Tongan

See also: tongan

English

Etymology

From Tonga +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒŋən/, /ˈtɒŋɡən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋən, -ɒŋɡən

Noun

Tongan (countable and uncountable, plural Tongans)

1. (uncountable) An Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch spoken in Tonga.
2. (countable) A person from Tonga or of Tongan descent.

Translations

Austronesian language

• Afrikaans: Tongaans
• Catalan: tongalès m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 湯加語／汤加语 (Tāngjiāyǔ)

• Danish: tongansk c
• Dutch: Tongaans (nl) n, Tonga (nl) n
• Finnish: tonga (fi)
• French: tonguien (fr) m
• Galician: tongano m
• Georgian: ტონგანური (ṭonganuri), ტონგანური ენა (ṭonganuri ena)
• German: Tongaisch (de) n
• Italian: tongano m
• Japanese: トンガ語 (ja) (Tonga-go)
• Navajo: Tʼónga bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tongansk m

  Nynorsk: tongansk m

• Portuguese: tonga (pt) m, tonganês (pt) m
• Romanian: tongană f, tongaleză f
• Russian: тонга́нский (ru) m (tongánskij)
• Spanish: tongano (es) m
• Swedish: tonganska (sv) c
• Tongan: lea fakatonga

person from Tonga or of Tongan descent

• Afrikaans: Tongaan
• Catalan: tongalès m, tongalesa f
• Czech: Tonžan (cs) m
• Dutch: Tongaan (nl) m, Tongaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: tongano (man or woman), tonganino (woman)
• Finnish: tongalainen (fi)
• French: Tongien (fr), Tonguien m, Tongienne (fr), Tonguienne f, Tongais m (rare), Tongaise f (rare), Tonganais m (rare), Tonganaise f (rare)
• Galician: tongano m
• German: Tongaer (de) m, Tongaerin (de) f
• Italian: tongano m, tongana f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tonganer m

  Nynorsk: tonganar m

• Polish: Tongijczyk (pl) m, Tongijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: tonganês (pt) m
• Romanian: tongan m, tongană f
• Russian: тонга́нец (ru) m (tongánec), тонга́нка f (tongánka)
• Spanish: tongano (es) m, tongana (es) f
• Swedish: tongan (sv) c
• Turkish: Tongalı

See also

• Tongan language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tongan terms
• ISO 639-1 code to, ISO 639-3 code ton (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Tongan, ton ⁠

Adjective

Tongan (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, the Tongan people or the Tongan language.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language

• Afrikaans: Tongaans
• Catalan: tongalès
• Czech: tonžský (cs)
• Dutch: Tongaans (nl)
• Finnish: tongalainen (fi)
• Galician: tongano
• Georgian: ტონგანური (ṭonganuri)
• German: tongaisch (de)
• Italian: tongano
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tongansk

  Nynorsk: tongansk

• Polish: tongijski (pl)
• Portuguese: tonganês (pt)
• Romanian: tongan, tongalez
• Russian: тонга́нский (ru) (tongánskij)
• Spanish: tongano (es)
• Swedish: tongansk (sv)
• Tongan: fakatonga

Anagrams

• tonnag

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔnˈɡaːn/

Adjective

Tongan (feminine singular Tongana, plural Tongani)

1. Tongan (of, from or relating to Tonga)

Noun

Tongan m (plural Tongani, feminine Tongana)

1. Tongan (native or inhabitant of Tonga) (male or of unspecified gender)

Noun

It-Tongan m

1. Tongan (language)