"Tongan" meaning in English

See Tongan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɒŋən/, /ˈtɒŋɡən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tongan.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɒŋən, -ɒŋɡən Etymology: Tonga + -an Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Tonga|an}} Tonga + -an Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Tongan (not comparable)
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, the Tongan people or the Tongan language. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language): Tongaans (Afrikaans), tongalès (Catalan), tonžský (Czech), Tongaans (Dutch), tongalainen (Finnish), tongano (Galician), ტონგანური (ṭonganuri) (Georgian), tongaisch (German), tongano (Italian), tongansk (Norwegian Bokmål), tongansk (Norwegian Nynorsk), tongijski (Polish), tonganês (Portuguese), tongan (Romanian), tongalez (Romanian), тонга́нский (tongánskij) (Russian), tongano (Spanish), tongansk (Swedish), fakatonga (Tongan)
    Sense id: en-Tongan-en-adj-Rz5yeiBl

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɒŋən/, /ˈtɒŋɡən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tongan.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Tongans [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋən, -ɒŋɡən Etymology: Tonga + -an Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Tonga|an}} Tonga + -an Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Tongan (countable and uncountable, plural Tongans)
  1. (uncountable) An Austronesian language of the Polynesian branch spoken in Tonga. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Languages Translations (Austronesian language): Tongaans (Afrikaans), tongalès [masculine] (Catalan), 湯加語 (Chinese Mandarin), 汤加语 (Tāngjiāyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), tongansk [common-gender] (Danish), Tongaans [neuter] (Dutch), Tonga [neuter] (Dutch), tonga (Finnish), tonguien [masculine] (French), tongano [masculine] (Galician), ტონგანური (ṭonganuri) (Georgian), ტონგანური ენა (ṭonganuri ena) (Georgian), Tongaisch [neuter] (German), tongano [masculine] (Italian), トンガ語 (Tonga-go) (Japanese), Tʼónga bizaad (Navajo), tongansk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tongansk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tonga [masculine] (Portuguese), tonganês [masculine] (Portuguese), tongană [feminine] (Romanian), tongaleză [feminine] (Romanian), тонга́нский (tongánskij) [masculine] (Russian), tongano [masculine] (Spanish), tonganska [common-gender] (Swedish), lea fakatonga (Tongan)
    Sense id: en-Tongan-en-noun--eu2LJYB Disambiguation of Languages: 32 59 9 Disambiguation of 'Austronesian language': 98 2
  2. (countable) A person from Tonga or of Tongan descent. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Nationalities Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Tongan terms, to, ton (alt: SIL), ton ⁠ Translations (person from Tonga or of Tongan descent): Tongaan (Afrikaans), tongalès [masculine] (Catalan), tongalesa [feminine] (Catalan), Tonžan [masculine] (Czech), Tongaan [masculine] (Dutch), Tongaanse [feminine] (Dutch), tongano (english: man or woman) (Esperanto), tonganino (english: woman) (Esperanto), tongalainen (Finnish), Tongien (French), Tonguien [masculine] (French), Tongienne (French), Tonguienne [feminine] (French), Tongais [masculine, rare] (French), Tongaise [feminine, rare] (French), Tonganais [masculine, rare] (French), Tonganaise [feminine, rare] (French), tongano [masculine] (Galician), Tongaer [masculine] (German), Tongaerin [feminine] (German), tongano [masculine] (Italian), tongana [feminine] (Italian), tonganer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tonganar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Tongijczyk [masculine] (Polish), Tongijka [feminine] (Polish), tonganês [masculine] (Portuguese), tongan [masculine] (Romanian), tongană [feminine] (Romanian), тонга́нец (tongánec) [masculine] (Russian), тонга́нка (tongánka) [feminine] (Russian), tongano [masculine] (Spanish), tongana [feminine] (Spanish), tongan [common-gender] (Swedish), Tongalı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Tongan-en-noun-GwDHTjDh Disambiguation of Nationalities: 26 14 60 Disambiguation of 'person from Tonga or of Tongan descent': 17 83

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "tongano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭonganuri",
      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "ტონგანური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "tongaisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "tongano"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "tongansk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "tongansk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "tongijski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "tonganês"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "tongan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "tongalez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tongánskij",
      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "тонга́нский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "tongano"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "tongansk"
    },
    {
      "code": "to",
      "lang": "Tongan",
      "sense": "of, from, or pertaining to Tonga, Tongans or their language",
      "word": "fakatonga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tongan"
}

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