Entries from Elbert 1975-81 in Pollex-Online
Elbert, S. H. (1975-81). Dictionary of the Language of Rennell and Bellona. Copenhagen, The National Museum of Denmark.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rennellese | A | Personal subject marker (Elbert 1988:107) |
| Rennellese | (I)/a/ | Object marker |
| Rennellese | Namu/a/ | Be mosquito-ridden, to be many mosquitoes |
| Rennellese | ʔAa | Wall, fence, enclosure, surround v |
| Rennellese | ʔAha | Net gauge |
| Rennellese | ʔAha/ʔaha | Walk with legs apart |
| Rennellese | Ahaa | Storm, hurricane |
| Rennellese | Ahanga | Public place |
| Rennellese | Ahato | Larva of longicorn beetle (Olethrus tyrranus) |
| Rennellese | Pahe | To come or go, of gods |
| Rennellese | Ahe/ahe | Sway, ruffle, as feathers, leaves |
| Rennellese | Ahe | A thousand (pairs of yams etc.) |
| Rennellese | Ahi | Fire |
| Rennellese | ʔAhii | Package of baked or boiled greens or fish |
| Rennellese | Ahiahi | Late afternoon and early evening |
| Rennellese | ʔAhinga | Armpit |
| Rennellese | Aho | Cord, line, thong, string |
| Rennellese | Ahu | Grow, as wild plants |
| Rennellese | Haka/ahu/ | Let grow, as volunteer papayas |
| Rennellese | Ahu | To resemble, look like, appear |
| Rennellese | ʔAʔahu | Burn, smart, hurt (as new tattooing); shake, as with fever |
| Rennellese | ʔAahua | Resting-place of sea birds (as stone, reef) |
| Rennellese | Ahuahu | Sprinkle, rain a little |
| Rennellese | Ahu | Wind-blown rain |
| Rennellese | ʔAhugu | Small fish sp |
| Rennellese | Anga | Look like, resemble |
| Rennellese | ʔAnga | Chest, chest tattooing Problematic |
| Rennellese | Ab/ange/ | Give to a third person |
| Rennellese | Ange | Postposed particle softening entreaties, sometimes with a nuance of emotion (hope, sorrow, pity, affection, pleasure) |
| Rennellese | Angi | Blow (of wind, breeze) |
| Rennellese | Ango | Turmeric plant, (Curcuma longa) |
| Rennellese | ʔAaba/ki | Participate, join, help; helper, assistant, spouse |
| Rennellese | ʔAo | Day, daylight |
| Rennellese | ʔAoʔatea | Early afternoon |
| Rennellese | ʔAu | Bile, gall-bladder |
| Rennellese | Ai | There, thereby, at, in |
| Rennellese | ʔEi | Copulate |
| Rennellese | ʔAitu | Deity |
| Rennellese | Aka | A bush vine (Pueraria triloba) with long roots, eaten in times of shortage |
| Rennellese | ʔAka | Push over, heel over |
| Rennellese | -ʔaki | Formative suffix |
| Rennellese | Ako | Teacher, to teach |
| Rennellese | Aku | Excavate, dig, shovel |
| Rennellese | ʔAga | Wake up, be awake |
| Rennellese | ʔA/ʔaga/ | Wake up, stay awake; get up |
| Rennellese | ʔAgahia | To wake up as one startled or frightened |
| Rennellese | Aganga | Limb, as leg or arm; tool, as adze or knife; weapon; to carry such |
| Rennellese | ʔAgego | Tongue |
| Rennellese | Agi | General name for flatfishes, flounders, soles etc |
| Rennellese | ʔAgi | Exclamation: Goodness! My! Really! Problematic |
