New Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary

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The Hawaiian Dictionary, by Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Elbert, has for many years been the standard work of reference for the Hawaiian language. Based on frequency of usage and cultural importance, 10,800 entries, from the 41,500 in the revised and enlarged edition of 1986, have been selected for inclusion in the New Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary.
In a compact and portable format, this dictionary updates scientific and common names of plants and animals; Hawaiian equivalents of given names; words borrowed from other languages; numbering and counting; practical phrases, and much more. The chapter on grammar, explained iri nontechnical terms, includes a pronunciation guide.
This convenient book will be appreciated by residents, visitors, and beginning students of Hawaiian alike.
The late Mary K. Pukui devoted her life to the study and preservation of Hawaiian language and culture. During her career at the Bishop Museum, she translated Hawaiian legends,... Tovább

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Language/Dictionaries
The Hawaiian Dictionary, by Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Elbert, has for many years been the standard work of reference for the Hawaiian language. Based on frequency of usage and cultural importance, 10,800 entries, from the 41,500 in the revised and enlarged edition of 1986, have been selected for inclusion in the New Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary.
In a compact and portable format, this dictionary updates scientific and common names of plants and animals; Hawaiian equivalents of given names; words borrowed from other languages; numbering and counting; practical phrases, and much more. The chapter on grammar, explained iri nontechnical terms, includes a pronunciation guide.
This convenient book will be appreciated by residents, visitors, and beginning students of Hawaiian alike.
The late Mary K. Pukui devoted her life to the study and preservation of Hawaiian language and culture. During her career at the Bishop Museum, she translated Hawaiian legends, chants, and aphival materials into English.
Samuel H. Elbert, /(Drofessor emeritus of Pacific lart-guages and linguistics, is considered a world authority on Polynesian languages. He has authored numerous textbooks and dictionaries and is Polynesian consultant to Merriam-Webster.
Esther T. Mookini taught Hawaiian language and culture at Kapiolani Community'College. She translates folktales and historical legal documents.
Yu Mapuana Nishizawals a star hula performer and kumu hula (teacher) in Japan. Fluent in Japanese, English, and Hawaiian, she translated the first edition of the Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary into a Hawaiian-Japanese version. Vissza