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Notes on Rio de Janeiro, and the southern parts of Brazil; taken during a residence of ten years in that country from 1808-1818.
London: Samuel Leigh, 1820
Physical Description: xv, [1], 639, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded) : maps, plan ; 29 cm.
Call number: D820/ L934n/ 1-size
Accession number: 06176
Notes: "A glossary of those Tupi words, which occur in the preceding pages" (p. [629]-639) lists approximately 500 words in Tupi with English equivalents for most and a third column labeled “Composition” analyzing numerous words into their composite parts. The introduction to the glossary (p. [629]) notes “ that the usual mode of spelling the word has been adopted, though not always correct.” Includes notations indicating words that are “derived from, or corrupted by a mixture with some other language, viz.... the Aimores... the Guaranis... the Portuguese... the Negroes.”
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Languages: Tupi / Guarani
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Brazil
