Maori Place-Names : Also Personal Names and Names of Colours, Weapons, and Natural Objects

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."] .