Tonga

See also: tonga

English

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈtɒŋ.ə/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒŋ.ə/, /ˈtɒŋ.ɡə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɑŋ.ɡə/, /ˈtɔŋ.ɡə/, /ˈtoʊŋ.ə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋə, Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə, Rhymes: -əʊŋə

Etymology 1

From Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (southern).

Proper noun

Tonga

  1. A country in Oceania. Official name: Kingdom of Tonga. Capital: Nuku'alofa.
  2. An archipelago in Polynesia, Pacific
Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Countries of the world

Proper noun

Tonga

  1. A language spoken in Malawi.

Proper noun

Tonga

  1. A language spoken in Mozambique.

Proper noun

Tonga

  1. A language spoken in Zambia.
    • 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 5

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

Proper noun

Tonga (plural Tongas)

  1. A surname.
Statistics
  • 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

Anagrams


Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tonga f

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

Derived terms


Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Tonga

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

Czech

Proper noun

Tonga

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

Faroese

Etymology

From Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (southern).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰɔŋka/

Proper noun

Tonga n

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Tonga
Accusative Tonga
Dative Tonga
Genitive Tonga

Finnish

Etymology

From Tongan Tonga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoŋːɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞ŋːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ton‧ga

Proper noun

Tonga

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

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
instructive
abessive Tongatta
comitative
Possessive forms of Tonga (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person Tongani Tongamme
2nd person Tongasi Tonganne
3rd person Tongansa

Anagrams


German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Tonga n (proper noun, genitive Tongas or (optionally with an article) Tonga)

  1. Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia)

Derived terms


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtoŋɡɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ton‧ga
  • Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Proper noun

Tonga

  1. Tonga (a country in Polynesia, Oceania)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
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
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

  • tongai

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔn.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnɡa
  • Hyphenation: Tòn‧ga

Proper noun

Tonga f

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

Derived terms

Anagrams


Japanese

Romanization

Tonga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of トンガ

Latin

Proper noun

Tonga f sg (genitive Tongae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Tonga (a country in Oceania)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Tonga
Genitive Tongae
Dative Tongae
Accusative Tongam
Ablative Tongā
Vocative Tonga
Locative Tongae

Marshallese

Proper noun

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Tonga

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Tonga

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔŋ.ɡa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋɡa
  • Syllabification: Ton‧ga

Proper noun

Tonga n

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

Derived terms

adjective
  • tongijski
nouns

Further reading

  • Tonga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Tonga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtõ.ɡɐ/

  • Hyphenation: Ton‧ga

Proper noun

Tonga f

  1. Tonga (an archipelago and country in Oceania)

Usage notes

Tonga is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Derived terms


Rarotongan

Etymology

Borrowed from Tongan Tonga.

Proper noun

Tonga

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

References

Tonga” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtonɡa/ [ˈt̪õŋ.ɡa]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -onɡa
  • Syllabification: Ton‧ga

Proper noun

Tonga ?

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

Anagrams


Tongan

Etymology

From Samoan toga (southern).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /to.ŋa/

Proper noun

Tonga

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

Turkish

Proper noun

Tonga

  1. Tonga (a country in Oceania)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Tongalı

See also

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