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 | Kese/kese | Different, opposite |
| Rennellese | Kete | Basket, plaited bag, haversack |
| Rennellese | Keu | Turn back or head to the side |
| Rennellese | Keba(keba) = gheogheo | To stagger, take a weaving course; to walk with dangling limbs, said mockingly of lame persons |
| Rennellese | Ki | To, towards (preposed particle) |
| Rennellese | Kikii | Magino kikii, dead calm (of the sea) Problematic |
| Rennellese | Kiato | Outrigger boom |
| Rennellese | Kie | Pandanus used for fine mats |
| Rennellese | Kiki | To eat with or immediately after; to accompany, as taro to fish; food so eaten |
| Rennellese | Kiga | Pulled back, of foreskin; clearly seen, in plain sight |
| Rennellese | Kiga | Be clearly seen, in plain sight |
| Rennellese | Kigi | Skin |
| Rennellese | Kigikigi | Pebble, gravel, coral rubble |
| Rennellese | Kimaa | First person dual exclusive preposed pronoun |
| Rennellese | Kima/tou | We, us (plural, exclusive) |
| Rennellese | Kimaa/ua | We, us (dual, exclusive) |
| Rennellese | Kimoa | (Rattus exulans rennelli) |
| Rennellese | Kina | Whitish, short-spined sea-urchin, not eaten |
| Rennellese | Kina | Be sloping, beginning of an inclined surface, as an axe blade |
| Rennellese | Kini | Slash, hit, whip, strike |
| Rennellese | Kini | To buffet (of the wind) |
| Rennellese | (Baa)kinokino | Miserable, wretched |
| Rennellese | Kioge | Rat |
| Rennellese | Kita(a)- | First person inclusive marker |
| Rennellese | Kite | Look, see, find |
| Rennellese | Kiu | A thousand fathoms (approximately); ten thousand coconuts; figuratively, any great number |
| Rennellese | Kiba | Knife, sharp stick; goat or cow horn, sword |
| Rennellese | Kibi | Blind, to be, see imperfectly, blind in one eye |
| Rennellese | Ko | Specifier particle (Preposed) |
| Rennellese | Koo/koo | Coo, of dove; shout at end of dirge |
| Rennellese | Koo | Yonder |
| Rennellese | Koe | Second person singular, thou |
| Rennellese | Kohe | Bamboo |
| Rennellese | Kohu | Package of cooked food |
| Rennellese | Kohu | Emit smoke or steam |
| Rennellese | Koso | Digging-stick, pick-axe |
| Rennellese | Koi | Still, yet, while |
| Rennellese | Kogo | Row of posts in cult sites |
| Rennellese | Kogoa | Tapa cloth |
| Rennellese | Kogomea | Coral Hibiscus |
| Rennellese | Kogopua | A Ficus tree with heavy wood used for axe-handles |
| Rennellese | Komi | To hold (as in the mouth), clasp firmly, to close (as a clam), to insert in a small opening |
| Rennellese | Ko/komo | Squeeze, break in two, split, shatter Problematic |
| Rennellese | Kona | Be poisonous |
| Rennellese | Kona | Salty, poisonous, bitter |
| Rennellese | Konikoni | Press down on Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rennellese | Kono | Persevere as in face of difficulty |
| Rennellese | Kono/kono | Do with zeal and speed; persist in face of difficulties |
| Rennellese | Kope | Objects slept on, esp. baghu mats, tapa, sheets, pillow |
| Rennellese | Koti | Cut, clip |
