Mary Kawena Pūku‘i
Publications and Papers
“Puku’i’s translations and authorship span a variety of Native Hawaiian topics: Kinship, life cycles, religion, material culture, language, mele – the gamut of Native Hawaiian expression. Today the full extent of Pukui’s work and scholarship is evident not only in her published work, but also in the vast repository of notes and manuscripts held at the Bishop Museum in the Hawaiian Ethnographic Notes (HEN)”. – University of Hawai’i at Manoa Library guide.
1923: Hawaiian Stories and Wise Sayings: Martha Beckwith and B. Belser; with collaboration of Mary Kawena Pūku‘i.
1932: Kepelino’s Traditions of Hawai‘i: M.W. Beckwith, notes by Mary Kawena Pūkui
1933: Hawaiian Folk Tales. Third series; collected and translated by Mary Kawena Pūku‘i
1934: Outline of Hawaiian Physical Therapeutics; M.K. Pūku‘i with E.S. Craighill Handy and Katherine Livermore
1936: Ancient Hulas of Kaua‘i: Mary Kawena Pūku‘i, The Garden Island
1936: The Legend of Kawelo and Other Hawaiian Folk Tales: Laura C.S. Green and Mary Kawena Pūku‘i
1936: History of Hawai‘i: S.M. Kamakau; translated by Mary K. Pūku‘i
1938: The Canoe Making Profession of Ancient Times: translated by Mary Kawena Pūku‘i, edited by Kenneth Emory; Papers of the Hawaiian Historical Society No.20
1940: Hawaiian Planters vol.1; E.S. Craighill Handy in collaboration with Mary Kawena Pūku‘i;
1941: The Leis of Hawai’i: an Interpretation of the Songs of the Islands: Mary Kawena Puku’i and Mary Neal Paradise of the Pacific
1942: Hawaiian Beliefs & Customs During Birth, Infancy and Childhood: Mary Kawena Pūku‘i
1942: The Hula, Hawai‘i’s Own Dance, Mary Kawena Pūku‘i, Thrum;s Annual
1943: Childbirth and Infancy in Old Hawai’i; Mary Kawena , Pūku‘i , Paradise of the Pacific
1943: Games of My Hawaiian Childhood: Mary Kawena Pūku‘i Western Folklore Quarterly
1943: Childhood in Old Hawai’i; Mary Kawena Puku’i; Paradise of the Pacific
1943: The Hula: Mary Kawena Puku’i
1943: Introduction to the Hawaiian Language; An English-Hawaiian Vocabulary; Mary Kawena Pūku‘i with Henry P. Judd and John F. G. Stokes
1944: Ke Awa Lau O Pu‘uloa (The Many Harbored Sea of Pu‘uloa: Mary Kawena Pūku‘i: Fifty-second Annual Report of the , Hawaiian Historical Society,
1945; Hawaiian Poetry and Music; Mary Pūku‘i
1947: The History of Ebon: Ae’e, Heezekiah, M.K. Puku’i; Report of the Hawaiian Historical Society
1949: Songs (meles) of Old Ka‘u, Hawaii; Mary Kawena Pūku‘i: Journal of American Folklore
1949: Pikoi and Other Legends of the Island of Hawai‘i; Mary Kawena Pūku‘i, Caroline Curtis, Robert Lee Eskridge; Kamehameha Schools Press
1951; The Water of Kane and Other Legends of the Hawaiian Islands; Mary Kawena Pūku‘i, Caroline Curtis, Richard Goings;Kamehameha Schools Press
1952: Native Use of Fish in Hawai‘i: Margaret Titcomb, Mary Kawena Pūku‘i
1957: Hawaiian-English Dictionary; M.K. Pūku‘i with S. Elbert (1957) Honolulu, University of Hawai‘i Press
1958 The Polynesian Family System in Ka‘ū, Hawai‘i; E.S.C. Handy, Mary Kawena Pūku‘i; The Polynesian Society Incorporated
1959: Fragments of Hawaiian History: John Papa Ii, translated by Mary Kawena Pūku‘i (edited version published)
1960: Tales of the Menehune; Mary Kawena Pūku‘i, Caroline Curtis; Kamehameha Schools Press
1961: ‘Olelo No‘eau A Ka Hawai‘i: Folk Sayings from the Hawaiian: Jane Lathrop Winne & Mary Kawena Pūku‘i.
