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 | Nabe | Be clever, skilful Problematic |
| Rennellese | (ʔI)/nee | Exclamation: Isn't it so? What do you think? |
| Rennellese | Nehu | Be poor-sighted, blurred |
| Rennellese | Nei | This, here, now |
| Rennellese | Neeke/a | Carried off, as by a wave |
| Rennellese | Neeke/a | Carried off, as by a wave |
| Rennellese | Neneba | Be senile |
| Rennellese | Nebe | Carry strapped to the back |
| Rennellese | Ni | Some (paucal) |
| Rennellese | Niho | Tooth |
| Rennellese | Nimo | Forget, vanish |
| Rennellese | Niti | Tight, crowded, tightly fastened |
| Rennellese | Niu | Coconut palm |
| Rennellese | Noa | Be without taboo or sanctity |
| Rennellese | Noʔa | Tie, bind |
| Rennellese | Noho | Stay, live, sit, exist; to be left |
| Rennellese | Nohu | A poisonous fish |
| Rennellese | Noko | Backsides |
| Rennellese | Noko | Past tense marker; continuative aspect marker |
| Rennellese | No(noo), noogia | Request (formerly of the gods), usually food or other gifts; person so requesting it |
| Rennellese | Nono | Kind of small fly as on rotten bananas |
| Rennellese | Nou | Nod the head |
| Rennellese | Nui | Near Problematic |
| Rennellese | Nuku | Earth, land |
| Rennellese | Numi/numi | Wrinkle, crease, squeeze, crush |
| Rennellese | O | Resultative conjunction. Resulting, and then, in order to |
| Rennellese | ʔOo | Yes |
| Rennellese | B/oo/ | Go, come, come and get, leave Borrowed |
| Rennellese | Oʔo | To be crowded |
| Rennellese | ʔOha | Destroy |
| Rennellese | ʔOso | Rations for workers, or for a seatrip |
| Rennellese | Oʔi | Shake or move a little, nudge |
| Rennellese | Okioki | Rest |
| Rennellese | Oko | To have reached old age |
| Rennellese | Oga | Restore to health |
| Rennellese | Oga | Bush with hard wood |
| Rennellese | ʔOga | To insert, as a house between others, a wedge, etc.; prod; intrude... |
| Rennellese | Ogiogi | Words of worship; to worship, comfort (a child) |
| Rennellese | Ogo | Coo, with a high trill, as the pacific pigeon |
| Rennellese | Ogo | Mountain, slope, bush, settlement |
| Rennellese | Oma | Beckon, as with downward hand motion; flap slowly, as wings Problematic |
| Rennellese | ʔOne | Sand, sand or rubble beach |
| Rennellese | Ope | Be washed, moved (as by waves) |
| Rennellese | ʔOso-hia | Touch, take hold of, reach for, grab; to kill |
| Rennellese | ʔOta/mata | Eat raw, as tridacna, fish, or birds |
| Rennellese | ʔOta | Residue of expressed grated coconut or turmeric |
| Rennellese | Ota | The introduced ivory nut |
| Rennellese | ʔOti | Be finished, completed |
| Rennellese | ʔOti | To constitute or include everything, all (o__) |
| Rennellese | Paa | Slap; clap with flat hands... |
