward, birthing room

laundry

picture theatre

billiard hall or saloon

restaurant, eating-house

bathroom, bathing room or building

shop, store

barber's shop, hairdressing saloon

Government primary school building

church building

baker's shop, building where bread is kept or sold

hospital

wireless station, telegraph office

toilet, bathroom

copra shed

mortuary, morgue

garage

factory

workshop

printing-house

treasury

police station

operating theatre or surgery room

artist's studio

dispensary, pharmacy

fire-station

bakery

telephone exchange

carpenter's shop

dressmaker's or tailor's shop

customs shed, customs house

Royal Family

to advise or forewarn,to put (a person) on his guard,

yam house, store house for yams

floor; bottom (inside) of a box, canoe, cart, car, or hole in the ground,

to floor, to cover with a mat, carpet or leaves

to gather together or to enclose or hold or carry (loosely, not in a container) in the hand or arm

what one holds in one's hand or arm; handful

family

to shoot; to dynamite; to blast, to clear (an opening) by blasting

mast

to talk in a whisper

fable, story (fictitious), fairy tale, legend

to have a child or children or offspring

children, offspring

school pupils, scholars

to bear, give birth to; to become the mother, father or parents of

to shoot

elastic

to stretch out; to expand; to extend, continue, go on and on, or be prolonged

haemorrhage (or hemorrhage)

to wash one's hands

to listen, to hear, or to hear of or about

to make publicly known, to publish, promulgate, proclaim

to hear stories or reports, to hear about

beach (referring to small, private beach)

sign of plural (preposed), before names of animals

to set ( a trap)

litter (of pups, young pigs, kittens), brood (of chicks)

to wrestle

four hundred (400)

forty (40)

to fish, or to search for shell-fish

to blow through the nose

a kind of tree (Ocrosia parviflora)

to stretch tight, make taut

to stretch little by little; to stretch oneself

tune or air (melody)

to have a tune; (of voice, speech) to have a certain tone or accent

(adj/v) narrow (of opening, path, room)

chest, bosom

duty, obligation

(adj/v) thick (of liquids), viscous

to begin the making of (a mat); to construct the frame-work of (a house); to compose (a poem, song, or tune), or to write (a book)

fountain

spittle, saliva

often, frequently, usually, habitually

to raise crops, run a plantation or a farm,to engage in gardening

side, half, party, team; person (in the grammatical sense)

super-human or supernatural being, ghost, spook, spectre; devil, demon, malignant deity

kind, sort, species, variety; group, class of persons or things distinguished from others in any way

season, time of year

to lean against, to stand or sit against, or to be against the wall

to bump right into, to come straight for and strike

to search (the head) for lice; to look into minutely, to investigate carefully

to seize and take by force; to confiscate; to wrest

(adj/v) wide, roomy, spacious

mother or mother's sister

armpit

male relative who accompanies the bride or the bridegroom at a royal or chiefly wedding

to give birth to a child, to be confined

to bear, give birth to

to have lost one's mother (by death)

to have one's mother still alive

(adj/v) having the same mother

maternal uncle, mother's brother

to be related to (a man) more or les as if he were one's maternal uncle, or regard or treat him as such

to be related to (a woman) on one's mother's side, or to regard or treat as a mother

to imitate, to follow the example of, follow the foot-steps of

example (for us to follow)

to please oneself, to choose or decide for oneself, to do as one pleases

person or things with which, or sphere in which, one can do as one pleases

cemetery, graveyard; grave

nail(s); spike(s) in golf or football shoes

to put in, to pack, or to store

to pack (clothes, fruit etc. into box, basket, suitcase); to stuff (as in taxidermy)

to pack and press down, to pack tightly; to stuff (food) into one's mouth

to hold inside the mouth

head-band or turban

to bind (the head)

to bring into existence; to make, construct, put together; to build; to found, institute; to formulate, draw up, make, to compose; to write (a book but not a letter)

