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Arte del idioma maya reducido a sucintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco..
Merida de Yucatan: Imprenta de J. D. Espinosa, 1859
Physical Description: [18], 242 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21cm. (4to)
Call number: B859/ B453a
Accession number: 06335
Notes: Following remarks on phonetics, parts of speech, nouns, and pronouns (p. 1-16), the grammar emphasizes verb forms and usage. Maya vocabulary listed with Spanish equivalents includes over 1000 verbs arranged in 4 sections by conjugation, with preterite and future forms (p. 109-161); prepositions, adverbs, and conjunctions (p. 161-194); numerals from 1 to 2000, multiplication tables, and detailed examples of counting particularities (p. 195-208); names of spiritual and mental faculties, body parts, and illnesses (p. 209-220); kinship terms (p. 220-226); animals and birds (p. 227-230); everyday and household terms (p. 230-241); and seasonal and feast days (p. 242). The final 2 leaves are genealogy charts in Maya and Spanish.
2nd edition; first published 1742. Espinosa incorporates marginal corrections found in Beltrán’s own copy of this work; see his introductory remarks “Dos palabras del editor.”
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Languages: Maya
Genre: Grammar / Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
