Elbert Samuel H Samuel H Elbert professor emeritus of Pacific languages and linguistics at the University of Hawaii taught the Hawaiian language for many years and is considered one of the foremost authorities on the language today He is author of the textbook Spoken Hawaiian and is co author with Mary Pukui of Hawaiian Dictionary and with Mary Pukui and Esther Mookini of Place Names of Hawaii Samuel H Elbert Author Samuel H Elbert professor emeritus of Pacific languages and linguistics at the University of Hawaii taught the Hawaiian language for many years and is considered one of the foremost authorities on the language today He is author of the textbook Spoken Hawaiian and is co author with Mary Pukui of Hawaiian Dictionary and with Mary Pukui and Esther Mookini of Place Names of Hawaii