'Ōlelo No'eau : Hawaiian proverbs & poetical sayings

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'Ōlelo No'eau : Hawaiian proverbs & poetical sayings

collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui ; illustrated by Dietrich Varez

(Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication, no. 71)

Bishop Museum Press, 1983

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Note

Bibliography: p. [xx]

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Considered the finest ines compendium of traditional Hawaiian insight and lore handed down through generations of oral tradition. This book is a treasure of more than 3,000 proverbs and sayings displaying the knowledge, compassion, foibles, humor, morality, and beliefs of the Hawaiian people.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA12538710
  • ISBN
    • 0910240922
    • 0910240914
    • 0910240930
  • LCCN
    83072688
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    haw
  • Place of Publication
    Honolulu, Hawai'i
  • Pages/Volumes
    xix, [1], 351 p.
  • Size
    29 cm
  • Classification
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