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Dictionary of Mong Njua - A Miao (Meo) Language of Southeast Asia

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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. TRANSCRIPTION AND ORDER -- 2. ITALICIZED WORDS IN PARENTHESES -- 3. CLASSIFICATORY GROUPINGS -- 4. SYMBOLS, LABELS, AND ABBREVIATIONS -- 5. JOINING OF SYLLABLES -- 6. ROMANIZATION AND DESIGNATIONS OF OTHER LANGUAGES -- 7. EXPLANATION OF THE ORTHOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS USED -- 8. CRITERIA FOR INDICATION OF LOAN-WORDS -- 9. ORDER OF LISTING FOR HOMONYMS (HOMOPHONES) -- 10. ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL LISTING -- 11. INTER-DIALECTICAL BORROWING -- 12. BIBLIOGRAPHY -- TABLE I. Correspondences with the Smalley-Heimbach Orthography for White Miao -- TABLE II. The Miao Tribes and Their Locations (As Related by Mong Njua Informants) -- MONG NJUA - ENGLISH DICTIONARY -- ¿ -- c -- ch -- c -- ch -- ¿ -- ¿h -- f -- h -- hl -- hs -- hy -- k -- kh -- khl -- kl -- l -- m -- mb -- mbl -- ml -- mph -- mphl -- n -- n¿h -- nd -- nth -- nz -- ñ -- ñch -- ñd¿ -- ñj -- ñt¿h -- nch -- nj -- ¿ -- ¿g -- ¿gl -- ¿¿ -- ¿kh -- ¿khl -- ¿qh -- p -- ph -- phl -- pl -- q -- qh -- s -- S -- t -- th -- t¿ -- t¿h -- v -- y -- z -- APPENDICES -- A. BODY TERMS [PARTS OF THE BODY (t¿e)] -- ¿. CLANS (se+¿) -- C. COLORS (se+ or za+¿) -- D. THE COMPASS (POINTS OF) -- E. ETHNIC NAMES -- F. THE HUSKING-TREADLE (t¿u) -- G. KIN NUMERATIVES -- H. KINSHIP TERMS -- I. METALS, MINERALS and OILS -- J. NUMERALS -- ¿. OPIUM AND RELATED ARTIFACTS -- L. PRONOUNS AND PRONOMINALS -- M. RICE (TYPESOFHILL-RICE) -- N. THE SEASONS (MIAO RECKONING) (t¿âi) -- O. SICKNESS AND MEDICINE -- P. TIME RECKONING (1): the Twelve Cyclical Years -- Q. TIME RECKONING (2): the Twelve Cyclical Months -- R. TIME RECKONING (3): the Days of the Week (neologisms) -- S. TIME RECKONING (4): the Lunar Month -- ¿. TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS, AND WEAPONS -- U. VEGETATION (TYPES OF JUNGLE VEGETATION) -- V. WEAVING TERMS


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Authors Thomas A Lyman, Thomas A. Lyman
Publisher De Gruyter
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.1974
 
EAN 9789027926968
ISBN 978-90-279-2696-8
No. of pages 403
Dimensions 170 mm x 31 mm x 240 mm
Weight 810 g
Illustrations Num. figs.
Series Janua Linguarum. Series Practica
Janua Linguarum. Series Practica
Subject Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics

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