New Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary: With a Concise Grammar and Given Names in Hawaiian

by Mary Kawena Pukui, Esther T. Mookini (Editor), Samuel H. Elbert, Yu Mapuana Nishizawa (Editor)

Overview

In a compact and portable format, this dictionary contains more than ten thousand entries, a welcome chapter on grammar explained in non-technical terms, and a pronunciation guide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824813925
Publisher:	University of Hawaii Press, The
Publication date:	11/01/1991
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	371,358
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Mary Kawena Pukui was a noted authority on the Hawaiian language. She had a long professional association with the Bernice P. Bishop Museum and translated many Hawaiian historical documents. She coauthored, with Samuel H. Elbert, the Hawaiian Dictionary and Place Names of Hawaii.

Samuel H. Elbert, professor emeritus of Pacific languages and linguistics at the University of Hawaii, taught the Hawaiian language for many years and is considered one of the foremost authorities on the language today. He is author of the textbook Spoken Hawaiian and is co-author with Mary Pukui of Hawaiian Dictionary, and with Mary Pukui and Esther Mookini of Place Names of Hawaii.

Editorial Reviews

Here 10,800 entries have been digested from the 41,500 entry Hawaiian dictionary, 1986, with revision of scientific names of plants and animals. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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