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 | Lubu | Small deep spring, as in limestone cave . (Bst) Problematic |
| Rennellese | Tuʔungaa- | Site |
| Rennellese | Tuʔungaʔa | Poor, destitute; to need to urinate or defecate |
| Rennellese | Tuungaki | Light up, illuminate, as a room Problematic |
| Rennellese | Tungaʔane | Brother or male cousin of a woman Problematic |
| Rennellese | Tuungia | To be burned or on fire |
| Rennellese | Tui | Sew, string together, awl |
| Rennellese | Tuiituii | Chirp, as a hawk |
| Rennellese | Tuke | Human chest, torso, body without legs, front part of crab; mons pubis |
| Rennellese | Tuki | Beat, strike, pound, smash |
| Rennellese | Tuga | Barren or open, have few teeth |
| Rennellese | Tuʔuganga | Resting place of birds; place on reef where people fish; wind direction; position |
| Rennellese | Tugaagupe | The constellation of Scorpio |
| Rennellese | Tuge/moe | To doze |
| Rennellese | Tugi | Deaf, hard of hearing |
| Rennellese | Tugi | Knee |
| Rennellese | Tugu | Leak, drip |
| Rennellese | Tuʔugua | Break in two, sever, divide |
| Rennellese | Tuʔuguaa poo | Late night, as between ten and twelve |
| Rennellese | Tunguki | A latrine |
| Rennellese | Tuutugu/ | Vertical poles from house base to horizontal beams |
| Rennellese | Tumaʔa | Ligature in the formation of composite numbers connecting basic numbers... without a following basic number, tuma`a means "and over, more than" |
| Rennellese | Tumuʔaki | Rooftop above ridgepole, top of head |
| Rennellese | Tuna | Kind of lake eel |
| Rennellese | Tunu | Cook on open fire |
| Rennellese | Lunu | Burn the last small part of a garden after the large trees have been burned . (Bst) Problematic |
| Rennellese | Tupe | Throw v |
| Rennellese | Tupu | Sprout, grow; growth |
| Rennellese | Ma/lubu | To grow, sprout Borrowed |
| Rennellese | -Tupuʔa | Element occurring in names of two gods |
| Rennellese | Tupuʔaki | Invent, innovate, discover, institute Borrowed |
| Rennellese | Tusi | Mark, as with turmeric or betel spit |
| Rennellese | Tuʔutaki | Join, add on, connect |
| Rennellese | Tutu | To tap, as when beating tapa |
| Rennellese | Tutu | Ignite, light |
| Rennellese | Tuutuu | Kind of sea crab |
| Rennellese | Tutua | Tapa-beating anvil |
| Rennellese | -u | Second person singular (Possessive) |
| Rennellese | Uʔu-tia | Bite, as dog or mosquitoes; sting, as bee or ant; to be caught as between rocks |
| Rennellese | ʔUu | Tied bunch or bundle (especially of weapons); clump (e.g. of sugarcane) |
| Rennellese | ʔUuʔuu | Large sea crab |
| Rennellese | Ua | Artery, pulse |
| Rennellese | Ua | To pry loose; to thrust, as a snare at flying fox; to pull, as a trigger |
| Rennellese | Uʔa | Neck, throat |
| Rennellese | Uʔa magoo | Crave fish or fat meat. Lit dry throat |
| Rennellese | Uʔa pakupaku | id |
| Rennellese | Ube/ʔi | Stir up (as a fire); scatter, upset, muss |
| Rennellese | Uhi | Be ashamed, disapprove |
| Rennellese | ʔUhi | Yam sp. (Dioscorea alata) |
| Rennellese | ʔUhu | Small stage of parrotfish or parrotfish spp. |
