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 | Gauʔitiʔiti | Narrow |
Rennellese | Gaugau | Basket of cooked food, plate, dish; to place food in baskets for offerings |
Rennellese | Gaumea | Genitalia, lit. surface redness Problematic |
Rennellese | Gaupata | A tree, (Macaranga tanarius) |
Rennellese | Kigatou | Third person plural independent pronoun |
Rennellese | Gaba | Large |
Rennellese | Gaba | Fold as a loincloth several times around body |
Rennellese | Gaabaki | Uninhabited, empty, to desert |
Rennellese | Gabe | Be caught on, entangled |
Rennellese | Gabenga | A small, rare fish |
Rennellese | Gea | Speak, words, speech |
Rennellese | Gehu | Ashes |
Rennellese | Genga | Prepared turmeric |
Rennellese | Gei | Pendant of whale's bone |
Rennellese | Leka | Small portion, to be small |
Rennellese | Geke | Bend, bending Problematic |
Rennellese | Gege | Jump, fly, leap, swing |
Rennellese | Geʔo | Voice, sound, noise, pronunciation |
Rennellese | Geʔo | Guard, rule v, protect, govern |
Rennellese | Gepe | Struck, devastated, broken into bits |
Rennellese | Gepo | Hasten ripening by burying or tying in a basket, as bananas |
Rennellese | Ge/geu/ | Ripen, fully ripe, to be |
Rennellese | Geugeu | Portion of tapa or cloth used for burning treatment of the sick |
Rennellese | Geba | Soar, fly evenly, as flying fish or plane |
Rennellese | Geba | A tree, (Cerbera spp.) |
Rennellese | Gii | Wind v, tie v, as a cord in making a net |
Rennellese | Giaki | Lift up, swing, fling, reject |
Rennellese | Giakina | Washed ashore, cast up |
Rennellese | Gie | Louse egg, nit |
Rennellese | Gihu/tia | Startled, shocked |
Rennellese | Gi/gingi | Pour, as in or out |
Rennellese | Gi/gika | To quake, as with fear, especially of falling from a height |
Rennellese | Giki | Small |
Rennellese | Giku | Land |
Rennellese | Gigi | Ripple v., twirl |
Rennellese | Gigo | Be lost, disappeared |
Rennellese | Gima | Five |
Rennellese | Gima | Hand, arm |
Rennellese | Gimu | Kinds of seaweed |
Rennellese | Gipi/gipi | Fold, as a mat, tapa etc. |
Rennellese | Gipi | Break, fold |
Rennellese | Gito | Begin to form, of leaves |
Rennellese | Giu | Bilge, interior of basket, bowl |
Rennellese | Giu | Return v, go back |
Rennellese | Gibai | Urinate |
Rennellese | Goo | Ant |
Rennellese | Goa | Length, tallness |
Rennellese | Goʔata | Kind of small ant |
Rennellese | Goha | Fathoms of line or distances |
Rennellese | Gobe | Bend, pull off (as breadfruit) |