Tongan → English: V

distance between, distance apart; attitude, feeling, relationship, towards each other

(of two or more) to laugh loudly and hilariously

half

half (exact)

to be half full, half empty, half finished

semicircle

centre, or place where something is divided into two (or the cause of such division)

space between, space apart; space, distance, extended area; at sea; open sea, high seas; strait, channel

spaces or distances apart

(of three or more) to be spaced out, to be well-spaced,(in place or time)

intervening space or time; relationship, mutual feeling or attitude (esp. of a bad kind)

interval (musical) between two notes

duty, share of work

space or interval of time

division, division of country, district, parish, circuit

to divide; to divide out, allot, distribute; to separate or set aside; to segregate; to appoint

district, shire, province

eastern division of Tongatapu

western division of Tongatapu

central division of Tongatapu

division, portion; share; circuit, parish; salary, stipend

(n/v) (to be) the central performer in a native dance or action song

county, state, or other such political section or division

dividing; partition

to divide into more than two, to share between two or more

liquid, fresh water; medicine; well, tank, spring, river, or other body of water

to become wet or watery; to be affected or damaged by wetness; to become liquid, to melt or dissolve; (of distant land seen over the sea) to be just visible on the horizon

flood (from a river), river in flood

medicine (liquid)

lotion for the

water in which any kind of food has been boiled

native pudding (or soup) made from hopa (a type of banana)

stew cooked in taro and banana leaves in a native oven

(n/v) to be a means or source of comfort or consolation or assurance

well or underground tank, or water from it

native pudding (or soup) made from papaya

to treat with hot water or hot fomentations

Epsom salts, magnesium sulphate

to rinse in clear water (what has been washed in soapy water)

passion vine, or passion fruit

name of the Government hospital at Nukuʻalofa ( formerly the name of a life-giving stream in Pulotu )

violet (flower)

violin, fiddle

native pudding (or soup) made from bananas

stream, river

waterfall

ink

spring, well, or water from a spring or well

(adj/v) weak; to lose, be defeated, or to be subject or in subjection; to be slack, slow; (of tea, etc.) weak; (of cheese etc.) mild; rather thin (of porridge, etc.), inclined to be liquid

to feel weak, to be affected or overcome by weakness

place, spot or respect in which someone or something is weak; weak point, centre or source of weakness

boat, canoe, ship, of any kind; airplane

dinghy or ferry-boat; shuttle (of a sewing-machine, etc.)

to look at in order to find out something, or to look at and thereby find out or observe something

to observe, consider, look at carefully or thoughtfully, look into, examine, inspect, supervise, watch, watch over; or to keep an eye on (suspiciously)

yacht, sailing vessel

airship or airplane (of any type)

rowing boat (as used in a boat race)

submarine, (diving-boat)

the side of the thorax only, (but often refers to side in general of human being or animal)

to ride on the shoulders

raft; log of wood, etc. used as a raft

rowing boat

noise (of any kind)

to make a noise (of any kind)

to remove or take things out (of a box, etc.), to turn out the contents of

to be on bad terms with each other

to scratch; scratch in, scrape, scrape away; to scrape away the earth from, to dig up, unearth, disinter

clothes

to wear or put on clothes

a common type of creeper

clothes for everyday use

working clothes, clothes worn when doing dirty work

noise, din, disturbance

to make a noise; to make a din or clamour or uproar; to make a disturbance or hubbub

(adj/v) foolish, silly, ignorant, unskilled incapable, incompetent

foolishly, like a fool or an ignorant or unskilled person; unreasonably, ignorantly, or incompetently; in vain,to no purpose, ineffectively, unsuccessfully

foolishness, ignorance, or incompetence; fool, duffer, unskilled or incompetent person

stupid

to talk to oneself; to talk gibberish, to jabber unintelligibly; to talk in one's sleep or in delirium

to be on good terms with each other

very silly

(adj/v) not yet able to think for itself; baby

paint

to paint or smear, to smear with grease, to grease

asphalt

to paint with tar, to surface (a road, etc.) with tar or asphalt

to reprove, rebuke, reprimand

eight (8)

kind of fish

eight hundred (800)

eighty (80)

