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A dictionary of the Yoruba language.
Penn Museum Library PL8823 .D5 2001
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LIBRA PL8823 .D5 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Yoruba
- Subjects (All):
- Yoruba language--Dictionaries--English.
- Yoruba language.
- English language--Dictionaries--Yoruba.
- English language.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 218, 243 pages ; 18 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ibadan [Nigeria] : University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English and Yoruba.
- Summary:
- Based upon the nineteenth century standard work on the Yoruba language, and first ever English-Yoruba, Yoruba-English dictionary, this new edition has been revised and enlarged considerably. The dictionary contains about 50,000 references and translations; Yoruba pronunciation guidance; examples of how words are used; contemporary meanings and interpretations; and reference to grammatical usage and parts of speech. There is also an extensive list of commonly occurring birds, plants and trees, translated from Yoruba into English alongside their botanical equivalents.
- Contents:
- English-Yoruba
- Yoruba-English.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780307605
- OCLC:
- 49314988
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