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 | Samu | Bite seeds and spit out pulp Problematic |
| Rennellese | Samu | Jerk, yank, snatch; dodge, duck |
| Rennellese | Hao | Go through a reef pass, safe, healthy |
| Rennellese | Sapai | Hold, as a child on lap, sit on someone's lap |
| Rennellese | Sapotu | Sink partially, fall in prestige and authority Problematic |
| Rennellese | Sasa | Slash grass |
| Rennellese | Sasanga | Top horizontal plate on a house wall |
| Rennellese | Sasaga | To look long for, hunt for, search |
| Rennellese | Sau | Dew, mist |
| Rennellese | Sa/sau/ | Strike, beat, slash, as weeds with a stick; to kill |
| Rennellese | Sau | Abundance of gifts from the gods |
| Rennellese | Saʔu | Take, get, bring, transfer |
| Rennellese | Saʔu/saʔu | Lift, lift up, honour |
| Rennellese | ʔAumi | To be tapering Problematic |
| Rennellese | Saunoa | Tame, as a bird; stand by quietly; stop crying, as a child; spare a foe; stop worrying |
| Rennellese | Sausau | Angry |
| Rennellese | Sausaugege | Dwarf Lionfish, Zebra Butterfly Cod (Dendrochirus zebra), Red Firefish, Scorpion Cod, Ornate Butterfly Cod ((Pterois volitans) |
| Rennellese | Saba/ea | Be disgusted, revolted |
| Rennellese | Saba | To swing taut arms as in a dance; to soar, as frigate birds; have fins stretched taut, as sharks |
| Rennellese | Saabaki | Sea-urchin (Ebt) Echinometra sp. (Mbg) |
| Rennellese | Saabini | To whistle; whiz by (as an arrow) |
| Rennellese | He | Singular, non-specific |
| Rennellese | Se | Variant of he heard in a few taped rituals |
| Rennellese | Sesee | Miss way, stray, make a mistake |
| Rennellese | Seʔe | A kind of small cricket, Gryllus sp. |
| Rennellese | Heʔe | To be not; not |
| Rennellese | Sei | Ornament in the lobe of the ear |
| Rennellese | Seke | To slip, as clothes, as penis from vagina |
| Rennellese | Sege | Nooses for snaring birds |
| Rennellese | Sege | Cut, slice, butcher, circumcise |
| Rennellese | Segu | Comb, to comb |
| Rennellese | Sema | Left hand, left |
| Rennellese | Sema | To sharpen, shape |
| Rennellese | Semu | To faint, lose consciousness, be unconscious Problematic |
| Rennellese | Senga/senga | Yellowish-red, as a pimple or a boil |
| Rennellese | Sepo | Suck, as the finger while eating |
| Rennellese | Seu | Throw, scatter, net for catching pigeons |
| Rennellese | Siisii | Fish v with short line and small hook as on reef |
| Rennellese | Siapo | Small tapa as belonging to Sikingimoemoe and to Guatupu`a and her brother |
| Rennellese | Singa | Pass by Problematic |
| Rennellese | Sika | Net needle |
| Rennellese | Sika | Make fire by the fireplough |
| Rennellese | Siko | Catch (as a ball); wave, toss, throw, coil |
| Rennellese | Sikugeʔo | End of a speech, faint voice, last part of a word to sound (of an echo or faint sound) |
| Rennellese | Sikumata | Corner of the eye |
| Rennellese | Siga | Look at, glance |
| Rennellese | Sigi | Pass by, excel |
| Rennellese | Sina | Grey hair |
| Rennellese | Lina | To fish with torches . Borrowed |
| Rennellese | Linalina | To be shiny white, bright Borrowed |
