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 | Ngatali | Rustle, tap Problematic |
| Rennellese | Ngatahi | Together, all, both |
| Rennellese | Ngatata | Rustle (as the sea), whiz (as birds in flight), sound continuously (as coconuts being dragged on ground) |
| Rennellese | Ngaʔati ʔugu | Scalp |
| Rennellese | Ngaʔati polo | Coconut empty of liquid |
| Rennellese | Ngato | Finished, ended, stopped, completed |
| Rennellese | Ngatogotogo | Rattle, knock, shake noisily, sound unpleasantly (a cracked sounding board) |
| Rennellese | Ngau | Chew, as pandanus, sugar-cane, betel nut; bite |
| Rennellese | Ngese | Be slow, come or go slowly |
| Rennellese | Ngii | Peep, squeak, squeal, be hoarse |
| Rennellese | Ngii/ngii | Whimper, cry |
| Rennellese | Ngingie | A shrub growing on coastal ledges |
| Rennellese | Ngongo | Common Noddy Tern |
| Rennellese | Nguu | Assent Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rennellese | Nguuheke | Squid, decapoda |
| Rennellese | Ngutu | Mouth, beak, orifice |
| Rennellese | Ngutukao | A kind of porpoise said to have a longer snout than the samono |
| Rennellese | Aa | What? |
| Rennellese | Anga | Turn the front or back to |
| Rennellese | Angahugu | Ten |
| Rennellese | Angai | To face, look upon, to protect, as ancestors or gods; pay back, recompense, revenge |
| Rennellese | Ai | Who? |
| Rennellese | Akau | Coral reef in general |
| Rennellese | Ake | Direction upwards, inland, towards shore |
| Rennellese | Aku | Needlefish, threshfish |
| Rennellese | Aga | Road |
| Rennellese | Agi | To hollow out or enlarge by turning, as with a knife in a hole; to strip, as taro |
| Rennellese | Ama | Outrigger float |
| Rennellese | Api | Some spp. of Surgeonfishes and Coralfishes e.g. Acanthurus triostegus and Chaetodon miliaris |
| Rennellese | Au | Tattooing needle |
| Rennellese | Lagu | Wing bone of flying-fox, (sewing) needle Borrowed |
| Rennellese | Eke | Go on, board, mount, as a horse |
| Rennellese | Ege | To deny |
| Rennellese | Iho | Downward, seaward, northward, westward |
| Rennellese | Ingoa | Name, expression, to be named |
| Rennellese | Iba | Nine |
| Rennellese | Ongoongo | A kind of nettle (? Acalypha boehmerioides); to itch |
| Rennellese | Onge | Hunger |
| Rennellese | ʔOka | Husk coconut on a stick |
| Rennellese | Oko | Reach, arrive at; to complete, as work |
| Rennellese | Ogo | Rub v; grate, brush (as teeth) |
| Rennellese | Uʔa | To be very high (of tide) |
| Rennellese | Uu | Nipple, breast |
| Rennellese | ʔUi | Take canoe out to sea; extract Pandanus keys; take off (e.g. shirt); unlash (e.g. sail); free oneself from |
| Rennellese | Uku | To dive |
| Rennellese | Ugu | Enter, exit |
| Rennellese | Ugu | To possess and drive mad |
| Rennellese | Ugu/hia | To be possessed by an unworshipped supernatural and driven crazy; to be drunk |
| Rennellese | Ka(a) | Future verb aspect marker |
| Rennellese | Ka(e) | And, also, but |
