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 | Matiba | Disgraced, humiliated |
| Rennellese | Maatogu | Thick, as a knife or a mat, crowded |
| Rennellese | Matou | First person exclusive plural preposed pronoun |
| Rennellese | -matou | First person exclusive plural possessive suffix |
| Rennellese | (Ki)matou | We (exc.) |
| Rennellese | Matuʔu | Solidify, harden (as turmeric); be solid (as ice) |
| Rennellese | Matuʔa | Husband, family head; become old, mature |
| Rennellese | Maatuʔa | Old people, be mature (pl.) |
| Rennellese | Gima matuʔa | Thumb |
| Rennellese | Maatuʔa | Parents, old people, be mature (pl.) |
| Rennellese | Matuku | Kind of pigeon |
| Rennellese | Maʔu | Solid, firm, make fast; also, too |
| Rennellese | Maʔu/ʔagunga | To be high or of high rank |
| Rennellese | (Ki)maa(ua) | We two (exc) |
| Rennellese | Mauakena | Red-footed Booby (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Maʔunga | Hill, residence |
| Rennellese | Maui | Right (hand) Problematic |
| Rennellese | Maaui | Legendary hero |
| Rennellese | Maumau | Waste, kill needlessly or wantonly |
| Rennellese | Maʔugi | Life, alive, in good health |
| Rennellese | Maʔugi | Soul, skull |
| Rennellese | Maunu | Bait |
| Rennellese | Maunu | Fall or slip out, be extracted |
| Rennellese | Mabae | Crack in two |
| Rennellese | Maabae | Be separated, apart, divided, divorced |
| Rennellese | Mababa | Yawn |
| Rennellese | Mabete | Opened, untied, loosened |
| Rennellese | Mea | Red, reddish, very angry |
| Rennellese | Meʔa | Thing, person |
| Rennellese | Mei | Breadfruit, (Artocarpus altilis) |
| Rennellese | Mege | Angry about stinginess, to be |
| Rennellese | Mego | (Hibiscus rosa sinensis) |
| Rennellese | Mego/mego | Appear reddish from a distance |
| Rennellese | Mene/mene | Go off by oneself, as into forest |
| Rennellese | Mi/mingo | Wrinkled, shrivelled, shrink, shrivel, emaciated |
| Rennellese | Migi | Rub, move back and forth; disturb, bother, handle, mix |
| Rennellese | Migo | Kind of large beach tree |
| Rennellese | Mi/migo | Flow swiftly, as current; run, as open boil |
| Rennellese | Mimi | Urinate |
| Rennellese | Misa | Dry, dry up, emerge, esp. from water |
| Rennellese | Misi | Think of, long for, miss |
| Rennellese | Misi/misi | Make a kissing sound with rounded lips |
| Rennellese | Miti | Dream, to dream |
| Rennellese | Miti | Suck or draw in |
| Rennellese | Moʔo | Benefactive, for |
| Rennellese | Moa | Male nami |
| Rennellese | Moa | Area with rough, choppy sea, bottom sometimes visible |
| Rennellese | Moa(moa) | Banana sheath |
| Rennellese | Moa/moa | Boxfish, Coffinfish, Trunkfish, Cowfish etc. |
| Rennellese | Moana | Sea beyond the reef, ocean |
