Open AccessUtu: Finding a Balance for the Legal Māori Dictionary
Author(s) -
Tai Ahu,
R J O Hoare,
Māmari Stephens
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
victoria university of wellington law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-3082
pISSN - 1171-042X
DOI - 10.26686/vuwlr.v42i2.5137
Subject(s) - balance (ability) , linguistics , word (group theory) , publishing , sociology , law , epistemology , political science , philosophy , psychology , neuroscience
This article describes the authors' experience of attempting to confine the word utu to a list of distinct, Western legal glosses. The article highlights the complexity involved in drafting a comprehensive legal dictionary entry for utu that achieves an appropriate balance between the traditional customary meanings and Western legal meanings.