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Record Nr.

UNINA9910324959203321

Autore

Jackson Frederick H. <1943->

Titolo

Carolinian-English dictionary / / compiled by Frederick H. Jackson and Jeffrey C. Marck ; in collaboration with Jesus Mareham Elameto ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Honolulu : , : University of Hawai'i Press, , 1991

Honolulu : , : University of Hawai'i Press, , 2019

©1991, ©2019

ISBN

0-8248-8193-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1227 pages) ; digital file (PDF)

Collana

PALI Language Texts Micronesia.

Disciplina

499/.5

Soggetti

Carolinian language - Dictionaries - English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Carolinian-English Dictionary -- CONTRIBUTORS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Guide to the Use of the Dictionary -- The Arrangement of Carolinian-English Entries -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- THE SOUNDS OF CAROLINIAN -- CAROLINIAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY -- A -- Á -- B -- BW -- D -- E -- É -- F -- G -- GH -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- MW -- N -- NG -- O -- Ó -- P -- PW -- R -- RH -- S -- SCH -- T -- TCH -- U -- Ú -- W -- Y -- Z -- ENGLISH-CAROLINIAN FINDER LIST.

Sommario/riassunto

Carolinian is a member of the Trukic subgroup of the Micronesian group of Oceanic languages.This is the first English dictionary of the three Carolinian dialects spoken by descendants of voyagers who migrated from atolls in the Central Caroline Islands to Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.