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{{also|Tonga|tong-a}}
==English==

===Etymology 1===
From {{uder|en|hi|टाँगा}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|tanga}}
[[Image:TangaJaora.jpg|thumb|220px|right|A tonga]]

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|India}} A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn [[carriage]] used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1890|author=w:Rudyard Kipling|title=Plain Tales from the Hills
|passage=Coming up along the Cart-Road a '''tonga''' passed me, and my pony, tired with standing so long, set off at a [[canter]].}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1924|author=w:EM Forster|title=A Passage to India|page=13|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2005
|passage=When his [[tyre]] went flat, he leapt off and shouted for a '''tonga'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1972|author=Abulhasan 'Ali Nadvi|title=The Musalman|page=42
|passage=The Muslim ladies who earlier moved out in covered [[palanquin]]s, ''[[doli]]s'' and ''[[muhafa]]s'' or completely veiled coaches and [[victoria]]s are now obliged to go about in '''tongas''', [[rikshaw]]s and buses leaving aside the earlier scruples.}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{m|en|Tonga}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{lb|en|medicine}} A [[drug]] useful in [[neuralgia]], derived from a [[Fijian]] plant supposed to be of the [[aroid]] genus {{taxlink|Epipremnum|genus}}.

===See also===
* [[tonga bean]]

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=agnot|Atong|on tag|tag on|tango}}

{{C|en|Carriages}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|ca|la|tunica}}. {{doublet|ca|túnica}}, a learned borrowing.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA|ó}}

===Noun===
{{ca-noun|f}}

# {{lb|ca|historical}} a form of [[tunic]] worn by Catalan Jews during the Middle Ages

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ca|tongada}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ca|caftà}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

{{C|ca|Clothing}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
< {{from|fi|Tonga}}

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p}}

===Noun===
{{fi-noun}}

# [[Tongan]] {{gloss|language}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-koira|n=sg|tong|||a}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|fi|a=agnot|tango|togan}}

==Lingala==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ln|bnt-pro|*-tʊ́nga}}.

===Verb===
{{ln-verb}}

# to [[sew]], to [[mend]]
# to [[build]]

===See also===
* {{l|ln|tónga|-tónga}}

==Malagasy==

===Etymology 1===

====Participle====
{{head|mg|participles}}

# [[arrived]]

===Etymology 2===
The talisman sense comes from Etymology 1 of the word.

====Noun====
{{head|mg|nouns}}

# {{lb|mg|Mahafaly|Sakalava}} a [[charm]] or [[talisman]] believed to bring one safely to their [[destination]]
# {{lb|mg|by extension}} a [[plant]] used to make this talisman, the {{vern|blue porterweed}} ({{taxlink|Stachytarpheta jamaicensis|species}})
# {{lb|mg|Antanosy}} [[rosy periwinkle]] ({{taxfmt|Catharanthus roseus|species}})
# {{lb|mg|Bara}} {{taxlink|Catharanthus longifolius|species}}

{{cln|mg|dialectal terms}}
{{C|mg|Dogbane family plants|Lamiales order plants}}

==Maori==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|mi|poz-pol-pro|*toŋa|t=south wind}}, possibly from {{inh|mi|poz-pro|*təŋaq|t=centre}}.

{{U:mi:cardinal directions|south}}

===Noun===
{{mi-noun}}

# [[south]]
#: {{syn|mi|taitonga|hauta|q2=obsolete}}

====Coordinate terms====
{{list:compass points/mi}}

===References===
<references/>

{{C|mi|Compass points}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Noun===
{{head|nn|noun form|g=f}}

# {{infl of|nn|tong||def|s}}

==Portuguese==

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|tônga}}
* {{hyph|pt|ton|ga}}

===Adjective===
{{head|pt|adjective form}}

# {{adj form of|pt|tongo||f|s}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m|-}}

# [[Tongan]] {{gloss|Austronesian language spoken in Tonga}}
#: {{syn|pt|tonganês}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|f}}

# {{female equivalent of|pt|tongo}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|f}}

# {{lb|pt|Angola}} [[land]] for [[farming]]

{{C|pt|Languages}}

==Rapa Nui==

===Noun===
{{head|rap|noun}}

# a kind of [[yam]]

==Solon==
{{cardinalbox|tuw-sol|4|5|6|diḡing|ningung|ord=|adv=}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|tuw-sol|tuw-pro|*tuńga}}. Cognate with {{cog|evn|тунӈа}}, {{cog|eve|ту̇нӈа̇н}}, {{cog|orh| tʊŋŋa}}, {{cog|mnc|ᠰᡠᠨᠵᠠ}}.

===Pronunciation===
<!--* {{IPA|lang=tuw-sol|}}-->{{rfp|tuw-sol}}

===Numeral===
{{head|tuw-sol|numerals}}

# [[five]]

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|es|la|tunica}}. {{doublet|es|túnica}}, a borrowing.

====Noun====
{{es-noun|f}}

# [[coating]] {{gloss|thin outer layer}}
#: {{syn|es|tongada}}
# {{lb|es|Argentina|Colombia}} [[task]], [[job]]
# {{lb|es|Canary Islands|Cuba}} [[heap]], [[pile]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|es|tongada|entongar}}

===Etymology 2===
{{rfe|es}}

====Noun====
{{es-noun|mfbysense}}

# a member of the [[Tonga]] people of southern Africa

===Etymology 3===
{{bor+|es|to|Tonga}}, from {{der|es|sm|toga||southern}}.

====Noun====
{{es-noun|mfbysense}}

# [[Tongan]] {{gloss|someone from Tonga}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

==Turkish==

===Etymology===
{{unk|tr}}.

===Noun===
{{tr-noun|yı|lar}}

# {{lb|tr|slang}} [[cheating]], [[trick]]