Search Results: maori place names also personal names by johannes andersen

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 -… Read More