Indian Languages Database

Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan.

[Mexico]: [Juan Pablos] [Bressano], 1559

Physical Description: Part 1: 87, [1], 180, [1] leaves ; 21 cm. (4to in 8s)

Call number: B559/ G464v

Accession number: 06587

Notes: Part one of this dictionary lists approximately 5000 Tarascan / Purepecha terms with Spanish equivalents in parallel columns. The concluding section, headed “Siguense ciertos verbos por el alphabeto, alos quales algunos quieren llamar rayzes... no los he querido poner en el arte, porque es muy difficultosa, y a un para los muy acabados y enseñados en esta lengua” (leaves 80-87 recto), lists approximately 90 Tarascan verb roots, each with a paragraph of explanation and examples. Part two, “Aqui comiença el vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mechuacan”, with separate title page, signatures and foliation, lists over 12,000 Spanish entries with Tarascan / Purepecha equivalents.

Digital facsimile copy of book available.