Tusi'upu Samoa: The Samoan Dictionary of Papaali'i Dr Semisi Ma'ia'i
Volume 2. English to Samoan
Author: Semisi Maiai
Tusiupu Samoa is a long-awaited dictionary of Samoan, the first comprehensive work of its sort written by a Samoan, Papaalii Dr Semisi Maiai.
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Tusiupu Samoa is a long-awaited dictionary of Samoan, the first comprehensive work of its sort written by a Samoan, Papaalii Dr Semisi Maiai.
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Tusiupu Samoa is a long-awaited dictionary of Samoan, the first comprehensive work of its sort written by a Samoan, Papaalii Dr Semisi Maiai.The work of over 40 years by one man, while working full time and helping raise a family, it is a comprehensive collection and explanation of Samoan words.The two volume set was released in time for 2010 Samoan Language Week. Tusi`upu Samoa is the first of it's kind.
About the Author
Born in the village of Leifiifi on the island of Upolu, Semisi Maiai is a doctor of medicine and holds the Samoan orator's title, Papaalii. 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.
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