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Title

A modern Māori picture dictionary = He papakupa whakaahua mō te reo Māori o nāianei / editor, Kāterina Mataira.

Publication

Auckland, N.Z. : Oxford University Press, 1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

Mataira, Kāterina Te Heikōkō, 1932-2011

Description

v, 133 p. : col. ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

A supplement to the Oxford Maori Picture Dictionary, this has additional modern words and their Maori equivalents. Intended to reflect the vitality of Maori language in its shift towards establishing itslef as a modern language for everyday use.

Alternative Title

• Papakupa whakaahua mō te reo Māori o nāianei
• Papakupa whakaahua mō te reo Māori o nāianei

Subject

• Māori language > Dictionaries > English
• English language > Dictionaries > Maori
• Picture dictionaries

Genre/Form

• Dictionaries
• Picture dictionaries
• Picture dictionaries.
• Dictionaries.

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ngā upoko -- People and relationships -- The family -- The human body -- Vegetables -- Fruits -- Meat, poultry and seafood -- Containers -- Containers and money -- The supermarket -- Restaurant and cocktail lounge -- Restaurant verbs -- Common prepared foods -- Outdoor clothes -- Clothes -- Underwear and sleepwear -- Jewellery and cosmetics -- Describing clothes -- Describing the weather -- Seasonal verbs -- Houses -- The living room -- The dining area -- The kitchen -- Cooking verbs -- The bedroom -- The baby's room -- The bathroom -- The laundry -- A workshop -- Housework and repair verbs -- Medical and dental care -- Ailments and injuries -- Treatments and remedies -- Firefighting -- Crime and punishment -- The city -- The post office and the postal system -- The public library -- Armed forces -- Trucks -- Cars -- Bikes -- Highway travel -- World travel -- Air travel -- Aircraft -- In port -- Pleasure boats -- Plants 1 -- Trees and plants -- Simple animals -- Insects 1 -- Birds 1 -- Fish and reptiles -- Mammals 1 -- Mammals 2 -- New Zealand : place names, oceans -- New Zealand : tribal boundaries -- The universe -- Space exploration -- A classroom -- School verbs -- A science lab -- Mathematics -- Energy -- Farming -- Construction -- An office -- Occupations -- Recreation parks -- Outdoor activities -- At the beach -- Team sports -- Individual sports -- Fields and courses -- Sports verbs -- Musical instruments -- Music, dance and theatre -- Electronics and photography -- Handicrafts -- Prepositions -- Numbers and colours -- Time, weights and measures -- The carved house -- The haka party -- Games -- Food -- Fish -- Birds 2 -- Insects 2 -- Plants 2 -- Trees -- Index.

ISBN

019558354X (pbk.)

OCLC

• 45352690
• SCSB-11529701

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library