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 | ʔAti gongo | Tell |
| Rennellese | ʔAti | Pile or heap up; construct (as a house or road) |
| Rennellese | ʔAti/kaki | To get larger, as a fire |
| Rennellese | ʔAtiahi | Faggot, as for carrying fire when matches are not available |
| Rennellese | ʔAto | Thatch, to thatch |
| Rennellese | Atu | Distance away from speaker and addressee |
| Rennellese | ʔAtu | Probhably bonito but usually called sau |
| Rennellese | ʔAtu | Row, column, group (as of islands) |
| Rennellese | ʔAtu hano | Ancestral line, patrilineal of matrilineal; to follow generations later |
| Rennellese | ʔAtu/ʔatu | Thank for a gift Problematic |
| Rennellese | ʔAtua | God, spirit, deity, worship |
| Rennellese | Au | First person singular pronoun (Focus) |
| Rennellese | Aʔu | Come (singular) |
| Rennellese | ʔAu/ʔau | To pick out, as bones from fish, seeds from a papaya, or mucus from the nose; strip off, as old stems from taro |
| Rennellese | ʔAuahi | Smoke |
| Rennellese | ʔAue | Exclamation "oh!" |
| Rennellese | ʔAukai | Glutton, be a glutton |
| Rennellese | ʔAu mai | Give (to the speaker) |
| Rennellese | Aba | Pass, channel, beach, canoe anchorage |
| Rennellese | Aba, abaa | Collection, collect together, gather together |
| Rennellese | ʔAabanga | Marry, elope, spouse |
| Rennellese | ʔAabanga | Rotten, as the interior of a papaya Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rennellese | ʔAbatu | Give away, as to a third person not far away |
| Rennellese | ʔAba- | Give, convey |
| Rennellese | E(e) | Generalised aspect marker |
| Rennellese | E | Preposed subject marker before transitive verbs |
| Rennellese | Eʔa | Appear, come, go, arrive, penetrate |
| Rennellese | ʔEha | Big |
| Rennellese | ʔEgo | Stink, smell bad |
| Rennellese | Ene | Ask for something, request |
| Rennellese | Haka/ene/ | Ask for something, request |
| Rennellese | ʔEneʔene | Tickle, pry, poke |
| Rennellese | Epa | Small mat, formerly also the ceremonial mat on which Tehu'aigabenga or Tehainga'atua was supported to sit and rest |
| Rennellese | Epo | Lick |
| Rennellese | ʔEsiʔesi | Taboo, treat with respect or reverence Problematic |
| Rennellese | ʔEte/ʔaki | Be under strict taboo, sacred, not promiscuous |
| Rennellese | ʔEti | Husk a coconut |
| Rennellese | Eba | Soar |
| Rennellese | Ebe | Tear apart, break up, scatter, destroy |
| Rennellese | Haa | Four |
| Rennellese | Haa | To be born Problematic |
| Rennellese | Haa- | Allomorph of baa- causative prefix |
| Rennellese | Haʔa | Stalk, as of taro, banana, papaya |
| Rennellese | Haaʔegu | Wipe, as after defecation |
| Rennellese | Baba | Carry on shoulder or back Phonologically Irregular |
| Rennellese | Haha/nga | Mouth |
| Rennellese | Haahaa | To grope, feel |
| Rennellese | Hahai | To chip smooth or plane, as a canoe |
| Rennellese | Hahagi | Wrap up (as excreta of children); sweep up |
| Rennellese | Hahine | Woman |
