| 释义 |
ton·ga
I. \ˈtäŋgə\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Hindi tāṅgā
: a light 2-wheeled vehicle for two or four persons drawn by one horse and common in India
II. \ˈtäŋ(g)ə, ˈtȯŋ-\ noun
or ton·gan \-)ən\
(-s)
Etymology: probably from Tonga islands, southwest central Pacific ocean
1. also tongan creeper : an epiphytic creeper (Epipremnum mirabile) of the family Araceae used in folk medicine in Malaysia
2. : a drug formerly used in pharmacy consisting of equal parts of tonga bark and the root of a verbenaceous tree (Premna arborea)
III. noun
(plural tonga)
Usage: usually capitalized
1.
a. : any of several Bantu-speaking peoples found respectively in southern Portuguese East Africa, west of Lake Nyasa, and on the upper Zambezi river
b. : a member of one of these peoples
2. : any of the languages of the several Tonga peoples
IV. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Tonga islands, southwest central Pacific ocean
: tongan |