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 | Mahetua | To sneeze |
| Rennellese | Mahi | Strong, vigorous |
| Rennellese | Mahoa | Cracked, as a canoe or eggs; smashed, blistered; to bump (as the head) |
| Rennellese | Mahoata | Morning |
| Rennellese | Mahoga | Spread out |
| Rennellese | Mahu | Freshly healed and scarred |
| Rennellese | Mahu | Bag of topped taro |
| Rennellese | Mahu-toko (Mahu-toki), Mahu-gege | Star names. Stars in milky way (Elbert 1965) |
| Rennellese | Mahua | To flock to eat berries (of birds); tree with flocks of birds;such flocks |
| Rennellese | Mahuike | Deity who causes earthquakes |
| Rennellese | Mahuke | Be untied, as string; opened up, as a book |
| Rennellese | Mahuta | Wake up |
| Rennellese | Mahuti | Be plucked (as a feather, hair) |
| Rennellese | Manga | Branch, to branch |
| Rennellese | Magangahu | Ashes, cinders, fireplace (met.) |
| Rennellese | Magangaʔe | Forehead |
| Rennellese | Maagango | Sweet, potable |
| Rennellese | Mangamangaatai | General name for starfishes (Asteroidea) |
| Rennellese | Mangeo | Itch, sore; be sexually titillated |
| Rennellese | Mangoo | General name for sharks |
| Rennellese | Mangungu | Hit against |
| Rennellese | Mauʔi | Break or fall off |
| Rennellese | Mai | Towards speaker |
| Rennellese | Mai | Give me, look here! |
| Rennellese | Maiki/a | Troubled, worried, to be, especially about welfare of others |
| Rennellese | Maige | (Alyxia acuminata), a fragrant vine |
| Rennellese | Maʔine | Enjoy |
| Rennellese | Maʔito | Some species of small surgeonfish, as black-spot surgeonfish (Acanthurus bariene) [Lesson] |
| Rennellese | Maakaka | Strong, vigorous |
| Rennellese | Makaga | Crackle, rattle, rumble, thunder, roar |
| Rennellese | Maakagi | A bush (Murraya crenulata) |
| Rennellese | Makagigi | Somewhat cold, as food |
| Rennellese | Makago | Go or come fast |
| Rennellese | Maakau | Trip someone else, as feet |
| Rennellese | Maakau/nga | Twist, bend (as in a path); curvature as of ear lobes |
| Rennellese | Makau | Enemy; be an enemy |
| Rennellese | Makabaa | Distance; to be a short distance away, nearby |
| Rennellese | Maakeke | Cold Problematic |
| Rennellese | Maki | Disfigured, blemished, invalided |
| Rennellese | Makiga | Retracted foreskin |
| Rennellese | Mako | Dance, dance-song, dance v |
| Rennellese | Makuku | Sound slightly, crackle, as bones when lifting something |
| Rennellese | Makupuna | Grandchild, descendant |
| Rennellese | Maga/bu | Large tree sp, Flacourtiaceae (?Caesaria sp.) |
| Rennellese | Maga/kanae | Tree sp. (Cordia subcordata) |
| Rennellese | Maga/ko | A kind of shrub (Ficus spp.) with edible berries and leaves |
| Rennellese | Maga/maga | Chips; be chopped to bits |
| Rennellese | Haka/maga | Cause unpleasantness Problematic |
| Rennellese | Maga/i | Set aside food before eating (believed to improve the taste |
| Rennellese | Maʔaga | Fallow garden |