to bundle together; to draw oneself together, to curl up, to contract

to embrace, hug

to unite or bind together, to hold or keep together as one; to be united in mind, unanimous

essay-writing, composition

to impart moral or religious counsel or instruction to one another

to teach one another, learn from one another

to have a discussion, to talk things over, to consult together

(of the wind) to blow from various directions

to reach or extend to each other, to meet each other

to be reconciled to each other, to become friendly with each other again

to introduce ourselves (yourselves, themselves) to each other; to be free and easy with each other

to thank one another, or congratulate one another

to forgive each other, to refrain from taking offence with each other

to buy and sell to one another, to trade, engage in trade or commerce

to do homage or be courteous to one another

to talk to one another in whispers

(interrog) of what sort, in what way, how, what about

how much more; (often used by tongans to mean 'how are you?')

(adj/v) hard; tough; stiff; taut, tight; strict, stern, severe; stubborn, obdurate

hard, sternly, severely, or stubbornly

firewood, fuel

female

woman or girl

married woman, bride

woman who really belongs to the country, or female citizen

repeatedly, again and again

to keep on going and returning

to make a mutual vow

to pull one against another

to miss (fail to meet) each other

to snatch from each other; to snatch at each other, or to tussle

to face each other, or be opposite each other

sitting cross-legged

to lie or be placed one across the other, to cross each other, to intersect.

to move hither and thither, or to change places with one another

to hate, dislike

to dislike greatly

thing that one hates or dislikes

to feel strong hatred for, to hate strongly, to abhor

(of two things) to be in contact with, or connected with, or in communication with each other; to be adjacent, to adjoin; (of wires) to be in electrical contact

to be so crowded as almost to have to sit on one another's laps, 'packed like sardines'

asking, inquiry, question

to ask, inquire about

peace offering, sacrifice (propitiatory)

to offer a sacrifice, to make a propitiatory or conciliatory offering

to prepare food

attempt, effort, try

to try, attempt, endeavour, make an effort; to try to get or to do

to be pregnant, to be with child

to cook food over an open fire

place, locality, spot, point; region, quarter; direction

to visit a bereaved person with a present of food

to prepare a native oven, or to prepare food in a native oven

(adj/v) ravenous, habitually attacking and devouring living creatures; savage, ferocious

to be related to each other

to send (a person with a message or to do something); to order or command

to be friends (of each other)

interrelationship, connexion with one another

to belong or pertain to one another, to be connected or interrelated; to be affiliated

octopus or cuttle-fish

to bleed at the nose without any apparent cause

to quarrel with one another

Malay apple (Eugenia Malaccensis, Myrtaceae)

to kiss, or to kiss each other

to see or come across each other from time to time

to be in contact with each other; to have a point of contact, to be connected or related

storehouse for yams or other garden food

to change this way and that, to be changeable or constantly changing

to see to speak to, to see and converse with

to agree with each other, to have a common desire or purpose

mutual agreement or consent

to be understood by each other, to understand each other

to intermarry

to like each other, or to be in love with each other

to think of or remember one another

face to face

to be face to face, to face each other; to see each other or to meet

to be at peace with each other

to be very, very busy

coral

to have fellowship, communion or moral and spiritual comradeship with one another

place or means of communion or fellowship

collision, clashing; discord

to collide; to clash, to be opposed, incompatible or discordant with each other, or to be opposite in meaning or in character; to meet with trouble or misfortune or good fortune

to collide against one another (more than two things)

to join hands

February

to lose sight of one another; or (for things) to be so mixed up that one cannot sort them out

to break (a stick, rod, etc.)

to look at one another, or eye one another

to lay pieces of wood on top of food in a native oven

to go along hand in hand or arm in arm

to meet (of persons coming from opposite or different directions, or of roads meeting at a certain point)

to hit or strike one another; to fight with foils, to fence

fine mat or piece of silk (used as a covering for a corpse)

