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 | Kanu | To be patterned, as with tattoo; to write draw, design, tattoo |
| Rennellese | Kanume | (Diospyros glaberrima) |
| Rennellese | Kaokao | Side (human, animal) |
| Rennellese | Ibi kaokao | Rib; chicken wishbone |
| Rennellese | Haka/kakapa/ | Go to help |
| Rennellese | Kapa | Ritual dance |
| Rennellese | Kapa | To begin to crawl, of an infant BEL |
| Rennellese | Kapakapa | Flippers, as of turtle, stingray, whale; base of fish fins |
| Rennellese | Kapakau | Wing |
| Rennellese | Kape | (Alocasia macrorrhiza) |
| Rennellese | Kape | Pry up or loosen, pick up, take out, gouge out |
| Rennellese | Kapi | Tap the head or body of a sick person with a tattooing needle; to cut slips (sic) in a tree trunk counting number of enemies killed or lovers won Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rennellese | Kapia | Lime container made of coconut shell |
| Rennellese | Kasa | To meet an obstacle, or be blocked |
| Rennellese | Kasanga | Earring or nose ring, formerly of turtle shell and given to lovers |
| Rennellese | Kaso | Vertical rafters of a house |
| Rennellese | Kaso | Amaranthus sp. |
| Rennellese | Kasokaso | Kind of cultivated yam similar to matapoko |
| Rennellese | Kata | Laugh v, ridicule, deride |
| Rennellese | Kataha | Frigate-bird, fregata ariel ariel |
| Rennellese | Kataha | Bird's Nest Fern, (Asplenium nidus) |
| Rennellese | Katea | Side of canoe without outrigger |
| Rennellese | Kati | A kind of long black ant that bites, formicidae |
| Rennellese | Katoa | Ten, tenth |
| Rennellese | Kaatoa | All, everyone, entire |
| Rennellese | Katoha | Agreed on or promised time |
| Rennellese | Kau | Group of people |
| Rennellese | Kau | Portmanteau pronoun, first person singular, I Problematic |
| Rennellese | Kau | To form a group |
| Rennellese | Kaui | To tie, as net to frame |
| Rennellese | Kaukau | Wash, bathe |
| Rennellese | Kauge | (Macaranga aleuriitoides) Problematic |
| Rennellese | Kau baka | Canoe, fleet, canoemen, crew |
| Rennellese | Kaba | Drinking ceremony |
| Rennellese | Kaba | Smell bad, be rotten |
| Rennellese | Kaba | Large fish sp |
| Rennellese | Ka/kabe | To escort, accompany, take, as in a canoe; to be escorted, taken; |
| Rennellese | Kabe | Very; To continue, go on |
| Rennellese | Kabei | Long handle, chain |
| Rennellese | Kabei | Tentacle of octopus |
| Rennellese | Kaabei | Constellation, probably Aries |
| Rennellese | Kabiki | Kind of white sand crab |
| Rennellese | Ke(e) | Mark of imperative/intentive mood |
| Rennellese | Kea | Small turtle |
| Rennellese | Niu/kehu/ | Reddish colour |
| Rennellese | Kege | Earth, ground, dirt, land, soil, world |
| Rennellese | Kegi | Dig v, especially tubers |
| Rennellese | Kemo | To flash, as lightning |
| Rennellese | Maua/kena/ | (Sula sp.) |
| Rennellese | Kese | Varied, strange, unprincipled |
