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 | Peti | Be fat, gain weight |
| Rennellese | Pii | To spurt (of water from a coconut after piercing); to piss |
| Rennellese | Bia | Tapioca, manioc Problematic |
| Rennellese | Pia/pia | Mucus-laden, as vagina or penis |
| Rennellese | Piki/piki | Nestle up |
| Rennellese | Pipiki | Keep, retain, hold, save |
| Rennellese | Pikipiki | To nestle up, fold one's arms and legs about oneself, as by one lying down and cold Problematic |
| Rennellese | Piko | Be bent |
| Rennellese | Pigi | Stick |
| Rennellese | Pigo | Stinking, as faeces |
| 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) |
