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Otomi parables, folktales, and jokes / editors, H. Russell Bernard, Jesus Salinas Pedraza.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Native American texts series ; Volume 1, Number 2.
- International Journal of American Linguistics. Native American Texts Series ; Volume 1, Number 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Otomi Indians--Folklore.
- Otomi Indians.
- Indians of Mexico--Folklore.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Otomi language--Texts.
- Otomi language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (132 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1976.
- Summary:
- This volume includes 20 oral texts from Otomí, collected in the 1970s.Each of the stories in this collection is presented in parallel format in a practical orthography.These texs represent a variety of genres seldom recorded in the field and will be of interest to linguists specializing in Otomanguean languages, typologists, and aficionados of.
- Contents:
- Contents ; Preface ; Prefacio ; n'a rc zi n'vhv maemapa sc bvnni rc 'maefi ; (A Day Laborer Has Gone to Work); rc 'mede rc maemapa ; (The Story of the Day Laborer); n'a rc 'maehhc mi hat'c rc dcme; (A Woman Who Cheated on Her Husband); rc mae fanthv ; (The Deer Hunter); 'ra yc h'aet'i ; (Muledrivers); 'ra yc mbane ; (Some Compadres); ""un gringo y un otomi""; (A Gringo and an Otomi) ; vestuario; (On Clothing); rc misi 'ne rc burru; (The Cat and the Burro); rc gi ko rc dopna ; (The Cricket and the Weevil); rc zi ts'++nt'+ rc ma'yo ; (The Little Shepherd Boy)
- n'a rc n'vhv bi n'cchwi rc 'maehnc (A Man Who Was Sleeping with His Wife); n'a rc zi tiya ; (A Little Old Lady); hose ko rc daada ; (Jose and His Father); ndc doondo hose 'na ; (Stupid Jose 2); n'a rc ts'++nt'+ made n'a mbctsi ; (An Older and a Younger Brother); ndc doondo hose ; (Stupid Jose); rc maexwa bi ma ; (The Rabbit Hunter); rc zi ts'++nt'+ bi hcc wi rc pada ; (The Boy Who Talked to Vultures); rc xhyoya ko rc 'maehnc ha 'm+ n'a rc ku/lo mishmp hyoya ko yc 'maehnc ko yc bctsi ; (The Poor Man, His Wife, His Brothers and Their Wives and All Their Children)
- Notes:
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- ISBN:
- 0-226-34360-X
- OCLC:
- 935258828
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