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 | Sina | Name of a culture heroine |
| Rennellese | Sinu(sinu) | Greasy, fat, rich; shiny dark or blue, as tattooing, the dark oily fruits of geemugi , or a flat calm sea |
| Rennellese | Sipa | Small flying fish |
| Rennellese | Sisi | Nerita shells |
| Rennellese | Sisi | To slice; as meat, papayas, bread; to flay, as human skin to get bones...; to pry off, as bark with a stick; to snap off; twist and chop off, as meat from bones |
| Rennellese | Sisi | The two eyes in a coconut that are not opened for drinking |
| Rennellese | Sii | Make hissing or spurting sound |
| Rennellese | Sibigi | Yellow-bibbed Lory (Lorius chlorocercus) |
| Rennellese | Soo | Go, come, move. Used with directionals |
| Rennellese | Soo/soo atu | To move over or away just a little |
| Rennellese | Soa | Companion |
| Rennellese | Songi | Press noses, kiss |
| Rennellese | Songo/ʔanga | Sex organs |
| Rennellese | Soi | Uncultivated tuber, (Dioscorea bulbifera) |
| Rennellese | Soi | To side with, ally, show preference, be partial, defend physically |
| Rennellese | Soka | Pierce |
| Rennellese | Faka/soko | To hire, as work to be done...or as to kill and anemey, revenge; material hired out for preparation |
| Rennellese | Soko tasi | Independent, alone, separate |
| Rennellese | Soko | Alone, separate, special |
| Rennellese | Soga | Escape, leave, go away |
| Rennellese | Sogo | Come, go, move alongside; line up heaps, as of yams or taro; go aground, as whales |
| Rennellese | Sogo | Pudding of grated taro or kape [Alocasia] mixed with grated but not expressed coconut and baked in the oven |
| Rennellese | Somo | To slip away |
| Rennellese | Somo | Grow, as small new branches on tree |
| Rennellese | Soni | Cunt Borrowed |
| Rennellese | Sopo | Go in or out, appear, be born Problematic |
| Rennellese | Sopo/sopo | Bob up and down, as a canoe at sea |
| Rennellese | Sopoʔanga | Entering, coming, appearing, birth |
| Rennellese | Sopo ake | Come on, up, aboard |
| Rennellese | Sopo atu | Get out, as of a car |
| Rennellese | Sopo manaba | Be shocked, startled, frightened, scared |
| Rennellese | Soopuu | Be longer, taller, extend above |
| Rennellese | Soosaʔa | Be noisy, disturb, bother |
| Rennellese | Suu | Liquid |
| Rennellese | Sua | A ceremonial paddle; to travel far |
| Rennellese | Lua | Small paddle or stick used as a paddle; to paddle with such Problematic |
| Rennellese | Suʔa | To taste, especially to taste good |
| Rennellese | Sue | Kick gently with top of foot; toss off or away, drive away; be blown down or fall off, as banana flowers; throw, as horse throws rider Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rennellese | Subego | Rays of sun; lobster antennae |
| Rennellese | Sui | Change, replace, substitute for |
| Rennellese | Suʔi | To mix |
| Rennellese | Suki | Pierce, puncture, sting; plant (seeds or cuttings)... |
| Rennellese | Sugu | Insert, as a flower in hair, a stick in thatch |
| Rennellese | Su/sugu | Pale, white, light, blond Problematic |
| Rennellese | Sumaagie | Calm, peaceful, beneficient |
| Rennellese | Sumu | To lash |
| Rennellese | Sumu | Triggerfish |
| Rennellese | Suni | Make burn Problematic |
| Rennellese | Lulunu | Be seared, as pinfeathers, be burned, as a garden Phonologically Irregular |
| Rennellese | Taa | Hit, strike, kill |
