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Nga pepeha a nga tupuna: Te wahanga 3

documentary heritage
  • Description

    The title of this collection may be translated as, "Sayings of the Ancestors." Pepeha is often identified with 'proverb' but that is too restrictive. The term embraces also charms, witticisms, figures of speech, boasts, and other sayings (Williams 1971:274).--preface

  • Place
    Wellington, New Zealand
  • Other Id

    EMI1991A (Library of Congress Call Number)

    44254 (Cat ID)

    89951 (DBTextworks system ID)

    38054 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Nga pepeha a nga tupuna: Te wahanga 3
  • Primary Maker

    Neil Grove

     Victoria University of Wellington. Department of Maori Studies (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Dept. of Maori Studies, Victoria Univ. of Wellington
  • Place
    Wellington, New Zealand
  • Date
    Circa 1994
  • Physical Description

    188 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

  • ISBN/ISSN
    0475110234
  • Language
    English
    Te Reo Māori
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Proverbs, Maori

  • Public Access Text

    List of Maori proverbial sayings, alphabetically arranged with translations and comments in English. "He whakairiwhare na. 4." "This volume of the Nga Pepeha a nga Tupuna continues the work of Te Wahanga 1 and 2 ... for the fourth and fifth letters of the Maori alphabet, i and k"--Pref. to Te wahanga 3. First published without translations in 1981 and 1984. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-180).

  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
  • Language Description
    English and Maori
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