(adj/v) lumpy

to push oneself against someone else, or to push against each other

to write to, correspond with each other

to help one another, to co-operate

replacing something or someone else

substitute; successor; proxy

to change or exchange for something else; to take the place of, be a substitute for, replace, relieve, succeed; change one's clothes

pronoun

to shift or remove many things from one place to another

to hurry up, to try to catch up or to be there (or here) on time

star

to be joined together; to be connected or related to one another, or to have communication with one another

connexion, relationship, dealing; being connected or related

to go here and there, pass to and fro, or walk up and down

to be company for each other, to look after each other, to look after

to compete with one another feʻauhi: (n) competition

to be crowded, crammed, packed (of things or people); to get in each other's way

to meet one another, to see and speak to one another, to greet one another, or to say goodbye to one another

to love or be kind to one another

to be friendly with one another

befitting, suitable, sufficient, corresponding, equivalent; competent; covering, comprising

what benefits or is suitable or sufficient or opposite or contemporaneous, or what corresponds

to fit; to be or suitable or sufficient; to correspond or coincide; to be opposite to, or in a line with, or level with; to be contemporaneous with or at the same time

plait of hair, or pigtail

to plait, to twist or plait two or more threads together

to want, desire, wish, or be willing; to imagine oneself to be and so desire to be treated or regarded as

to rejoice, to be happy or glad or joyful

to desire to be seen; to show off

to be thirsty

to be hungry

to imagine oneself to be great, to desire to be treated as a person of importance, to be proud or haughty

with an easy mind, contentedly, willingly, or comfortably

to be easy in mind, contented, satisfied; to be free from pain, discomfort, sorrow or malice; to be comfortable, at ease; to consent, be willing; to accept or acquiesce

to desire to get or have, to want

to imagine oneself to be something, to be self-important or snobbish

to be sleepy

to desire to be thought ignorant or unskilled when one is not really so

to ponder, deliberate; to wonder (whether)

(adj/v) pungent or hot to the taste, spicy hot

how many; how much

(adj/v) tangled; intricate, complicated, or problematical

to be entangled, caught, entrapped

to figure out, calculate by arithmetic

to choose, pick out, cull, select, elect; to sort

enemy

film (photographic, cinematographic, etc.)

filter; a round, galvanized steel tank (for collecting water)

thread, cotton, or thin string, or the string of a violin etc.

mind, heart; will, desire, purpose; regal for loto

to desire, to consent, to be willing, to will, to decide

elderly woman; married woman

young woman

lady; madam; mistress

Finland

sea creature of any kind other than fish (shell-fish, jelly-fish, sea slugs, star fish etc.)

Fiji

seven (7)

seven hundred (700)

seventy (70)

to be satisfied, to have had enough (of drink); to be satiated, to have had more than enough, to be 'fed up' or sick and tired of

to wash clothes

laundry, clothes washed or to be washed

to break; to cut (ripe coconuts) in halves

giving, presenting; gift

to present donate, or give as a present; to bestow, confer; to give or allot

to hatch (eggs or chicks)

to unroll or unfold and spread out

(adj/v) full (of two or more vessels or books)

head cold

to have a head cold

(polite or honorific for) eyes, face

(adj/v) sad-looking; mournful or solemn in appearance

tuber; bulb ( usually refers to yams etc.)

