tonga

See also: Tonga

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi टाँगा (ṭāṅgā).

Alternative forms

• tanga

Noun

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 2005, p. 13:

     When his tyre went flat, he leapt off and shouted for a tonga.

Etymology 2

From Tonga.

Noun

tonga (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• Atong, on tag, tag on, tango

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Finnish

Noun

tonga

1. Tongan (language)

Declension

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

• tango, togan

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Lingala

Verb

-tonga (infinitive kotonga)

1. to sew, to mend

See also

1. -tónga

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *teŋaq. Cognate with Malay tengah.

Noun

tonga

1. south

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tonga f

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of tong

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Portuguese

Noun

tonga m (uncountable)

1. Tongan (Austronesian language spoken in Tonga)

Synonyms

• tonganês

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Rapa Nui

Noun

tonga

1. a kind of yam

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Solon

Solon cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tonga

Etymology

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

Numeral

tonga

1. five

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtonɡa/ [ˈt̪õŋ.ɡa]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tonga f (plural tongas)

1. coating (thin outer layer)

   Synonym: tongada

2. (Argentina, Colombia) task, job
3. (Canary Islands, Cuba) heap, pile

Derived terms

• tongada
• entongar

Etymology 2

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

Noun

tonga m or f (plural tongas)

1. a member of the Tonga people of southern Africa

Etymology 3

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

Noun

tonga m or f (plural tongas)

1. Tongan (someone from Tonga)

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Turkish

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

tonga (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. (slang) cheating, trick