Dictionary of mong njua : a miao (meo) language of southeast asia /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lyman, Thomas A.
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: De Gruyter Mouton,
Publisher Address: Berlin/Boston :
Publication Dates: [2014]
©1974
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Janua linguarum. series practica; 123
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110810813
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Carrier Form: 1 online resource(403pages) : illustrations.
Also available in print edition.
Bibliography: Num. figs.
ISBN: 9783110810813
Index Number: PL4072
CLC: H0-05
Contents: Frontmatter --
TABLE OF CONTENTS --
FOREWORD --
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) --
--
c --
ch --
h --
f --
hl --
hs --
hy --
k --
kh --
khl --
kl --
l --
m --
mb --
mbl --
ml --
mph --
mphl --
n --
n h --
nd --
nth --
nz --
d --
j --
t h --
g --
gl --
qh --
p --
ph --
phl --
pl --
q --
s --
t --
th --
v --
y --
A. BODY TERMS [PARTS OF THE BODY (t )] --
. CLANS (se --
C. COLORS (se --
D. THE COMPASS (POINTS OF) --
E. ETHNIC NAMES --
F. THE HUSKING-TREADLE (t ) --
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 i) --
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.