Tongan → English: S
221 Tongan words starting with S, with their English meanings. Look up any word on the dictionary page, or translate whole sentences with the translator.
S (221 words)
certain parts of the roof timbers of a Tongan house
St., Saint (contraction of sangato)
sharp (in music)
psalm
to be good, good enough, unobjectionable, all right; to be good or suitable for; to be in good or reasonably good condition; to be well (in good health); advisable, a good thing; to be acceptable or permissible
giant
science
to be fairly good, etc.
to like; prefer
sacrament
(n/v) circus, acrobatic feats, or to somersault
salad
vehicle, cart, wagon (not motorized), chariot
to salute (in military style)
sandpaper
to sandpaper
January
sandwich
shower
to have a shower bath
(n/v) (to have) supper
Sabbath, Sunday
saucepan
sergeant, police sergeant
satin
to avenge, revenge
(adj/n) south
(adj/n) south-west
(adj/n) south-east
surveyor
to survey (land)
chair, seat, stool or form
chairman
to be chairman
circle; sphere, realm, province
safe
chain
secretary
second (of time)
jailer, warder
cello, violoncello
Jerusalem
semicolon
semi-quaver
Sydney
general (officer)
centre
(adj/n) Gentile
cent
century (100 years); centenary
September
spoon; spoonful
(adj/v) silly, queer, eccentric
Satan
sentence
set
to set
steward
expressing surprise
servant
to be a servant to, to serve, wait upon, minister to
to drive away, shoo away
drawing attention to what one has to say
plant with ornamental leaves and a sweet root
(adj/n) China, Chinese
banana
gardenia (a flowering bush)
(adj/n) Germany, German
jam
man, fellow
Japan
church
chart
to be successful, to achieve its purpose; to be good, satisfactory, of good quality
cheque, (bank) check
germ(s), microbe(s)
to swerve or skid
to smite oneself on the breast, or to lay one's hand on one's breast, in token of devotion, repentance, or astonishment
Jehovah (God)
cheese
cigar
scarf
scribe
scrum (in Rugby football), scrimmage
cigarette
screw
to throw
scholarship, exhibition
scorpion
Scotland
square; set-square
envelope; seal; sealing-wax; coat-of-arms
syllable
syllabus
to seal
to fish with any kind of net which is thrown
silk
money; shilling
slippers
boat-slip
silver
(adj/n) cement, mortar, plaster, or concrete; cement tank;
to cement; to put (a broken arm, etc.) in plaster of Paris
(n/v) (to have) smallpox
first, before-hand, by way of warning or preparation
female animal used for breeding purposes
cinnamon
ginger
(adj/v) corpulent, stout, fat, plump
body; (of a tree) trunk; (of a ship) hull; (of an aeroplane) fuselage
(adj/v) physically strong
(adj/v) physically healthy
body of; the concrete reality of
body of money, principal (as opposed to interest)
to look, look at, or see
to keep one's eyes fixed on, to look at steadily
chalk
geography
jug, pitcher
(adj/v) selfish
selfishness
geometry
mirror; glass (substance); pane of glass; wind-screen (of a car); lens; glasses, spectacles
to peer at, to look at in a critical or offensive way
to stagger, reel, or wobble
spade; (in cards) spades
spelling
to spell; to read (a hymn) aloud
woollen
sheep; mutton; wool; blanket
to cut or cut out (clothes) with scissors; to cut off or sever (leaf of banana or taro) withone slice
to smack, slap, hit with the palm of the hand
spring (of a watch, a car, etc.)
methylated spirit
piece of cloth cut as a sample or pattern; (in general) pattern, model, standard
sports
ornamental girdle or waistband made of flowers
to make a hissing or fizzing or wheezing sound; to hiss
to hiss, hiss at
to grasp or grip forcefully, to squeeze hard
Jesus
starch
to cut off the pointed end of a coconut
stamp (postage or duty)
stage (in a theatre, etc.)
step; door-step
tap-dance
steamer, steamship; launch
stocking, sock
stove
(adj/n) Jew
jewel, gem
July
jubilee
Jupiter
(n/v) (to have a) boat race (rowing)
examination; competition or contest in which marks are awarded by a judge
to examine; to examine and mark
sieve; to sift, or strain; to filter; to free from impurities, to refine
stock-taking
to examine goods, to take stock
civilized
civilization, culture
my
our (dual)
our (plural)
your (dual)
your (plural)
their (dual)
their (plural)
his, her, its
your, thy
our (dual)
our (plural)
one's, my
one's, my
my
our (dual)
our (plural)
their
their (plural)
his, her, its
our (dual)
our (plural)
one's, my
small, little; young, younger, youngest; few
slightly, lightly, gently, to a small extent, or for a short time
very small; very young; very few
(pro) your, thy
my
our (dual)
our (plural)
your (dual)
your (plural)
their (dual)
their (three or more)
his, her, its
our (dual)
our (plural)
one's, my
(of boy and girl, or man and woman) to be sweet on each other, to be in love; (in general) to have a friendly gathering for conversation and kava-drinking, etc.
sofa, couch
(n/v) (to play) soccer
(adj/v) unfamiliar, unaccustomed, inexperienced, unacquainted with or to
one who is unaccustomed or inexperienced; stranger, ignoramus
(n/v) (to sing a ) solo
Solomon Islands
zone
saucer
sausage(s)
shirt
soldier
shoe(s), boot(s)
Sweden
Switzerland
sugar
(n/v) (to suffer from) sugar diabetes
juryman; jury
June
soup or stew
souvenir