Samuel H. Elbert, professor emeritus of Pacific languages
and linguistics at the University of Hawaii, taught the Hawaiian
language for many years and is considered one of the foremost
authorities on the language today. He is author of the textbook
Spoken Hawaiian and is co-author with Mary Pukui of Hawaiian
Dictionary, and with Mary Pukui and Esther Mookini of Place Names
of Hawaii.
Mary Kawena Pukui was a noted authority on the Hawaiian
language. She had a long professional association with the Bernice
P. Bishop Museum and translated many Hawaiian historical documents.
She coauthored, with Samuel H. Elbert, the Hawaiian Dictionary and
Place Names of Hawaii.
A little jewel. Scholarship, knowledge of the language, light-heartedness, readability, completeness and the richness of the data all make the grammar a joy to read as well as to consult.... An absolute must for all students of the Polynesian area." —Pacific Studies
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