1961: Ruling Chiefs: translated by M.K. Pūku‘i, Thos. Thrum, Lahilahi Webb, Emily Taylor, John Wise, final review by M.K. Pūku‘i; footnotes by M.W. Beckwith; proofed by Dorothy Barrere, Caroline Curtis
1963: News from Moloka’i; The Letterrs of Peter Young Kaeo (Kekuaokalani) to Queen Emma, 1873-1876; Mary Kawena Puku’i, Alfons Korn; Pacific Historical Review
1964: English-Hawaiian Dictionary: Mary Kawena Pūku‘i, Samuel H. Elbert
1964: Ka Po‘e Kahiko,The People of Old: Samuel Kamakau; translated by Mary Kawena Pūku‘i
1964: English-Hawaiian Dictionary: Mary Kawena Pūku‘i, Samuel Elbert
1966: Place Names of Hawaii and Supplement to the Third Edition of the Hawaiian-English Dictionary; Pūku‘i, Elbert, Mo‘okini
1967: Poi Making; Mary Kawena Pūku‘i; essay in Polynesian Cultural History in honor of K.P Emory; B.P.B.M. spec. bull, B.M.Press
1969: Dog and Man in the Ancient Pacific with Special Attention to Hawai’i: M. Titcomb, Mary Kawena Pūku‘i Bishop Museum Press
1971, 1973: Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian, Mary Kawena Pūku‘i, Samuel Elbert,
1972: Nānā i ke Kumu, Look to the Source, Vol. 1; M.K. Pūku‘i with Haertig and Lee
1972: Nānā i ke Kumu, Look to the Source; Vol. 2; M.K. Pūku‘i with Haertig, Lee and McDermott
1972: Native Planters in Old Hawai‘i: Their Life, Lore, and Environment; Mary Kawena Pūku‘i, Edward Smith Craighill Handy; Elizabeth Green Handy. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press; Revised
1973: The Echo of our Song: Chants & Poems of the Hawaiian People; Mary Kawena Pūku‘i with Alphons Korn; University press
1974: Place Names of Hawai‘i; M.K. Pūku‘i, S. Elbert and E. Mo‘okini
1975: The Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary, With a Concise Grammar:M.K. Pūku‘i, S. Elbert; E. Mo’okini
1976: Aspects of the Word Lei; Mary Kawena Pūku‘i; Directions In Pacific Traditional Literature; Essays in Honor of Katherine Luomala;B.P.B.M.spec.pub.62, B.M.Press
1976: Works of the People of Old; Samuel Kamakau; translated by Mary Kawena Pūku‘i; edited by Dorothy Barrere
1979: Hawaiian-English Grammar: Elbert, Samuel H; Pūku‘i, Mary Kawena (2001) [1979]. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai‘i Press.
1980: Hula Historical Perspectives; Mary Kawena Pūku‘i with Dorothy B. Barrère and Marion Kelly
1983: ‘Ōlelo No‘eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings: Mary Kawena Pūku‘i; Honolulu, Hawai‘i: Bishop Museum Press ______________________________________________
PUBLISHED AFTER HER PASSING
1989: Pocket Place Names of Hawai’i: Pūku‘i, Mary Kawena; Elbert,Samuel H; Mo‘okini, Esther T: University of Hawaii Press
1990: Hawaiian-Japanese Dictionary: Pūku‘i, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H; Mo‘okini, Esther T.; Nishizawa,
1991: Tales and Traditions of The People of Old: Samuel Kamakau; translated by Mary Kawena Pūku‘i
1994: Four Kaua’i Chants; Mary Kawena Puku’i, Ethel Damon; Kaua’i Historical Society
1995: Folktales of Hawai‘i, He Mau Ka‘ao Hawai‘i: Mary Kawena Pūku‘i, Laura Green: Folklore Foundation
1995: Handy Hawaiian Dictionary; M.K. Pūku‘i with Judd and Stokes
1995; Na Mele Welo, Songs of Our Heritage, selections from Roberts Mele Collection: translated by Mary Kawena Pūku‘i; Bishop Museum
1996: Hawai‘i Island Legends: Pikoi, Pele and Others; compiler Mary Kawena Pūku‘i; retold by Caroline Curtis
1999: (1957) Hawaiian Dictionary : Hawaiian-English ; English- Hawaiian (10th ed.). Elbert, Samuel H; Pūku‘i, Mary Kawena Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai‘i Press.
1996: Handy Hawaiian Dictionary: M.K. Pūku‘i, H. Judd, J. Stoke
1998: Huaka‘i of Maka‘ika‘i A Kaupo, Maui: Thomas K. Maunupau; translated by Mary Kawena Pūku‘i and Malcolm Chun; edited by Naomi Losch
2002: Nā Wahine of Hawai‘i: Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Women in Hawai’i: Mary Kawena Pūku‘i Honolulu:Mutual,
2002: Keaomelemele: He Mo‘olelo Ka‘ao No Keaomelemele, The Legend of Keaomelemele: M.K.Pūku‘i, editors M.Manu, P. Nogelmeier
2002-2006: Ka Ho’oilina: the Legacy 1-5; 5 volume journal containing original material from areas such as M.K. Puku’i’s
Hawaiian Ethnographic Notes
2003: Hula: Proverbs and Inspirational Quotes Celebrating Hula in Hawai‘i: Mary Kawena Pūku‘i Honolulu: Mutual, ISBN 1566476380
2006: Ka ‘Oihana Lawai‘a, Hawaiian Fishing Traditiions: Daniel Kaha‘ulelio 1902; translated by Mary Kawena Pūku‘i; B.M. Press
2006: Lono and the Magical Land Beneath the Sea; Caren Loebl-Fried, adapted and illustrated from Mary Kawena Puku’i’s translation of Mo’olelo Kahiki no Kumuhonua