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 |
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Rennellese | Unga | Order, tell, request, suggest |
Rennellese | ʔUnga | Hermit crab, (Coenobita olivieri) |
Rennellese | ʔUngakoa | Kind of sharp mollusc |
Rennellese | ʔUa | Rain n, rain v |
Rennellese | ʔUbiki | Succession of offspring |
Rennellese | Niu ʔui | A kind of coconut with dark green nuts |
Rennellese | Uka | Cord, line, rope |
Rennellese | ʔUke | Be many or large |
Rennellese | Uga | Flame, shine, flash |
Rennellese | Uga | Yellow-red, ochre, violet |
Rennellese | ʔUga | Lobster, crayfish |
Rennellese | Uge | Penis |
Rennellese | ʔUgi | Black, dark blue, brown, darkish colour, dirty |
Rennellese | Ugu | Spread or rake, as oven stones |
Rennellese | ʔUgu | Head, hair of the head |
Rennellese | ʔUgu | Garden or planted clump of plants, trees |
Rennellese | -ugua | Second person dual possessive suffix |
Rennellese | ʔUgua | General name for some trevallis |
Rennellese | ʔUgunga | Pillow |
Rennellese | ʔUguʔugu | Outer barrier reef |
Rennellese | ʔUgu matuʔa | Firstborn of classificatory siblings |
Rennellese | ʔUgupoko | Skull |
Rennellese | Uma(a) | Attachment of shoulder to arm |
Rennellese | ʔUmanga | Garden as for yams or taro |
Rennellese | ʔUmata | Rainbow |
Rennellese | ʔUme | Perhaps unicorn fish |
Rennellese | Umege | Traditional and usually meaningless chorus |
Rennellese | Umi | Suck, hold in mouth |
Rennellese | ʔUmiti | Crave flesh foods |
Rennellese | ʔUmuti | Stopper, lid, cap, to have such |
Rennellese | ʔUmu | Earth oven; saucepan |
Rennellese | ʔUmu | Ring around the moon or sun |
Rennellese | ʔUnahi | Scale (v) fish, scales |
Rennellese | ʔUnoko | Black and blue, as a bruise |
Rennellese | Unu | Tale off, remove, pull out, peel |
Rennellese | Usi | (Evodia longifolia) |
Rennellese | Usi | Banana plant whose suckers are left to grow. |
Rennellese | ʔUsi | Blue, as ocean or sky, green, as grass |
Rennellese | Uso | Heart, centre, interior, soul |
Rennellese | Usuusu | Urge, incite, invoke, encourage. |
Rennellese | Usu | Come or go as guest, or as raiders |
Rennellese | Uta | Put Aboard canoe or ship |
Rennellese | ʔUta | Ashore, seashore |
Rennellese | ʔUto | Sponge, of coconut |
Rennellese | -utou | Second person plural possessive suffix |
Rennellese | Utu | Get food, including fish; to harvest Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Rennellese | Utu | Harvest, get food |
Rennellese | ʔUtu | Fill with liquid |
Rennellese | ʔUtu | A large fish with a long body, probably green Job fish, Aprion virescens |
Rennellese | Utua | Point, cape |