Tongan

See also: tongan

English

Etymology

Tonga +‎ -an

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɒŋən/, /ˈtɒŋɡən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒŋən, -ɒŋɡən

Noun

Tongan (countable and uncountable, plural Tongans)

(uncountable) An Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch spoken in Tonga.
(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)

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)

Tongan (of, from or relating to Tonga)

Noun

Tongan m (plural Tongani, feminine Tongana)

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

Noun

It-Tongan m

Tongan (language)

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