Tonga
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈtɒŋ.ə/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒŋ.ə/, /ˈtɒŋ.ɡə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɑŋ.ɡə/, /ˈtɔŋ.ɡə/, /ˈtoʊŋ.ə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋə, Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə, Rhymes: -əʊŋə
Etymology 1
[edit]From Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (“southern”).
Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- A country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania. Official name: Kingdom of Tonga. Capital and largest city: Nuku'alofa.
Translations
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See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- A Bantu language, in the Nyasa branch, spoken in Malawi.
- Synonym: Chitonga
Etymology 3
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- A Bantu language, in the Botatwe branch, spoken in Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth:
- Enela cleared their way through the throng, speaking in Tonga, a heavy language that freighted the air with ceremony.
Etymology 4
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- A Bantu language spoken in Mozambique.
Etymology 5
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Tonga (plural Tongas)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Tonga is the 38332nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 578 individuals. Tonga is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (74.57%) and White (10.9%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tonga”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Related terms
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga f
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
[edit]Central Nahuatl
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga f (related adjective tonžský or tongský, demonym Tonžan)
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Declension
[edit]Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Related terms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga n
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
[edit]Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (“southern”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga n
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Declension
[edit]Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Tonga |
Accusative | Tonga |
Dative | Tonga |
Genitive | Tonga |
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Tonga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
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Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Tonga n (proper noun, genitive Tongas or (optionally with an article) Tonga)
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Tonga | — |
accusative | Tongát | — |
dative | Tongának | — |
instrumental | Tongával | — |
causal-final | Tongáért | — |
translative | Tongává | — |
terminative | Tongáig | — |
essive-formal | Tongaként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Tongában | — |
superessive | Tongán | — |
adessive | Tongánál | — |
illative | Tongába | — |
sublative | Tongára | — |
allative | Tongához | — |
elative | Tongából | — |
delative | Tongáról | — |
ablative | Tongától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Tongáé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Tongáéi | — |
Possessive forms of Tonga | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Tongám | — |
2nd person sing. | Tongád | — |
3rd person sing. | Tongája | — |
1st person plural | Tongánk | — |
2nd person plural | Tongátok | — |
3rd person plural | Tongájuk | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga f
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]Tonga
Latin
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga f sg (genitive Tongae); first declension
- (New Latin) Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Tonga |
Genitive | Tongae |
Dative | Tongae |
Accusative | Tongam |
Ablative | Tongā |
Vocative | Tonga |
Locative | Tongae |
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Related terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Related terms
[edit]Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga n
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Tonga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: Ton‧ga
Proper noun
[edit]Tonga f
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Usage notes
[edit]Tonga is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
Derived terms
[edit]Rarotongan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
References
[edit]“Tonga” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga ?
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Anagrams
[edit]Tongan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Samoan toga (“southern”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Turkish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Tonga
- Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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benim (my) | Tonga'm | Tongalarım / Tonga'larım |
senin (your) | Tonga'n | Tongaların / Tonga'ların |
onun (his/her/its) | Tonga'sı | Tongaları / Tonga'ları |
bizim (our) | Tonga'mız | Tongalarımız / Tonga'larımız |
sizin (your) | Tonga'nız | Tongalarınız / Tonga'larınız |
onların (their) | Tonga'sı / Tongaları / Tonga'ları | Tongaları / Tonga'ları |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɒŋə
- Rhymes:English/ɒŋə/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɒŋɡə
- Rhymes:English/ɒŋɡə/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/əʊŋə
- English terms derived from Tongan
- English terms derived from Samoan
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Tonga
- en:Countries in Oceania
- en:Countries
- en:Islands
- English terms with quotations
- English surnames
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Tonga
- af:Countries in Oceania
- af:Countries
- af:Islands
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio links
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Tonga
- ca:Countries in Oceania
- ca:Countries
- ca:Islands
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Tonga
- nhn:Countries in Oceania
- nhn:Countries
- nhn:Islands
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Tonga
- cs:Countries in Oceania
- cs:Countries
- cs:Islands
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Tonga
- da:Countries in Oceania
- da:Countries
- da:Islands
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Tonga
- nl:Countries in Oceania
- nl:Countries
- nl:Islands
- Faroese terms derived from Tongan
- Faroese terms derived from Samoan
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese neuter nouns
- fo:Tonga
- fo:Countries in Oceania
- fo:Countries
- fo:Islands
- Finnish terms derived from Tongan
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/oŋːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/oŋːɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Tonga
- fi:Countries in Oceania
- fi:Countries
- fi:Islands
- Finnish koira-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Tonga
- de:Countries in Oceania
- de:Countries
- de:Islands
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɡɒ
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Tonga
- hu:Countries in Oceania
- hu:Countries
- hu:Islands
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔnɡa
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔnɡa/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Tonga
- it:Countries in Oceania
- it:Countries
- it:Islands
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- New Latin
- la:Tonga
- la:Countries in Oceania
- la:Countries
- la:Islands
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Tonga
- nb:Countries in Oceania
- nb:Countries
- nb:Islands
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Tonga
- nn:Countries in Oceania
- nn:Countries
- nn:Islands
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔŋɡa
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔŋɡa/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Tonga
- pl:Countries in Oceania
- pl:Countries
- pl:Islands
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Tonga
- pt:Countries in Oceania
- pt:Countries
- pt:Islands
- Rarotongan terms borrowed from Tongan
- Rarotongan terms derived from Tongan
- Rarotongan lemmas
- Rarotongan proper nouns
- rar:Tonga
- rar:Countries in Oceania
- rar:Countries
- rar:Islands
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Spanish/onɡa
- Rhymes:Spanish/onɡa/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Tonga
- es:Countries in Oceania
- es:Countries
- es:Islands
- Tongan terms derived from Samoan
- Tongan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tongan lemmas
- Tongan proper nouns
- to:Tonga
- to:Countries in Oceania
- to:Countries
- to:Islands
- Turkish terms with audio links
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Tonga
- tr:Countries in Oceania
- tr:Countries
- tr:Islands