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 Pipi Circular bivalves
Rennellese Pisi/kia Be drenched, soaked; to wet, soak, splash; to receive a spurt of a liquis, as lime juice, in the eye; to cry, of eyes filled with onion scent
Rennellese Pisipisi Splash, wet, stir up, as waves
Rennellese Pisi To hit, strike; to burst with a sound, as rocks in a hot fire; to break, as a boil; to bang, as a gun; to explode; to crack, as thunder
Rennellese Pito Navel, umbilical cord
Rennellese Poo Night, become night
Rennellese Poa Kind of wild yam
Rennellese Poga (Pronounced ponga (sic)) Pubic area
Rennellese Pongaponga Rough, as skin
Rennellese Poi Grasshopper sp
Rennellese Po/poko/ Deep, as the sea or pits
Rennellese Pokopoko Vagina
Rennellese Pokoʔugu Skull
Rennellese Poga Plaited coconut leaves formerly used as house walls or as temple roof....
Rennellese Pogae Small red fish
Rennellese Pogata Banana stem
Rennellese Haka/poge/ Quiver
Rennellese Pogoʔaki Order, invite, send for, summon, call, beckon
Rennellese He/pogoʔaki Greet ceremonially, discuss peace, bring gifts
Rennellese Pogoaki/nga Invitation, order, request
Rennellese Pona Knot, node, knob, knuckle
Rennellese Po/pono/ Cover, as with hands
Rennellese Popo Rotten, as wood or teeth
Rennellese Poopoo Pat, press down, flatten out; beat hard, so as to flatten or smash
Rennellese Pota Baked or boiled greens
Rennellese Poto/poto Short
Rennellese Potu Piece, portion, fraction, section, end, room; nearby corner or end, as of a village; people of the village end or nearby village; to become related through marriage to a spouse's relatives
Rennellese Pou Post
Rennellese Pooʔugi Darkness, underworld, underground, depths, dark interior...
Rennellese Puu Pierced, punctured
Rennellese Puu To stoke, as a fire; to put wood or stones on an oven
Rennellese Pua Tree with fragrant flowers
Rennellese Pua ʔatua (Fagraea berteriana)
Rennellese Pua/bano A large tree (Guettarda speciosa)
Rennellese Puʔaki Feed with chewed food directly from mouth
Rennellese Punga Coral
Rennellese Puʔi/a Smell, sniff, as from afar
Rennellese Pui/pui Shield, protect
Rennellese Puka (Pisonia grandis
Rennellese Pukabai A tree, probably (Pisonia grandis)
Rennellese Puke Hill, as for tubers
Rennellese Puku Knot, as in a tree
Rennellese Puku(puku) To be short
Rennellese Puku Put or hold in the mouth
Rennellese Puga Shine v, as a lantern
Rennellese Puga Look
Rennellese Puge Cowries
Rennellese Puge Plan, deliberate, meet to plan a plot
Rennellese Pugepuge Spotted
Rennellese Pugi/pugi Fold together, to mould, as of geemugi pudding