Tongan

See also: tongan

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒŋɡən

Etymology

Tonga +‎ -an

Proper noun

Tongan

1. An Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch spoken in Tonga.

Translations

Austronesian language

• Catalan: tongalès m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 湯加語, 汤加语 (Tāngjiāyǔ)

• Finnish: tonga (fi)
• French: tonguien (fr) m
• German: Tongaisch (de) n
• 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

See also

• Tongan language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wiktionary's coverage of Tongan terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code to, ISO 639-3 code ton
• Ethnologue entry for Tongan, ton

Noun

Tongan (plural Tongans)

1. A person from Tonga or of Tongan descent.

Translations

person from Tonga or of Tongan descent

• Catalan: tongalès m, tongalesa f
• Czech: Tonžan m
• 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)
• German: Tongaer (de) m, Tongaerin (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tonganer m

  Nynorsk: tonganar m

• 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

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

• Catalan: tongalès
• Czech: tonžský
• Finnish: tongalainen (fi)
• German: tongaisch (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tongansk

  Nynorsk: tongansk

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