Tongan

See also: tongan

English

Etymology

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

• 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

• 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 (behind paywall)

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 (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