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Tarahumarisches Wörterbuch, nebst einigen Nachrichten von den Sitten und Gebräuchen der Tarahumaren, in Neu-Biscaya, in der Audiencia Guadalarara im Vice-Königreiche Alt-Mexico, oder Neu-Spanien.
[Halle]: [Verlegt bey J.C. Hendel], [1809]
Physical Description: p. [293]-374 ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Call number: J809/ S817t
Accession number: 06589
Notes: Following the “Vorbericht” (p. [296]-300) is a “Deutsch-Tarahumarisches Wörterbuch” listing approximately 1000 German terms, some with brief translations and others with extensive glosses (p. [301]-353), and a somewhat shorter “Tarahumarisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch” (p. 353-368) giving summary German equivalents for Tarahumara terms. Also contains “Anhang: Von der Tarahumarischen Art zu zählen”, with numbers 1-22 and selected numbers to 1000 along with explanations of several additional counting systems: “Die Tarahumaren gebrauchen sich verschiedener Arten zu zählen, deren hauptsächlich vier gewöhnlich find” (p. 369-307 [i.e. 370]); “Tarahumarische Sprachprobe” with 22 sample phrases, sentences or brief passages given in Latin, German, and Tarahumara; and the Lord’s Prayer in Tarahumara (p. 371-374). Printed in Gothic type. Dedicatory letter (p. 395 [i.e. 295]) and Preface (p. [296]-300) dated 1791. Issued as part of Murr, Christoph Gottlieb von, Nachrichten von verschiedenen Ländern des spanischen Amerika. Halle, verlegt bey J. C. Hendel, 1809-1811.
Languages: Tarahumara
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds / Dictionary / Specimen
Region: Spanish America
