The Raupo Dictionary of Modern Maori
P.m. Ryan
ISBN: | 9780143009320 |
Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
Published: | 23 May, 2008 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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The Raupo Dictionary of Modern Maori
P.m. Ryan
This dictionary by P.M. Ryan, one of New Zealand's leading Maori language scholars, is the most up to date available. The Raupo Dictionary of Modern Maori • •Contains over 50,000 concise entries divided into Maori-English and English-Maori sections. • Includes all the words most commonly used by fluent Maori speakers. •Features a vocabulary list with words for new inventions, metric terms, modern concepts and some scientific, computer, technological and legal terms •Incorporates an easy-to-use guide to the pronunciation of Maori and a section on Maori grammar. •Includes separate lists giving Maori translations of seasons, months, days of the week, points of the compass, parts of the body, New Zealand and overseas place names, and personal names. • Contains a Maori proverbs section, complete with translations and interpretations, and a map of tribal areas.
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