Mālō e lelei.
Let’s fix those mistakes with the dictionary by C. Maxwell Churchward. I am going to add misspelled words here as I progress through my learning.
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Word list:
- lēsoni - the Churchward’s dictionary indicates this word without toloi, this way: lesoni; but lēsoni with toloi is very common in the internet, so it is an unresolved issue for me
- fā - number four with toloi
- faʻahitaʻu māfana - summer season with toloi; mafana without toloi means unpleasantly warm, stuffy, warmth, heat
- mālohi - strong, powerful with toloi
- fiemālie - satisfied, contented, comfortable, at ease with toloi
- fakaʻofoʻofa - beauty, beautiful; not: fakaʻofaʻofa
- ifo - tasty; ifo-lelei - to taste good, ifo-kovi - to taste bad (hyphens); delicious: vovo
- hinā - with toloi; there are several meanings without toloi and none of them refers to colour; hinā is grey or white - of the hair, grey colour in the first meaning is lanu-lavilavi
- moli - I am not sure about this word, it means an orange or other citrus fruit, not a colour; orange colour is lanu-momoho
- vaioleti - violet (flower); lanu-vaioleti - violet colour; there is no word valeti or vāleti in the dictionary, but I assume it may have changed since 1959, so I would be grateful, if someone told me about the correct spelling
- lanu-kelokelo - reddish brown; brown or tan is lanu-melomelo
- kulamūmū - crimson, toloi two times
- pingikī - pink colour with toloi
- fakamālohi-sino - (to do) physical exercise, with toloi and hyphen
- ʻilo - to know with fakau’a
- fakamaau - to put in order, to make tidy, to straighten out or to judge; fakama’a - to clean with fakau’a
- nofo noa / nofo noaʻia - to be idle, to be doing nothing (space mark)
- feimeʻakai - to prepare food, to cook; not: feimeaʻakai
- fie maʻu - to desire to get or have, to want (space mark)
- weather - I feel confused about this word in Tongan, I cannot find the word 'ea for weather; there are only two words 'ea in the dictionary, in the first meaning it translates as - air, the second meaning is - heir; from English to Tongan I find the word weather described as - anga ʻo e ʻahó; or - anga ʻo e matangi; there is also ʻalotāmaki - not good or stormy weather; and ʻalomālie - (to be) good or fine weather
- ʻafuʻia - there is no such word in the dictionary, maybe it is acceptable
- kopoa - catfish, pilipili - young cuttle-fish (feke - cuttle-fish or octopus)
- lō - ant, with toloi
- ʻunufe - caterpillar, with fakau’a
- vāsua - clam, with toloi
- mongomonga - beetle (of any kind), or any similar insect (such as a cockroach); not: mongomongo
On the other hand, anyone can use a reliable dictionary to check spelling. Thus, I decided to try making notes about the errors found, collecting them all in one post. If I will not leave my plan and I will have a good list of corrected words, it might be useful. Or maybe after some time this topic, without disturbing anyone, will simply be covered with dust. I’ll try! The reason for creating this topic was mistakes, that I’ve noticed in the course, I was initially upset because of that and I wanted to quit study. But since there are no available Tongan language programs anywhere else than on Memrise, I don’t want to disclaim the material that is here, even with those mistakes. Let’s see how things go