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Maori Place-Names : Also Personal Names and Names of Colours, Weapons, and Natural Objects
by Andersen, Johannes
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Wellington: Polynesian Society. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Heavy foxing to page edges. No signatures.; xi, [1], 494, [2] pages. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 240 x 148mm. Contents: Alphabet; Transliterations and nicknames; Colour-vocabulary; Colour-names; Names of Weapons; The Sword Angurvadel; Personal Names; The Names of New Zealand - New Zealand as a whole - North-island - South-island - Map Evidence; First Visits to New Zealand; Kupe and the Fleet; Toi' seeks New Zealand; Turi and his place-names; Voyage of Takitumu - Takitumu in South-island; Ihenga and his name-giving; Stories of name-giving: Pahiatua - Kutarere - Muri-rangaranga - Haki-te-kura - Whenua-kite - Hau and his name-giving; Imported names: List of islands in Society group - Awatere and other imported names; Place-names in ordinary: Introduction - Names with Wai- as first element: Plants as second element - Trees as second element - Birds as second element - Fish as second element - Insects, mythological creatures, minerals, as second element - Qualifying term as second element; Names with Awa- as first element - Moa notes; Names with Manga- or Ma- as first element; Names with Roto- as first element; Names with Whanga- as first element; First element unrelated to water, but second element as above: Plants - Trees - Animals - Birds - Fish - Insects - Lizard, Frog - Mythical monsters, Minerals. [Reference: Bagnall A452 - "A study arranged under broad chapter headings dealing with names from traditional sources, canoe ares, names associated with tribal history, natural objects, etc. Despite criticism which discouraged the author from a second edition book is a most useful approach to a difficult and contentious subject."] .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24834
- Title
- Maori Place-Names : Also Personal Names and Names of Colours, Weapons, and Natural Objects
- Author
- Andersen, Johannes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Polynesian Society
- Place of Publication
- Wellington
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Maori
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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