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 | 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 |
| Rennellese | Taapui | To make taboo |
| Rennellese | Tasi | One |
| Rennellese | Tahi | One Problematic |
| Rennellese | Tata | Coconut-shell canoe bailer; to bail |
| Rennellese | Tataʔo | Follow, accompany, agree, believe |
| Rennellese | Tatau | Tattooing |
| Rennellese | Tatau | Be similar |
| Rennellese | Tatau | Wring out, express, as coconut cream |
| Rennellese | -tatou | First person inclusive plural possessive suffix |
| Rennellese | Tatou | Short form of kitatou > |
| Rennellese | Tau | To hang, as clothes, wear, as a necklace |
| Rennellese | Tau | Count, enumerate |
| Rennellese | Tau- | Prefix denoting reciprocal relationship of six types e.g. tau-tuhahine, relationship between sister and brother |
| Rennellese | Taugia | Hit, hurt, prick, strike, puncture, punish; be hit as by arrow or stone; have a splinter |
| Rennellese | Taʔu | Season |
| Rennellese | Taʔu | Indicator of a mass or group |
| Rennellese | Tauʔa | Warparty; war, make war, fight; warrior |
| Rennellese | (Ki)taa(ua) | We two (inc) |
| Rennellese | Taʔohuhu | Ridge-pole |
| Rennellese | Taaunga | Gift, as of left-over food |
| Rennellese | Tauʔi | Sell, buy, barter, pay, trade |
| Rennellese | Tauga | Rope, line, to tie |
| Rennellese | Tauga | A medium, one possessed, a prophet |
| Rennellese | Taauga ʔatua | Medium possessed by a district god |
| Rennellese | Taugoko | Plant sp |
| Rennellese | Taumaha | Dedicate food or hail the gods or ancestors |
| Rennellese | Taunamu | Mosquito net |
| Rennellese | Taunape | Loincloth of chiefs and gods |
| Rennellese | Taunoa | Stupid, foolish; be profane and freed of tapu |
| Rennellese | Launoa | Be without profit or result; be useless, unproductive > |
| Rennellese | Taʔo-ngau | Small purlin above ridgepole |
| Rennellese | Taʔo hage | Small purlin above ridgepole |
| Rennellese | Taʔo-patu | Small purlin above ridgepole |
| Rennellese | Taupoʔou | Unmarried person |
| Rennellese | Tausaga | To harm, do wrong, count incorrectly |
| Rennellese | Tausunu | A beach tree, perhaps Tree Heliotrope |
| Rennellese | Tautaha | Border, edge, as of a garden, house |
| Rennellese | Tautai | Go fishing in the sea |
| Rennellese | Tautu | Diodon sp |
| Rennellese | Taba | Wild Cucumber, (Trichosanthes ovigera) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
