' Ōlelo no'eau
Subtitle: Hawaiian proverbs & poetical sayings
By: collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui ; illustrated by Dietrich Varez.
Series: Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication -- no. 71; Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication -- 71
Publisher: Bishop Museum Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng; haw
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Proverbs, Hawaiian; Folklore -- Hawaii; Hawaiian language -- Terms and phrases
Description: "This extraordinary collection of Hawaiian sayings--collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui--offers a unique opportunity to savor the wisdom, poetic beauty, and earthy humor of these finely crafted expressions. The sayings may be appreciated individually and collectively for their aesthetic, historic, and educational values. They reveal even deeper layers of meaning, giving understanding not only of Hawaii and its people but all of humanity. Since the sayings carry the immediacy of the spoken word, considered to be the highest form of cultural expression in old Hawaii, they bring us closer to the everyday thoughts and lives of the Hawaiians who created them. Taken together, the sayings offer a basis for an understanding of the essence and origins of traditional Hawaiian values." -- Amazon.com viewed August 3, 2020.
Notes: English and Hawaiian.

Includes indexes.