(man's) son

oar, paddle

steer-oar; rudder

to remove skin, rind, peel or pods; to skin, flay, peel or pod

to be peeling as the result of sunburn

also, likewise; moreover, furthermore, however, you see, as a matter of fact

to return, to go back, to come back

to turn over or turn round; to turn inside out

fox

to sit on the haunches with the knees drawn up towards the chin

appointment, motion (proposal)

to cause to stand, to stand; to heap up, stack, to set up, found establish, or install; to appoint; to set out, set in order

heap, pile, stack

to heap or pile up, to place in a heap or pile

to stand up, set up or establish one after another, or bit by bit; to stand, arrange, or set out in various positions; to place in heaps or piles

to spread out, spread open, unfold, or unfurl

to spread out

voyage, voyagers; or several boats or canoes travelling together

to voyage, to travel or journey by sea

to voyage to or towards

to swallow; to take

word or speech of a sovereign; sacred scripture, Bible

to speak (regal for lea)

funnel

plank used in the construction of a boat

(official) town or village meeting

to give strict or solemn instructions; to charge, command, direct, enjoin

journey (esp. by land); purpose of ones journey, errand; company of persons traveling; procession, cortege

to walk or go a considerable distance, to travel or journey by land; to travel or move onward in time

(adj/v) full (of container or notebook)

turtle

land, country, territory, place

to have water in the lungs(of a person drowned or nearly so)

to massage by squeezing

to emerge, to come into view; to stand out, be or become prominent

appearance, face, countenance, features

to go, travel, move, or come by a specified route or in a specified direction

route; way in which a thing is done, method, procedure, plan, rule

fruit of; egg of; single, individual

cowardly, timidly

to give in, give up; to lose, be defeated

fowls' eggs

fruit

pill, medicinal tablet or capsule

to be or to lie face upwards

to be or to lie face downwards

(adj/v) new, fresh; strange, unfamiliar

anew, afresh

kind of tree

fault, cause for blame

to clap the hands crosswise so as to make a hollow sound

weighed, measured

fruit; (of work) result

to measure; to weigh; to be measured for

to lift, to carry on the shoulder or in the arms; to undertake, be responsible for, bear the burden of

vow; testament

to make a vow or a solemn promise or covenant; to take an oath

currants, raisins, or sultanas

circumference, distance right round

(adj/v) jealous

fruit of

to lift or carry

to swish away flies; to swipe or hit or beat or thrash

hidden, concealed

under cover, unseen, secretly

to hide, conceal

castrated pig or other animal

to swell, swell up, swell out; to pout, or to blow out the cheeks

to wash or scrub, to clean

to hide or conceal

bunch

to hang up (esp. a bunch of bananas); to hang and carry over one's shoulder; to hang or be hanging as a bunch

(of boils) to develop in many different places at once

bunch

to fight with the fists, to box; to engage in a free fight

banner, flag

surface

to open up a native oven

to unwrap (a parcel)

inverted or upside-down

to turn round or to turn over, or to overturn, to change or vary

influenza

hair; fur; feather

(adj/v) hairy, furry, woolly, or feathery

feathers

wool

to be suffocated, to be suffocating or unable to breathe

core (of breadfruit)

top, upper surface

lintel

window-sill, or top (lintel) of window

(adj/v) tip-top, first rate, excellent, especially or extremely good

top row of flowers on an ornamental girdle; specially tasty thing eaten last; the best of all

shape

pimple

(adj/v) (of circle or square) wide, large in diameter; (of stick or cylinder) thick; (of ball) big, large

(adj/v) dual or plural of preceding; large-grained, coarse (sand or sugar)

(adj/v) long (in duration); long ago; old, ancient

for a long time; a long time ago

(adv/v) (to be or continue) for a while, or for a time (but not for long)

(adj/v) long-shaped, long in proportion to its breadth; oval, elliptical

(adj/v) round, circular, cylindrical, spherical

(adj/v) (of circle or square) narrow, small in diameter; (of stick or cylinder) thin; (of ball) small, little

(adj/v) of the same shape

plantain or banana (of any kind)

to pull or tug; to pull or haul in; to pull up or hoist (a flag); to pull up or weigh (an anchor); to pluck (a fowl)

to pull up the anchor, to weigh anchor

habitually restless, continually jumping about

to struggle or jump suddenly or convulsively

to throw or pour or sprinkle water on, or to douse

big, large, great or numerous