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 | Kaha | Sennit of coconut fibre |
| Rennellese | Kahaki/a | Excited, frightened, startled, shocked |
| Rennellese | Ka/kahi | Fight one another, rush headlong, attack, raid Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rennellese | Kaho | Yaws |
| Rennellese | Kahu | Wide tapa, blanket |
| Rennellese | Kango/kango | Leafless or nearly so; thin, of persons |
| Rennellese | Kaa | Burn v, as a light or flame |
| Rennellese | Kai | Food, eat |
| Rennellese | Kai | To erode, as a sore |
| Rennellese | Haka/kai | To enlarge, as a hole in the ear |
| Rennellese | Ghai | Tree, wood Borrowed |
| Rennellese | Kakai | To be sharp |
| Rennellese | Kaainga | Sleeping place, bed |
| Rennellese | Kaiaʔa | Steal, rob, commit adultery |
| Rennellese | Kaitiʔi | Beg silently by looking longingly; beggar Phonologically Irregular |
| Rennellese | Kai uu | Hold the breast in the mouth, as a nursing infant Problematic |
| Rennellese | Kakai | To live, inhabit |
| Rennellese | Kakai | Culture hero |
| Rennellese | Kakano | Kind, variety; core of wood |
| Rennellese | Kakau | Swim |
| Rennellese | Kake | Climb up |
| Rennellese | Ka/kaga | Have bitter taste, to smart, as iodine |
| Rennellese | Ka(n)gae | Purple swamp hen, (Porphyrio samoensis) |
| Rennellese | Kaganga | Noisy, speak loudly, shout |
| Rennellese | Kagaba | Shred, hairs on husked coconut |
| Rennellese | Kageʔa | Conus sp., sometimes eaten; also strombus sp. |
| Rennellese | Kageʔa huguhugu | Spider conch (lambis chiragra) |
| Rennellese | Kaageba | A large dove or pheasant |
| Rennellese | Kagi | To dig, as a pit |
| Rennellese | Kagikao | Give a war-cry |
| Rennellese | Ka(n)gisi | Kind of small skink (Emoia cyanura) |
| Rennellese | Kago | Flee, escape, dodge |
| Rennellese | Kago-hia | To punish Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rennellese | Kagoama | Probably a goatfish |
| Rennellese | Kagogo | String of bow, be taut |
| Rennellese | Kamakama | Edible black rock crab, Grapsus sp. |
| Rennellese | Ka/kami | To bite, of fish |
| Rennellese | Kami/kami | To desire ardently |
| Rennellese | Kamo | Beckon with downward flap of hand |
| Rennellese | Kamu | Chew betel nut |
| Rennellese | Kana | Marine growth on coral, when dry used as sandpaper |
| Rennellese | Kanae | Mullets |
| Rennellese | Kanapu | Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) |
| Rennellese | Kaiba (hetuʔu) | Milky Way Phonologically Irregular |
| Rennellese | Kano | (+ qual.) Kernel, as of a nut; flesh, as of a coconut, fish or bivalve; genitalia, labia |
| Rennellese | Kanohi | Flesh of coconut, fruit, vegetable |
| Rennellese | Kanohi niho | Gums of teeth |
| Rennellese | Kanohi toki | Adze blade without haft |
| Rennellese | Kanohi mata | Eyeball |
| Rennellese | Kano baka | Canoe crew and passengers |
