Book Description
In a compact and portable format, this dictionary up-dates 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 in nontechnical terms, includes a pronunciation guide.
This convenient book will be appreciated by residents, visitors, and beginning students of Hawaiian alike.
About the author
Samuel H. Elbert, professor emeritus of Pacific languages and linguistics at the University of Hawaii, 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 Nishizawa is 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.
