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 | Haho | Exterior, outside |
| Rennellese | Hahanga | Stretch (as cloth), open (as a shell), loosen |
| Rennellese | Ha/hanga | To spread (as legs) |
| Rennellese | -Hanga | Nominaliser |
| Rennellese | Hanga | Rattan trap for paghabu fish at the Lake |
| Rennellese | Hangahanga | Long-handled nets used for flying-fish |
| Rennellese | Haangai | To feed, give food |
| Rennellese | Hangamea | A fish (Lutjanus coatesii) |
| Rennellese | Haangongo | Coconut-shell container |
| Rennellese | Haangota | Fish or gather shells, especially by women on the reef |
| Rennellese | Hahangu | Roar, as fire; blow the nose |
| Rennellese | Hai | Rays and skate-like fishes |
| Rennellese | Hai | Do; take care of, attend to |
| Rennellese | Hai | To have intercourse with |
| Rennellese | Hai tauʔa | To battle, make war Problematic |
| Rennellese | Hai | Have, own, get |
| Rennellese | Haʔi/tunga | Sacred house in cult grounds or other house used for worship Problematic |
| Rennellese | Haʔiaba | Beach area, reef opening; people there; place where ha`ugua shrine or canoe was placed |
| Rennellese | Haingaohie | Easy; affable, kind, easy to approach |
| Rennellese | Haingataʔa | To be hard, difficult, obstinate, hard to approach, uncooperative |
| Rennellese | Baaʔita | Be clenched, exposed, as teeth Phonologically Irregular |
| Rennellese | Hai tama | To give birth, have a child |
| Rennellese | Haitamana | Classificatory father in relationship to his children; to be such |
| Rennellese | Haaite | Measure; depth sounder; height, distance, depth |
| Rennellese | Haʔitotoka | Front side (both inside and outside) of a house or, of a grave |
| Rennellese | Haiba | All kinds of gathering, fishing, catching, killing, making money |
| Rennellese | Haiba | All kinds of gathering; fishing, snaring, spearing, making money |
| Rennellese | Haka- | Causative |
| Rennellese | Haka- | Prefix of similitude |
| Rennellese | Haka/ʔeteʔete/ | Be quiet, silent (as one under taboo); go or come quietly |
| Rennellese | Hakahana | Heat over, re-cook |
| Rennellese | Hakahano | (Kua hakahano te tina'e) The stomach defecates (after constipation) |
| Rennellese | Hakakaa | To sharpen, as a digging stick Problematic |
| Rennellese | Hakaaga | Take food on trail (aga) as to ritual feast, food so taken |
| Rennellese | Hakagaʔaa | To sun, dry in the sun, sun-bathe |
| Rennellese | Hakaganu | Fill with liquid |
| Rennellese | Hakaʔagi | Show, demonstrate |
| Rennellese | Hakagongo | Hear, listen, obey, feel, taste |
| Rennellese | Hakamaʔu | To make fast or firm; to hold; to be permanent, fixed |
| Rennellese | Hakasani | Tie together, as two unhusked coconuts Problematic |
| Rennellese | Haki | Pluck, as fruit |
| Rennellese | Haki/haki/ | To say |
| Rennellese | Haga | Pandanus |
| Rennellese | Hagaga | Lean back or to the side |
| Rennellese | Hage | House, hut, building |
| Rennellese | Haagiki | Mat, table mat, object lying under anything; lie under, be spread upon |
| Rennellese | Hagiu | Return |
| Rennellese | Hagoo | Reach for, bend over to reach |
| Rennellese | Hana | Shoot, as arrow, bow, speargun |
| Rennellese | Hana | Mast |
