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A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Malau, Catriona.
- Series:
- Asia-Pacific Linguistics
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (480 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Canberra ANU Press 2021
- Canberra : ANU Press, 2021.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a trilingual dictionary of Vurës, with meanings provided in both English and Bislama, the national language of Vanuatu. Vurës is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Vanua Lava in Vanuatu.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- About this dictionary
- 1 Who this dictionary is for and how to use it
- 2 The Vurës language
- 2.1 Vurës sounds and spelling
- 2.2 Vurës punctuation notes
- 3 Bislama in the dictionary
- 4 The Vurës corpus
- 5 Structure of the dictionary and entries
- 5.1 Alphabetical ordering
- 5.2 Structure of the entries
- 5.3 Part of speech labels used
- 5.4 Variants, variation and complex forms
- 6 Word origins
- 7 References
- 8 Abbreviations used in the dictionary
- Vurës - English - Bislama Dictionary
- English - Vurës Finderlist
- Bislama - Vurës Faendalis
- Organisation of the thesaurus
- A Landscape, country and water
- B Weather and cyclic time
- C Spatial relations
- D Plants
- E Fauna
- F Physical properties
- G Quantification
- H Human classification
- I Human qualities and emotions
- J Body parts and products
- K Body states and functions
- L Stance and motion
- M Artefacts, material culture and manufactured things
- N Kinship
- O Marriage, sex, nurturing
- P Speaking, communicaton and sounds
- Q Social interaction, relationships and behaviour
- R Religion, ceremony, law and the supernatural
- S Hunting, fishing, farming
- T Fire and cooking
- U Human uses of natural resources
- V Thinking, perception and attention
- W Handling and physical transfer
- X Impact and surface contact
- Y Speed, manner and relative time
- Appendix.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- OCLC:
- 1268007983
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