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Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian
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Language Name
Hawaiian.
Alternate Language Names
'Ōlelo Hawai'i.
Region
Hawaii, United States.
Who
Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert (Authors).
Others Involved
John Charlot (Consultant); David L. Dressel, Derral Herbst (Proofreaders); Esther T. Mookini (Co-author of earlier books and contributor); Harlan Murphy (Cross-referenced Hawaiian and English entries); Dolores Springer (Typed manuscript); Albert J. Shütz (Developed method to indicate stress units of Hawaiian words); Emily A. Hawkins (Wrote of spelling system); Dorothy B. Barrère (Shared resources for translating and editing); William H. Davenport, Dorothy B. Barrére (Linguistic consultants); Alison Kay (Marine consultant); Edgar C. Knowlton (Hebrew, Greek, and Latin consultant); Harold St. John (Plant consultant); Patience Bacon, Andrew Berger, Elizabeth K. Bushnell, Malcolm Chun, Kenneth Emory, Michel Kaiser, Larry Kimura, Michael La Gory, Paki Neves, John Randall, Lee Rogers, Kalena Silva, Cecelia Rapu, Eleanor Williamson (Unnamed contributions); University of Hawaii Press (Publisher).
Publishing Information
Published 1986 by the University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawai'i.
Previous editions have been published by the same publisher in 1957, 1961, 1964, 1965, and 1971.
How People are Cited
The authors are named on the cover, while others involved are cited on the Acknowledgements of the dictionary.
How Information is Cited
The source of entries which come for previously published sources are cited with abbreviations in entries. A guide to the abbreviations are listed in the Abbreviations Used in the Dictionary section.
More information on sources is included in the dictionary’s Preface.
Where is Information Coming from
Entries in this dictionary come from published resources such as other dictionaries, books, newspapers, archives, articles, Hawaiian scholars and professionals (such as lawyers and cultural leaders), folklore, and religious texts.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical and digital book.
Access
The digital copy of this dictionary is open access through Ulukau (The Hawaiian Electronic Library), while the physical copy is accessible through libraries. The 1986 edition of the dictionary is available for purchase through Bess Press for $39.99 USD.
Included Languages and Directionality
Hawaiian to English, English to Hawaiian.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary. However, Proto languages (i.e. "Proto Central Polynesian" (PCP)) and borrowed words (i.e. "word probably borrowed from Hebrew" (Heb.)) are specified within entries.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
The dictionary is organized in 2 main sections: Hawaiian-English and English-Hawaiian. The entries are organized alphabetically. Each entry contains the corresponding translation (either in English or Hawaiian, depending on the section), and includes the part of speech (e.g. noun or verb). Most entries provide Hawaiian words similar to, or related to the headword, and multiple senses of the entry.
The Arrangement of the Hawaiian-English Dictionary, and Pronunciation of Hawaiian sections explain the organization the dictionary and how to use it.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | There are guides to understand Hawaiian and the dictionary itself |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | Only a few entries contain example phrases |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ |
Other Notes
This edition of the dictionary is a revised and enlarged print version. It has added around 3,000 new entries which now brings the total number of entries to almost 30,000, and is considered "the largest and most complete of any Polynesian dictionary." This edition of the dictionary also adds a method to show stress groups to facilitate pronunciation for speakers, and many other helpful sections.
External Links
Reference Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/12751521
Open access digital copy of Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian through Ulukau: https://puke.ulukau.org/?l=haw
Direct link to the PDF of Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian:
http://ulukau.org/elib/collect/ped/index/assoc/D0.dir/doc5.pdf
The Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian is available for purchase through Bess Press: https://besspress.com/products/hawaiian-dictionary-revised-by-samuel-h-elbert-and-mary-kawena-pukui?_pos=1&_sid=f23b6a169&_ss=r