He iti te kupu
Subtitle: Māori metaphors and similes
By: Hona Black
Publisher: Oratia
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Oratia, Auckland, New Zealand
Language: mao
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780947506919
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Maori language; Terms and phrases; Texts; Maori Proverbs; Comparison; Metaphor; Simile; Kupu whakarite; Reorua; Matareo; Reo Māori; Whakatauākī
Other titles: He iti te kupu.; Māori metaphors and similes.
Description: "Ko tā te kupu whakarite he whakaahua, he whakarite, i ētahi ahuatanga, e te nuinga o te wā nō te taiao, ki ngā āhuatanga o te tangata, ki ngā horopaki rānei. Kai te takiwā o te 500 ngā kupu whakarite o te pukapuka nei, Hei Iti te Kupu, kua āta whakaritea tēnā ki tōna whānau, tēnā ki tōna whānau, me ōna whakāmarama i ngā reo e rua - e āhei ai ngā kaipānui reo Māori, reo Pākehā rānei te mārama i ōna tikanga."--Publisher's description.

"Māori metaphors and similes poignantly mirror and draw a comparison between something, often the natural world, and the characteristics of particular people or contexts. He Iti te Kupu contains nearly 500 of the principal figures of speech in te Reo divided into themes with use and meaning explained in Māori and English - making it useful to readers and students of both languages.
Notes: Includes index.

In Māori, with English translation.
Table of contents: title: He kupu whakataki; title: Ngā manu o uta, o tai; title: Ngā rākau me te ngahere; title: Te moana; title: Ngā wāhanga o te waka; title: Ngā kōrero mō te tinana; title: He kararehe, he aitanga pepeke; title: He whakarangatira, he kupu mateoha; title: He kupu whakarite anō; title: He kuputohu.; title: Introduction; title: Birds of the land and sea; title: Trees and the forest; title: The ocean Parts of the canoe; title: Parts of the body; title: Animals and insects Acknowledgements and terms of endearment Additional metaphors and similes; title: Index.