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 | Hano | Go |
| Rennellese | Pua/hano/ | A tree (Guettarda speciosa) |
| Rennellese | Haʔo | Put up or into |
| Rennellese | Haʔo | Chisel; to chisel; holes for lashings in a canoe |
| Rennellese | Fa’ao | Take, capture, snatch, rob |
| Rennellese | Hasa/hasa | Wail, groan, moan |
| Rennellese | Haasua | General name for giant clams or Tridacnas |
| Rennellese | Hata | Platform, perch, shelf |
| Rennellese | Hatahata | Chest |
| Rennellese | (Hata)hatai | To fork, as a tree Problematic |
| Rennellese | Hati | Break, as waves or bones |
| Rennellese | Hati | Turn v |
| Rennellese | Hatingaa geʔo | Speaking, speech, pronunciation, voice |
| Rennellese | Hatu | Compose a song |
| Rennellese | Hatu | Fold, bend, lash v. |
| Rennellese | Hatu | Stone, rock, coral |
| Rennellese | Patuke | A brownish sea-urchin commonly eaten Phonologically Irregular |
| Rennellese | Hatu-manaba | Heart |
| Rennellese | Hatutigi | Thunder, thunderbolt |
| Rennellese | Hau | (Hibiscus tiliaceus) |
| Rennellese | Haʔu | To tie, lash, as with sinnet |
| Rennellese | Haʔu | Tapa turban; head lei; halo; crown |
| Rennellese | He- | Reciprocal prefix |
| Rennellese | He-...-ʔaki | Indicates reciprocal or pluiral action |
| Rennellese | Hea | Which? what? where? |
| Rennellese | Heʔauaki | To say farewell Problematic |
| Rennellese | Hehoki/hoki/saki | (plural) To go or come back and forth, as a ship; to be repetitive, as a chant |
| Rennellese | Heʔiti(ʔaki) | Copulate (of two people) |
| Rennellese | Hekaheka | To be smeared, filth-littered |
| Rennellese | Hekau | Work, workers |
| Rennellese | Heke | Octopus, octopodia sp. |
| Rennellese | Hekiʔi | To let wind, fart |
| Rennellese | He/hega/ | Sit or stand with legs wide apart, as to expose genitals |
| Rennellese | Hegau | Care for, feed, attend to |
| Rennellese | Bilaabei | Meet, encounter Problematic |
| Rennellese | Hegohego | Be yellow |
| Rennellese | Hego | A tree (Ficus tinctoria) |
| Rennellese | Henua | Land, island |
| Rennellese | Henua | People of the land |
| Rennellese | Henua | Afterbirth |
| Rennellese | He/ta/taʔi | To fight each other, as in rape |
| Rennellese | Hetaʔu | (Calophyllum inophyllum) |
| Rennellese | Hetuʔu | Star, constellation |
| Rennellese | Sia- | To want, to like Problematic |
| Rennellese | Hihi | Vagina |
| Rennellese | Hia | How many? |
| Rennellese | Hiu/nga | The border, start-edge, of a mat |
| Rennellese | Higi | Choose, select, vote |
| Rennellese | Higi | Pink-spotted fruit dove |
| Rennellese | Higi | Braid, lash, twist |
