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 | Taga | Take off (loin garment, etc.) |
| Rennellese | Taga | Crested tern, (Thalassius bergii cristata) [Stephens] |
| Rennellese | Tagae | Squirrelfish spp. |
| Rennellese | Tagaha | Jaw, whiskers |
| Rennellese | Tagai | Whittle, peel, sharpen a point |
| Rennellese | Tagasea | Kind of edible reddish sea slug |
| Rennellese | Tagatupuʔa | Story, legend, account of any kind, oral tradition, history |
| Rennellese | Tagi | Wait |
| Rennellese | Taagia | To wait |
| Rennellese | Haka/tagi/ | Sennit noose for snaring sharks |
| Rennellese | Tagi | Carry, bring |
| Rennellese | Tagie | Kind of tree (Terminalia catappa) |
| Rennellese | Tagie | Land crab (Cardisoma hirtipes) |
| Rennellese | Taginga | Ear |
| Rennellese | Tagitagiʔugi | Suckerfish, as on sharks |
| Rennellese | Tago | (Colocasia esculenta); a star name. |
| Rennellese | Tagotago | Pray |
| Rennellese | Tagu/tagu | Begin to be brush-covered, of a fallow garden |
| Rennellese | Tama | Child, son of a female |
| Rennellese | Tama | Turmeric grater |
| Rennellese | Tamaʔahine | Daughter |
| Rennellese | Tamaʔitiʔiti | Child, infant, baby |
| Rennellese | Tamaki | Very large, important; much, very |
| Rennellese | Tamagiki | Children |
| Rennellese | Tama meamea | New born child |
| Rennellese | Tama/u | Father Problematic |
| Rennellese | Tamate | To put out, as a light, fire, torch, or stove; to stop, as an engine, radio, or work; to kill |
| Rennellese | Tami | To taste |
| Rennellese | Tamoge | Swamp grass with fragrant leaves |
| Rennellese | Tana | His, her a-class possession |
| Rennellese | Tena | Is both o and a-class Problematic |
| Rennellese | Taanaki | Arrive |
| Rennellese | Tane | Skin disease with white spots, probably tinea |
| Rennellese | Taʔane | Rough, wild, frenzied |
| Rennellese | Tanetane | A shrub; either (Delarbrea collina) or (Polyscias cunninghamii) |
| Rennellese | Tanu | Bury |
| Rennellese | Tao | Spear, dart for fishing, fighting, fowling |
| Rennellese | Taʔo | Cook in any way except over an open fire |
| Rennellese | Taʔo/mia | Loaded down |
| Rennellese | Ta/taʔo | To weigh down |
| Rennellese | Taaʔohi | Make fast (as a line); necktie |
| Rennellese | Taʔokete | Son of male speaker's *tamana* older than speaker (classificatory brother); daughter of female speaker's *tamana* older than speaker (classificatory sister). |
| Rennellese | Taʔokete | Wife of male speaker's *ta'okete* and *taina (classificatory sister-in-law of a male); husband of female speaker's *ta'okete* and *taina* (classificatory brother-in-law of a female). Sometimes used for spouse of older same-sex sibling (ta`aokete) (Elbert 1965:13). |
| Rennellese | Taʔokupu | Hip |
| Rennellese | Taʔotaʔo | Trumpetfish, Painted Flute-mouth (Aulostoma chinensis), Halfbeak (Hemiramphidae) |
| Rennellese | Tapa | Invent a name for someone |
| Rennellese | Tapasi/a | Be cut, have a cut (as feet on coral) |
| Rennellese | Tapatapa | Crayfish or Spiny Lobster (Panulirus penicillatus) |
| Rennellese | Taapea | A parti-coloured sea-snake (Pelamis platurus) |
| Rennellese | Tapu | Taboo, forbidden, sacred, restricted |
