Author: P M Ryan

Published: 1997

Publisher: Pearson NZ

Format: Paperback

Suitable: Secondary / General

P. M. Ryan's Dictionary of Modern Māori:

• contains over 15,000 headwords, Māori to English and English to Māori sections.
• includes all the words most commonly used by fluent Māori speakers
• features an expanded vocabulary list, with words for new inventions, metric terms, modern concepts and some scientific, technological and legal terms
• incorporates an easy-to-use guide to the pronunciation of Māori and a section on Māori grammar
• includes separate lists giving Māori translations of Christian names, seasons, months, days of the week, points of the compass, parts of the body, colours, countries and continents
• contains a Māori proverbs sections, complete with translations and interpretations.