See also: Tonga

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Hindi टाँगा (ṭāṅgā).

Alternative forms edit

 
A tonga

Noun edit

tonga (plural tongas)

  1. (India) A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
    • 1890, Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills:
      Coming up along the Cart-Road a tonga passed me, and my pony, tired with standing so long, set off at a canter.
    • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 13:
      When his tyre went flat, he leapt off and shouted for a tonga.

Etymology 2 edit

From Tonga.

Noun edit

tonga (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.

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Anagrams edit

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin tunica. Doublet of túnica, a learned borrowing.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tonga f (plural tongues)

  1. (historical) a form of tunic worn by Catalan Jews during the Middle Ages

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • “tonga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

< Tonga

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoŋːɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞ŋːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -oŋːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ton‧ga

Noun edit

tonga

  1. Tongan (language)

Declension edit

Inflection of tonga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative tonga
genitive tongan
partitive tongaa
illative tongaan
singular plural
nominative tonga
accusative nom. tonga
gen. tongan
genitive tongan
partitive tongaa
inessive tongassa
elative tongasta
illative tongaan
adessive tongalla
ablative tongalta
allative tongalle
essive tongana
translative tongaksi
abessive tongatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tonga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tongani
accusative nom. tongani
gen. tongani
genitive tongani
partitive tongaani
inessive tongassani
elative tongastani
illative tongaani
adessive tongallani
ablative tongaltani
allative tongalleni
essive tonganani
translative tongakseni
abessive tongattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tongasi
accusative nom. tongasi
gen. tongasi
genitive tongasi
partitive tongaasi
inessive tongassasi
elative tongastasi
illative tongaasi
adessive tongallasi
ablative tongaltasi
allative tongallesi
essive tonganasi
translative tongaksesi
abessive tongattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tongamme
accusative nom. tongamme
gen. tongamme
genitive tongamme
partitive tongaamme
inessive tongassamme
elative tongastamme
illative tongaamme
adessive tongallamme
ablative tongaltamme
allative tongallemme
essive tonganamme
translative tongaksemme
abessive tongattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tonganne
accusative nom. tonganne
gen. tonganne
genitive tonganne
partitive tongaanne
inessive tongassanne
elative tongastanne
illative tongaanne
adessive tongallanne
ablative tongaltanne
allative tongallenne
essive tongananne
translative tongaksenne
abessive tongattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tongansa
accusative nom. tongansa
gen. tongansa
genitive tongansa
partitive tongaansa
inessive tongassaan
tongassansa
elative tongastaan
tongastansa
illative tongaansa
adessive tongallaan
tongallansa
ablative tongaltaan
tongaltansa
allative tongalleen
tongallensa
essive tonganaan
tonganansa
translative tongakseen
tongaksensa
abessive tongattaan
tongattansa
instructive
comitative

Anagrams edit

Lingala edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-tʊ́nga.

Verb edit

-tonga (infinitive kotonga)

  1. to sew, to mend
  2. to build

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Malagasy edit

Etymology 1 edit

Participle edit

tonga

  1. arrived

Etymology 2 edit

The talisman sense comes from Etymology 1 of the word.

Noun edit

tonga

  1. (Mahafaly, Sakalava) a charm or talisman believed to bring one safely to their destination
  2. (by extension) a plant used to make this talisman, the blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis)
  3. (Antanosy) rosy periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
  4. (Bara) Catharanthus longifolius

Maori edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *toŋa (south wind), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq (centre).

No words for the cardinal directions can be unambiguously reconstructed for Proto-Polynesian, as there would be little use for them on the small Polynesian islands. However, on the much larger North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and South Island (Te Waipounamu) of New Zealand, the usefulness of such terminology led the Māori to adopt this word for "south".[1]

Noun edit

tonga

  1. south
    Synonyms: taitonga, (obsolete) hauta

Coordinate terms edit

(compass points)

tapatapātiu tokerau, raki kārapu
uru   rāwhiti
uru-mā-tonga tonga pitonga


References edit

  1. ^ Bruce Biggs (1994), “New Words for a New World”, in A. K. Pawley; M. D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change (Pacific Linguistics Series C; 127), Australian National University, →DOI, page 26.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

tonga f

  1. definite singular of tong

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ton‧ga

Adjective edit

tonga

  1. feminine singular of tongo

Noun edit

tonga m (uncountable)

  1. Tongan (Austronesian language spoken in Tonga)
    Synonym: tonganês

Noun edit

tonga f (plural tongas)

  1. female equivalent of tongo

Noun edit

tonga f (plural tongas)

  1. (Angola) land for farming

Rapa Nui edit

Noun edit

tonga

  1. a kind of yam

Solon edit

Solon cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : tonga

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tungusic *tuńga. Cognate with Evenki тунӈа (tunŋa), Even ту̇нӈа̇н (tu̇nŋȧn), Oroqen tʊŋŋa, Manchu ᠰᡠᠨᠵᠠ (sunja).

Pronunciation edit

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Numeral edit

tonga

  1. five

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtonɡa/ [ˈt̪õŋ.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -onɡa
  • Syllabification: ton‧ga

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Latin tunica. Doublet of túnica, a borrowing.

Noun edit

tonga f (plural tongas)

  1. coating (thin outer layer)
    Synonym: tongada
  2. (Argentina, Colombia) task, job
  3. (Canaries, Cuba) heap, pile
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

tonga m or f by sense (plural tongas)

  1. a member of the Tonga people of southern Africa

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (southern).

Noun edit

tonga m or f by sense (plural tongas)

  1. Tongan (someone from Tonga)

Further reading edit

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Unknown.

Noun edit

tonga (definite accusative tongayı, plural tongalar)

  1. (slang) cheating, trick