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 | Baa | Deliberate, discuss |
| Rennellese | Baa | Open sea; distance, to be at a distance |
| Rennellese | Baʔe | Leg, foot |
| Rennellese | Vaʔegangi | Horizon |
| Rennellese | Ika baengo | Possible Wedge-tailed Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) Problematic |
| Rennellese | Bae | Separate v. or get rid of |
| Rennellese | Baaenga | Area under eaves; appropriation, share |
| Rennellese | Bae gua | Divide in two |
| Rennellese | Bai | Water |
| Rennellese | Bai uu | Mother's milk, Milk |
| Rennellese | Baka | Canoe, vehicle, receptacle |
| Rennellese | Baka | Embodiment of god |
| Rennellese | Bakaʔatua | Representative of the gods |
| Rennellese | Bakabaka | Breastbone, as of birds and chickens; to be thin, bony |
| Rennellese | Bage | Do carelessly |
| Rennellese | Ba/bago | Pleasant or sweet sound |
| Rennellese | Bago | Millipedes (Diplopoda) (Julidae) |
| Rennellese | Bagobago | Tree sp. (Premna gaudichaudii) |
| Rennellese | Bagu | Eight |
| Rennellese | Bagu/kango | Skipjack and some other large tunas |
| Rennellese | Bagu | Grate (as coconuts, taro, yams); scrape (as bark in preparation of tapa); peel (as raw fruits) |
| Rennellese | Bana | Black sea urchin rarely eaten |
| Rennellese | Bao | Forest, Forest area |
| Rennellese | Basa | Far, deep ocean |
| Rennellese | Baasiʔa | Intervening time or space, as between settlements; cleft, division |
| Rennellese | Babe | Be fast, swift |
| Rennellese | Beka | Young Swamp-hen |
| Rennellese | Beku/beku | Flattened down, as hair in rain |
| Rennellese | Bega | Burn, be burned |
| Rennellese | Bagibagi | Earwig Problematic |
| Rennellese | Bego | Spear, shoot forth, as a canoe in the current |
| Rennellese | Bebete | Untie, unwind |
| Rennellese | Bete | Some common spp. of Goatfish |
| Rennellese | Bebe | Torn, tattered, old and dirty (as clothes or mats); tattered fragment, rubbish, trash, decayed matter (aas leaves) |
| Rennellese | Bebe | Torn, tattered, old and dirty (clothes, mats), rubbish, trash, decayed matter |
| Rennellese | Bebega | Hot |
| Rennellese | Bii | Tart, acid, sour |
| Rennellese | Bii | (Spondias cytherea) |
| Rennellese | Biki | To praise, praise |
| Rennellese | Bigi/bigi | Be fast |
| Rennellese | Bigibigi | Fast, as speech. |
| Rennellese | Ngata | Pacific Boa (Enygrus carinatus); general term for snakes... |
| Rennellese | Tutunu | Dead portion of black pamulo or magei trees used as central portions of arrows, spears, fighting clubs |
| Rennellese | Bagai | Tree sp. (Semecarpus) Borrowed Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rennellese | Agu | Next-to-the-last growth stage of the mango vine (Raphidophora sp.) |
| Rennellese | Sangage | Tree sp. (Lumnizera littorea) |
| Rennellese | Hakaʔigo/ʔigo | To inform, learn, give information, instruct |
| Rennellese | Hakaʔigonga | To tell or recognize, asby a sign or by feeling; to signify; sign, token, symbol...; ring on a chicken's leg as a sign of ownership |
| Rennellese | ʔIgonga | Symbol |
| Rennellese | Sogo | Grate v. |
