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 | Toha | Construct, as a cult site; conduct an opening ceremony |
| Rennellese | Tohe | Small, edible, white bivalve or barnacle, as on floating logs |
| Rennellese | Tohi/tohi | Break into pieces |
| Rennellese | Lobi | To shave Borrowed |
| Rennellese | Lobi/kuu | To shave, as the head of someone else; to chop off, as nearly all the fronds of a coconut Borrowed |
| Rennellese | Tonga | East |
| Rennellese | Hai /toʔonga/ | Artefact, as mat or tapa, as offered to gods |
| Rennellese | Tongahiti | Stranger, foreigner, traveler, Melanesian |
| Rennellese | Tongi | Cut, as steps in a coconut tree |
| Rennellese | Tongo | Mangrove, (Bruguiera gymnorhiza) |
| Rennellese | Toso | Drag, shove, especially a canoe |
| Rennellese | Toka | Calm, quiet (of people or sea) |
| Rennellese | Tokaʔa | Suffer, be unfortunate, unlucky |
| Rennellese | Toka- | Counting classifier for fauna and general counting |
| Rennellese | Tokegau | Northwest wind (REN), north wind (BEL) |
| Rennellese | Toki | Adze, blade |
| Rennellese | Toko | Pole for canoe, pole v |
| Rennellese | Tokamaugu | To have hiccoughs |
| Rennellese | Tokotugi | Squat with one knee on floor |
| Rennellese | Toga | Be erect, as penis |
| Rennellese | Togo | Crawl |
| Rennellese | Togo | Treat stomache-ache or back-ache by applying a hot stone; to iron clothes |
| Rennellese | Togo | Sugarcane, (Saccharum officinarum) |
| Rennellese | Togoa | White egret |
| Rennellese | Togu | Three, third |
| Rennellese | Tona | Skin blemish; suction cups of Octopus tentacle |
| Rennellese | Tonu | Correct, right, satisfactory |
| Rennellese | Tobe | Sever, break off, especially with one piece remaining Problematic |
| Rennellese | Lolobe | Break off, as a shoot; be stunted, as a plant Problematic |
| Rennellese | Tosi | To split, as plaiting strands |
| Rennellese | Tosi | Write, draw, scratch |
| Rennellese | Toto | Blood, sap |
| Rennellese | Lolo | A tree; berries black when ripe Problematic |
| Rennellese | Totototo | Be very red |
| Rennellese | Tuu/tuu | To stamp, as feet; to shake, as ashes from a pipe or dirt from feet |
| Rennellese | Tuʔu | Stand, upright, to be |
| Rennellese | Tuʔu | Necklace, pendant, lei |
| Rennellese | Tuʔu/ti | Cut off (as top of drinking coconut) |
| Rennellese | Tua | Fell, as a tree |
| Rennellese | Tuʔa | Back |
| Rennellese | Tuʔa | Used before numerals when speaking of a number of layers or strands |
| Rennellese | Tuai | Spoon for grating coconuts |
| Rennellese | Tuai | Ancient, to be, ancient times, be late |
| Rennellese | Tuaki | Disembowel, as fish, fowl |
| Rennellese | Tuʔaakoi | Border, parenthesis |
| Rennellese | Tuʔasibi | Coastal ridge, mountain ridge; vertical hollow in centre of back, backbone (as of humans or birds)... |
| Rennellese | Tuʔaatina | Mother's brother |
| Rennellese | Tuha | Divide, deal out, distribute |
| Rennellese | Tuhahine | Classificatory sister of a male |
| Rennellese | Tuhu | Natural salt-water ponds connected underground with the sea |
