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tonga

/ˈtonɡa/

noun, feminine/ˈtonɡa/plural: tongas

coating (thin outer layer); task, job; heap, pile

Synonyms: tongada

Inherited from Latin tunica. Doublet of túnica, a borrowing.

noun, masculine/feminine/ˈtonɡa/plural: tongas

a member of the Tonga people of southern Africa

noun, masculine/feminine/ˈtonɡa/plural: tongas

Tongan (native or inhabitant of Tonga)

Borrowed from Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga (“southern”).