Tongan

[ tong-guh n ]

/ ˈtɒŋ gən /

a native or inhabitant of Tonga.

a Polynesian language, the language of the Tongans.

of or relating to Tonga, its people, or their language.

Origin of Tongan

First recorded in 1890–95; Tong(a) + -an

She had absorbed the Lomaiviti islands, and was disputing the Lau group with the Tongan immigrants.

The Fijians |Basil Thomson
It was clear that it had come from another part of the Pacific, for the Tongan celts are wedge-shaped, angular, and roughly made.

Savage Island |Basil C. Thomson
The Tongan fleet would be derelict at Kamba for want of hands to work the sails after the battle.

The Fijians |Basil Thomson
The island in which this happened belonged to the Tongan group, but precisely the same incident might have occurred in Samoa.

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead |James George Frazer

And with the new agreement between England and Germany the last prop to Tongan independence had been cut away.

Savage Island |Basil C. Thomson

Tongan

/ (ˈtɒŋən) /

of or relating to the kingdom of Tonga, its inhabitants, or their language

a member of the people that inhabits Tonga

the language of this people, belonging to the Polynesian family