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 | Higi | Pink-spotted fruit dove |
| Rennellese | Higi | Braid, lash, twist |
| Rennellese | Higimoto | Tree, edible fruits (Flacourtia inermis) |
| Rennellese | Higo | Coil, braid; to mix |
| Rennellese | Higo | To mix, as food, or as persons with others unlike himself |
| Rennellese | Hinangago | Larynx, believed source of emotions, have thoughts, feelings |
| Rennellese | Hi(g)imatuʔa | Wife Phonologically Irregular |
| Rennellese | Hiti | Emerge as a fish from the water, or the sun |
| Rennellese | Hiti | Original inhabitants of Rennell and Bellona |
| Rennellese | Hitihitikia | Begin to get grey hair |
| Rennellese | Hitu | Seven, seventh |
| Rennellese | Hiu | Be bored, tired, to have had enough to eat |
| Rennellese | Hoo | To mix, as water with resin for tattooing |
| Rennellese | Hoa(hoa) | Crack, split, smash; Break (as egg, nut) |
| Rennellese | Hoe | Paddle n, paddle v |
| Rennellese | Hou | Masturbate, especially by women Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rennellese | Hokai | General name for monitor lizards (Varanus indicus indicus) |
| Rennellese | Hoki | Go or come back, return |
| Rennellese | Hoki | Also, too; again |
| Rennellese | Hoga | Spread, as mats |
| Rennellese | Hogahoga | To tell, confess |
| Rennellese | Hogau | Ocean voyage, travellers making such; to sail |
| Rennellese | Hogi | To go by canoe a short distance |
| Rennellese | Ho/hogi/ | Turn or swerve, as a bird before landing |
| Rennellese | Hogo | Swallow, ingest |
| Rennellese | Hono | A ritual, priest chiefs performing such, sorcery |
| Rennellese | Honu | Full of liquid |
| Rennellese | Honu | Green turtle, (Chelonia mydas) |
| Rennellese | Honuhonu | Watery, moist, soggy |
| Rennellese | Hosa | Son |
| Rennellese | Hoto | Barb, as on a stingray's tail |
| Rennellese | Poto/i | Shape roughly, as bowl or canoe-hull Phonologically Irregular |
| Rennellese | Hotu | Come forth, appear |
| Rennellese | Hotu | Punctured, holed, as a canoe |
| Rennellese | Hoʔou | New, fresh |
| Rennellese | Huu | Clap slowly while gesturing in dance |
| Rennellese | Huu | Secret; hide, conceal |
| Rennellese | Hua | Fruit, nut, seed, bulbil, berry, egg |
| Rennellese | Hua | Small outrigger canoe Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rennellese | Hua | Be naked, alone |
| Rennellese | Hua | Pick Pandanus leaves for thatch |
| Rennellese | Hua(a) | Song; sing a song |
| Rennellese | Huaʔa | Harmful creatures, as flying-foxes and rats Problematic |
| Rennellese | Hua ʔeha | To be large, big, fat, important |
| Rennellese | Huahua | Pimple |
| Rennellese | Huahua | Some mullets and mullet-like fish, e.g. (Liza oligolepis) |
| Rennellese | Huʔaaika | Some crevallies or trevallies, including blue-fin trevally (Caranx melampygus) |
| Rennellese | Hua taga /qeha | A kind of song sung in temples during kanogoto rituals Phonologically Irregular |
| Rennellese | Huata | One hundred thatch panels Problematic |
| Rennellese | Huatahi, huatasi | To be single, unmarried; unmarried person |
