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 |
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Rennellese | Gaʔaa | Sun |
Rennellese | Gaʔaaina | To be sunny, exposed to the sun |
Rennellese | Ga(ha)gaha | Be flat, as a table |
Rennellese | Gahi | Hide, concealed, protected |
Rennellese | Ga/gahi | Protect, shield |
Rennellese | Gaho | Stick holding thatch panels |
Rennellese | Ganga | Float, be buoyant |
Rennellese | Ganga | Dig with a digging-stick |
Rennellese | Ga/ganga | Weave |
Rennellese | Gangi | Sky |
Rennellese | Gango | House fly |
Rennellese | Gango/suki | Support v |
Rennellese | Gaka | Step, move (as to another district) |
Rennellese | Gakagaka | Step or move on, as with long steps |
Rennellese | Gaʔakau | Tree, bush, shrub |
Rennellese | Gaki | West or south-west wind |
Rennellese | Gaga | Smoke, as fish on a fire |
Rennellese | Gaʔagaʔa | To be branching, have many branches |
Rennellese | Gagi | Begin a group song Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Rennellese | Gago | Below, under |
Rennellese | Gago | West |
Rennellese | (Ki)gaa(ua) | Third person dual independent pronoun |
Rennellese | Gama-mea | A tree (Aglaia sapindina) used for torches |
Rennellese | Gama | Torch made of coconut leaves |
Rennellese | Gaamanga | To fish by night with torches |
Rennellese | Ma/gamu | Gobble |
Rennellese | Gamu/gamu | Gobble food noisily |
Rennellese | Ganea | Have plenty, abundant, to be |
Rennellese | Gano | Lake |
Rennellese | Gaoʔa | Choke |
Rennellese | Gaʔohie | To be clear weather as after rain |
Rennellese | Ga(b)oi | Good, well, fine, delicious |
Rennellese | Gapa/gapa | To be flat, smooth; to stretch wings (as a hen defending young); to crawl |
Rennellese | Gapa | To flash, as lightning |
Rennellese | Gape | A fish caught in nets, similar to bologhau |
Rennellese | Gopiti | Little tern |
Rennellese | Gase | Kind of common branching coral |
Rennellese | Gasi | Kill many Problematic |
Rennellese | Gaso | Scrotum |
Rennellese | Gata | Tame, unafraid, as a pet or child |
Rennellese | Gau | Leaf, bark, as of hibiscus |
Rennellese | Gau | Counting classifier for tens of mats Problematic |
Rennellese | Gau | Curse mentioning a close relative |
Rennellese | Gau | Size, width, to be of a size |
Rennellese | Gau/ʔeha | Wide |
Rennellese | Gau/ʔitiʔiti | Narrow |
Rennellese | Gau | One hundred |
Rennellese | Gaʔu | Be rewarded, well-supplied with food |
Rennellese | Gauʔeha | Wide |
Rennellese | Gaungutu | Lip, edges of a fish's mouth or a bird's beak; top edges of a canoe or bowl |