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Tongan Food and Dining Vocabulary

Tongan vocabulary for dishes, ingredients, dining utensils, and meals beyond the beginner and intermediate decks. Front: the Tongan word or phrase. Back: English meaning.

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Lu

Taro or tapioca leaves cooked in coconut cream

Lu pulu

Taro leaves with corned beef and coconut cream, an iconic Tongan dish

Ota ika

Raw fish salad marinated in coconut cream and lime

Talo

Taro root

Mei

Breadfruit

Popo

Ripe coconut

Niu

Coconut, especially a young drinking coconut

Kokoa

Cocoa drink

Melie

Sweet; dessert

Faikakai

A dessert of dumplings served in a coconut caramel sauce

Panikeke

Tongan pancakes or doughnuts, a popular snack

Māsima

Salt

Suka

Sugar

Ipu

Cup, bowl

Sipuni

Spoon

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