Tongan Genealogical Word List
Key Words
| English | Tongan |
|---|---|
| aunt | mehikitanga |
| baptism/christening | papitaiso |
| birth | fa'ele’i |
| boy | tamasi'i |
| brother | tunga'ane |
| burial | tanu |
| cemetery | fa'itoka |
| census | tohi kakai |
| chief | ‘eiki |
| child(ren) | fanau |
| councils | fakataha |
| cousin | kasini |
| daughter | ‘ofefine |
| day | ‘aho |
| death | malolo |
| elder | matu'a vaivai |
| family | famili |
| father | tamai |
| female/woman | fefine |
| genealogies | tohi hohoko |
| girl | ta'ahine |
| grandfather | kui tangata |
| grandmother | kui fefine |
| high chief | nopele |
| husband | husepaniti |
| king | Tu’i |
| maiden name | hingoa fa'ele'i 'oha fefine |
| male person who is not a chief | me'a vale |
| man/male | tangata |
| marriage | mali |
| month | mahina |
| mother | fa'e |
| name | hingoa |
| name, given | ‘uluaki hingoa |
| name, surname | hingoa fakafamili |
| orator chief; talking chief | matapule |
| parent(s) | matu'a |
| parish (church) | siasi |
| pedigree | mape tohi hohoko |
| people of the village | kakai ‘oe kolo |
| sister | tuofefine |
| son | foha |
| spouse | mali |
| Tongan culture; the Tongan way | ‘ulu ngaanga fakatonga |
| uncle | fa‘etangata |
| wife | uaifi |
| year | ta'u |
Months
| English | Tongan |
|---|---|
| January | Sanuali |
| February | Fepueli |
| March | Ma’asi |
| April | ‘Epeleli |
| May | Me |
| June | Sune |
| July | Siulai |
| August | ‘Akosi |
| September | Sepitema |
| October | ‘Okatopa |
| November | Novema |
| December | Tisema |
Days of the Week
| English | Tongan |
|---|---|
| Sunday | Sapate |
| Monday | Monite |
| Tuesday | Tusite |
| Wednesday | Pulelulu |
| Thursday | Tu’apulelulu |
| Friday | Falaite |
| Saturday | Tokonaki |
Numbers
Cardinal
| English | Tongan |
|---|---|
| 0 | noa |
| 1 | taha |
| 2 | ua |
| 3 | tolu |
| 4 | fa |
| 5 | nima |
| 6 | ono |
| 7 | fitu |
| 8 | valu |
| 9 | hiva |
| 10 | hongofulu |
| 11 | taha taha |
| 12 | taha ua |
| 13 | taha tolu |
| 14 | taha fa |
| 15 | taha nima |
| 16 | taha ono |
| 17 | taha fitu |
| 18 | taha valu |
| 19 | taha hiva |
| 20 | ua noa |
| 21 | ua taha |
| 22 | ua ua |
| 23 | ua tolu |
| 24 | ua fa |
| 25 | ua nima |
| 26 | ua ono |
| 27 | ua fitu |
| 28 | ua valu |
| 29 | ua hiva |
| 30 | tolu noa |
| 40 | fa noa |
| 50 | nima noa |
| 60 | ono noa |
| 70 | fitu noa |
| 80 | valu noa |
| 90 | hiva noa |
| 100 | teau |
Ordinal
| English | Tongan |
|---|---|
| 1st | ‘uluaku |
| 2nd | ua |
| 3rd | tolu |
| 4th | fa |
| 5th | nima |
| 6th | ono |
| 7th | fitu |
| 8th | valu |
| 9th | hiva |
| 10th | hongofulu |
| 11th | hongofulu ma taha |
| 12th | hongofulu ma ua |
| 13th | hongofulu ma tolu |
| 14th | hongofulu ma fa |
| 15th | hongofulu ma nima |
| 16th | hongofulu ma ono |
| 17th | hongofulu ma fitu |
| 18th | hongofulu ma valu |
| 19th | hongofulu ma hiva |
| 20th | uofulu |
| 21st | uofulu ma taha |
| 22nd | uofulu ma ua |
| 23rd | uofulu ma tolu |
| 24th | uofulu ma fa |
| 25th | uofulu ma nima |
| 26th | uofulu ma ono |
| 27th | uofulu ma fitu |
| 28th | uofulu ma valu |
| 29th | uofulu ma hiva |
| 30th | tolu ngofulu |
| 31st | Tolu ngofulu ma taha |