(of two things) to be far apart, to be distant from each other

kind of sea-egg with long thin spikes

vanilla plant (a creeping vine); vanilla (flavouring)

varnish

to varnish

(of water) to make a trickling, rippling, or running noise

forest, bush-land, scrub, land or tract of land in its natural uncultivated state; piece of forest or bush-land either in its natural state or cleared for gardening; grass, weeds

more or less overgrown with forest or scrub or weeds

(of two things) to be near to each other

forest (not mere scrub or bush-land)

nearly the same, or nearly equal

to scrape, or to grate (coarsely)

vowel

voucher

space between the earth and the sky; outer space

cotton plant, raw cotton, cotton wool (but sewing cotton is called filo); kapok tree, kapok; wick; mantle

to scratch hard and forcibly or deeply; to claw

to make a prediction, to prophesy; (of old fowls) to utter a warning cry

to predict, foretell, prophesy

the most northerly of the three main island groups of Tonga

(adj/v) to be quick or fast; (of a clock) fast

fast, quickly, smartly, rapidly

(of meeting etc.) to be nearly over, to be approaching the end

bough, branch

stick, rod, twig or branch (if broken off); cutting (for planting)

(in cricket) stump(s)

having branches, branched, branching

foot, leg; wheel (of cart or car, etc.); weights along the bottom edge of a fishing-net

to hurry (on one's feet)

section of a road; stage, phase

game, pastime, diversion, amusement or hobby

to play, to have a game; to indulge in recreation, amusement, diversion, or in a pastime or a hobby

to play with, to treat as a plaything; to make fun of poke fun at, mock

playground, place where games are played

verb

van

verse; text

young coconut warmed for drinking

native pudding (or soup) made from unripe coconuts

veil

to wear a veil, to have a veil on

(n/v) (to play) draughts or checkers

to keep away from each other (as cousins of opposite sex are supposed to do)

uncertain; or to hesitate (because of uncertainty)

eagerly, gladly, with relish

(adj/v) to be on fire, to catch fire; to burn, be burning; to be burnt; to be scorched or scalded; hot

burning, fire, conflagration, bushfire; heat

difficult to heat up; difficult to burn, non-inflammable; fireproof

easy to heat up; easy to burn, inflammable

to feel slight tickling sensations

to itch (physically or mentally)

to be itchy, to suffer from itchiness

to thrust, to insert

to fish with a spear, engage in spear-fishing

to throw (a spear), or to spear (a pig or a fish, etc.)

Venus

bracelet, bangle, wristlet

to loose, unloose, unfasten, untie, undo, unpack, unstrap, unwind, unstitch; to disentangle, to unravel, (to solve, explicate, explain); to unharness (horse or cart); to release; to take off (clothes); to confess (wrongdoing)

to take off one's clothes

to disturb, disarrange, upset, ruffle, shuffle about, muddle, jumble, confuse, throw into disorder or confusion or a state of commotion

rubbish, litter, refuse, or garbage

littered with rubbish

to be hot (of the sun); to sting (as when smacked hard or when bitten by a wasp); to taste hot

to be stung or hurt (when smacked, etc.);

used instead of vaʻe (foot, leg); or as a preposed noun meaning side or place beside

four-footed or four-wheeled

to have how many feet or

having elephantiasis in the leg(s)

(in dancing) to step or move the feet incorrectly

roadside

club-footed

bow-legged

swift-footed

sharp-shinned

long-legged

stilts

strong in the legs (or feet)

having had a foot or leg cut off

short-legged

having ulcerated leg(s)

having crooked legs

wheel (including the wheels of a watch), castor

having three legs or three wheels

(in dancing) to step or move the feet correctly; also to arrive in the nick of time or at the opportune moment

slow-footed

two-legged or two-wheeled

fast at walking or running, quick-footed

always walking around or gadding about

to praise, speak in praise of, extol, or compliment

to exult, to overflow with joy and gratitude or praise

(adj/v) wet, implying complete wetness or being wet all over

wetness

somewhat wet, damp, moist

drill, auger, brace and bit

to drill, bore; or to thrust (a crowbar, etc.) into the ground

to keep on, persevere, persist; to be resolute, tenacious, unyielding; to insist

to be blown about , along or away by the wind

to rotate fast, to twirl or spin; to toss a coin; to brandish (a weapon)

top (spinning top)

to keep on twirling or spinning

vinegar

vision

vitamin

volume (book)

to be bruised, to have a bruise

bruise