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Tusi`upu Samoa: Volume 1: Samoan to English

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Tusi`upu Samoa: Volume 1: Samoan to English
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Semisi Maiai
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:468
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178
ISBN/Barcode 9781877484179
ClassificationsDewey:499.462321
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Little Island Press
Imprint Little Island Press
Publication Date 1 January 2010
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

Tusi'upu Samoa is a long-awaited dictionary of Samoan, the first comprehensive work of its sort written by a Samoan, Papaali'i Dr Semisi Ma'ia'i. Volume One contains the Samoan to English text.

Author Biography

Born in the village of Leifiifi on the island of `Upolu, Semisi Ma`ia`i is a doctor of medicine and holds the Samoan orator's title, Papaali`i. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1954 and, after graduation from medical college, married Jenny, a Pakeha New Zealander who was then working as a nurse in Wellington. They moved first to New Plymouth and then to Auckland, where they raised two children. Semisi wrote his Samoan dictionary Tusi 'Upu Samoa over this period. Forty years later, in 2010, it was published by Little Island Press, the first such dictionary to be written by a Samoan. Semisi and Jenny now live in Wellington, where Semisi continues to write.