This second volume of the Trukese-English Dictionary supplements the first one, published in 1980. It provides an English-Trukese index, or finderlist, for the Trukese-English of the first volume an a concordance of roots, including what appear to be complex words that cannot be analyzed into constiuent elements.

This volume is a comprehensive dictionary of the Trukese (Chuukese) language, translated into English.

This book provides a clear and concise discussion of the theoretical issues involved in ethnographic description and comparative study.