Rennellese entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
NP.GA-TASI Ngatahi Together, all, both (Ebt)
PN.GATATA Ngatata Rustle (as the sea), whiz (as birds in flight), sound continuously (as coconuts being dragged on ground) (Ebt)
FU.GATO.* Ngato Finished, ended, stopped, completed (Ebt)
NP.GATOLO.2 Ngatogotogo Rattle, knock, shake noisily, sound unpleasantly (a cracked sounding board) (Ebt)
OC.GAU Ngau Chew, as pandanus, sugar-cane, betel nut; bite (Ebt)
PN.GESE Ngese Be slow, come or go slowly (Ebt)
MP.GIGIE Ngingie A shrub growing on coastal ledges (Ebt)
MP.GII Ngii Peep, squeak, squeal, be hoarse (Ebt)
MP.GII Ngii/ngii Whimper, cry (Ebt)
CP.GOGO.1 Ngongo Common Noddy Tern (Ebt)
MP.GUTU.A Ngutu Mouth, beak, orifice (Ebt)
PN.GUTU-KAO Ngutukao A kind of porpoise said to have a longer snout than the samono (Ebt)
OC.GUU.1 Nguu Assent Uncertain Semantic Connection (Ebt)
PN.GUU-FEKE Nguuheke Squid, decapoda (Ebt)
EO.HAA.1 Aa What? (Ebt)
PN.HAGA.2 Anga Turn the front or back to (Ebt)
MP.HAGAFULU Angahugu Ten (Ebt)
PN.HAGAI Angai To face, look upon, to protect, as ancestors or gods; pay back, recompense, revenge (Ebt)
MP.HAI Ai Who? (Ebt)
OC.HAKAU Akau Coral reef in general (Ebt)
OC.HAKE.B Ake Direction upwards, inland, towards shore (Ebt)
PN.HAKU Aku Needlefish, threshfish (Ebt)
AN.HALA Aga Road (Ebt)
PN.HALA-MATUQA Aga o maatuʔa Trail taken by gods or ancestors Problematic (Ebt)
EO.HAMA Ama Outrigger float (Ebt)
PN.HAPI Api Some spp. of Surgeonfishes and Coralfishes e.g. Acanthurus triostegus and Chaetodon miliaris (Ebt)
AN.HAU Au Tattooing needle (Ebt)
AN.HAU Lagu Wing bone of flying-fox, (sewing) needle Borrowed (Ebt)
PN.HEKE Eke Go on, board, mount, as a horse (Ebt)
PN.HEKE-GA Ekengaa heke School of octopus (Ebt)
PN.HEKE-GA Ekengaa mata Person in one's thoughts, beloved person (Ebt)
PN.HELE Ege To deny (Ebt)
OC.HIFO.A Iho To go or come fishing (since this is always downward); to have an incline (Ebt)
OC.HIFO.B Iho Downward, seaward, northward, westward (Ebt)
FJ.HIFO.C Haka/iho To request peace ceremonially, as by presenting a gift (*tanu*). (Ebt)
FJ.HIFO.C Iho/nga Peace settlement; to have such (Ebt)
PN.HIGOA Ingoa Name, expression, to be named (Ebt)
FJ.HILI Igi To climb, as children, from branch to branch on a tree; to penetrate a jungle (Ebt)
AN.HIWA.1 Iba Nine (Ebt)
FJ.HOGAHOGA.A Ongoongo A kind of nettle (? Acalypha boehmerioides) (Ebt)
PN.HOGAHOGA.B Ongoongo To itch (Ebt)
OC.HOGE Onge Hunger (Ebt)
EO.HOKA.2 ʔOka Husk coconut on a stick (Ebt)
PN.HOKO.1 Oko Reach, arrive at; to complete, as work (Ebt)
AN.HUHU Uu Nipple, breast (Ebt)
PN.HUI-TUQA Ibi tuʔa Backbone, vertebral column (Ebt)
OC.HUKU Uku To dive (Ebt)
PN.HULI.2* Ugi Shoots, sprouts, suckers, as of taro, bananas and plantains (Ebt)
PN.HUQA Uʔa To be very high (of tide) (Ebt)
EO.HUQI.1 ʔUi Take canoe out to sea; extract Pandanus keys; take off (e.g. shirt); unlash (e.g. sail); free oneself from (Ebt)

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