Dictionary of Mong Njua : : A Miao (Meo) Language of Southeast Asia / / Thomas A. Lyman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Lyman, Thomas A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Janua Linguarum. Series Practica : Studia Memoriae Nicolai van Wijk dedicata ; 123
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (403 p.) :; Zahlr. Abb.
• Other title: 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 --; ʔ --; c --; ch --; č --; čh --; ȼ --; ȼh --; f --; h --; hl --; hs --; hy --; k --; kh --; khl --; kl --; l --; m --; mb --; mbl --; ml --; mph --; mphl --; n --; nȼh --; nd --; nth --; nz --; ñ --; ñch --; ñdȷ --; ñj --; ñtȷh --; ňčh --; ňǰ --; ƞ --; ƞg --; ƞgl --; ƞỿ --; ƞkh --; ƞkhl --; ƞqh --; p --; ph --; phl --; pl --; q --; qh --; s --; š --; t --; th --; tȷ --; tȷh --; v --; y --; ź --; APPENDICES --; A. BODY TERMS [PARTS OF THE BODY (tȷĕ)] --; Β. CLANS (se+η) --; C. COLORS (se+ or ža+η) --; D. THE COMPASS (POINTS OF) --; E. ETHNIC NAMES --; F. THE HUSKING-TREADLE (tȷů) --; G. KIN NUMERATIVES --; H. KINSHIP TERMS --; I. METALS, MINERALS and OILS --; J. NUMERALS --; Κ. OPIUM AND RELATED ARTIFACTS --; L. PRONOUNS AND PRONOMINALS --; M. RICE (TYPESOFHILL-RICE) --; N. THE SEASONS (MIAO RECKONING) (tȷâi) --; 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 --; Τ. TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS, AND WEAPONS --; U. VEGETATION (TYPES OF JUNGLE VEGETATION) --; V. WEAVING TERMS
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110810813; 9783110649680; 9783110636215
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110810813
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Thomas A. Lyman.