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Author Mead, S. M. (Sidney Moko), 1927-

Title Nga pepeha a nga tipuna = The sayings of the ancestors / na Hirini Moko Mead raua ko Neil Grove
Published Wellington, N.Z. : Victoria University Press, [2001]
©2001

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Description 448 pages ; 25 cm
regular print
Summary "Nga Pepeha a nga Tipuna is a collection of more than 2500 'sayings of the ancestors'. Neil Grove and Hirini M Mead spent more than twenty years collecting and compiling these pepeha from all over New Zealand - inviting comment and contributions from all who read and used their early volumes." "Pepeha are not just proverbs; the term includes charms, witticisms, figures of speech and boasts. Neither are they historical relics; they feature in the formal speeches heard every day on the marae, and in the oral literature handed down from past generations. The pepeha also provide a rich source of language. Their use of metaphor and their economy of words show language that enriches the textbook Maori of today."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Includes index
List of Maori sayings, alphabetically arranged with translations and comments in English
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 427-432
Notes Sayings in Māori; translation and explanations in English
Subject Folk literature, Maori -- Translations into English.
Maori language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Proverbs, Maori.
Genre/Form Controlled vocabularies.
Author Grove, Neil, 1916-1999.
LC no. 2002318272
ISBN 086473462X paperback
0864733992
Other Titles Sayings of the ancestors