Rennellese entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
OC.A A Personal subject marker (Elbert 1988:107) (Ebt)
OC.A (I)/a/ Object marker (Ebt)
PN.-A Namu/a/ Be mosquito-ridden, to be many mosquitoes (Ebt)
NP.AAPULU ʔAapugu To go below the surface of the sea, as a turtle does; to drown, sink, swallow much sea water (Ebt)
SO.AAVA ʔAaba/ki Participate, join, help; helper, assistant, spouse (Ebt)
MP.AFAA Ahaa Storm, hurricane (Ebt)
PN.AFAGA Ahanga Public place (Ebt)
MP.AFE.1A Pahe To come or go, of gods (Ebt)
NP.AFE.1B Ahe/ahe Sway, ruffle, as feathers, leaves (Ebt)
PN.AFE.2 Ahe A thousand (pairs of yams etc.) (Ebt)
AN.AFI.1 Ahi Fire (Ebt)
AN.AFIAFI Ahiahi Late afternoon and early evening (Ebt)
MP.AFO Aho Cord, line, thong, string (Ebt)
PN.AFU.2 Ahu Grow, as wild plants (Ebt)
PN.AFU.2 Haka/ahu/ Let grow, as volunteer papayas (Ebt)
SO.AFU.3 Ahu To resemble, look like, appear (Ebt)
MP.AFU-AFU Ahuahu Sprinkle, rain a little (Ebt)
MP.AFU-AFU Ahu Wind-blown rain (Ebt)
CP.AGA Anga Look like, resemble (Ebt)
PN.AGE Ab/ange/ Give to a third person (Ebt)
PN.AGE Ange Postposed particle softening entreaties, sometimes with a nuance of emotion (hope, sorrow, pity, affection, pleasure) (Ebt)
AN.AGI.1 Angi Blow (of wind, breeze) (Ebt)
AN.AGO.A Ango Turmeric plant, (Curcuma longa) (Ebt)
OC.AI.1 Ai There, thereby, at, in (Ebt)
PN.AI.2 Iai To be, exist (Ebt)
RO.AKA.B Aka A bush vine (Pueraria triloba) with long roots, eaten in times of shortage (Ebt)
MP.AKO Ako Teacher, to teach (Ebt)
PN.AKO-NAKI Akonaki Passive/transitive of ako, to teach. (Ebt)
OC.AKU Aku Excavate, dig, shovel (Ebt)
PN.ALAGA.A Aganga Limb, as leg or arm; tool, as adze or knife; weapon; to carry such (Ebt)
OC.ALI.1 Agi General name for flatfishes, flounders, soles etc (Ebt)
SO.ALI.2 Agi To hollow out or enlarge by turning, as with a knife in a hole; to strip, as taro (Ebt)
NP.ALOA-MANU Ago Three months of the year...about November through January (Ebt)
CP.ALU Agu Next-to-the-last growth stage of the mango vine (Raphidophora sp.) (Ebt)
EO.AMI G/ami Egg container on belly of crabs Problematic (Ebt)
EO.AMI M/ami Roe (Ebt)
AN.AMO.1A Amo, ama Rub gently, anoint, caress, make smooth (Ebt)
PN.AMO.1B Amo Make smooth, as strands of string (Ebt)
PN.AMU Amu Curse by accusation of incest (Ebt)
AN.ANE.A Ane Nest of white grubs (the grubs sometimes fed to chickens); termite nest, the termites (Ebt)
??.ANOO Aano Conjunction and postposed particle, indicating a continuing process (Ebt)
CP.AO.1 Ao Tie or bind tightly (as hair); be close together (as coconut palms); be narrow Problematic (Ebt)
NP.AO.2 Ao Ivory Nut; narrow. (Ebt)
PN.AO.3 Ao Tie or bind tightly, as hair (Ebt)
PN.APO Apo To be poised and ready to do anything (as to strike, speak, open...); to threaten, as with a spear or club; to hesitate, as in deference or fear (Ebt)
PN.APO Haka/apo To aim, as a spear (Ebt)
MP.APU.A Apu To pick, as fruits, as in a basket; to pull (Ebt)
PN.AQU Aʔu Come (singular) (Ebt)
CE.ARI ʔAgi Exclamation: Goodness! My! Really! Problematic (Ebt)
PN.ASA.2 Asa Fish gills (Ebt)

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