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Date: 26-Nov-2023
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject:  A Concise Kaffir - English Dictionary: McLaren (2023)


Title: A Concise Kaffir - English Dictionary
Series Title: LINCOM facsimile collection 57
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
                https://lincom-shop.eu/
Book URL: https://lincom-shop.eu/epages/57709feb-b889-4707-b2ce-c666fc
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d/Products/%22ISBN%209783969391815%22

Author: J. McLaren
Abstract:

A Concise Kaffir - English Dictionary

J. McLaren

This Kaffir-English  Dictionary  is  written  as  a  companion  to
the  writer's "Grammar of the Kaffir Language." It aims at giving
clear, concise, accurate definitions of the words which are in most
common use. By the word Kaffir is here meant the language spoken by
the native people of living in the Eastern portion of the Cape
Province of  South Africa.
There are seven vowel sounds, including two e and two o sounds, and
they may be stressed or unstressed. The consonant sounds include
ordinary consonants and clicks. These are represented by the letters
of the Roman alphabet, singly or combined, with the addition of the
aspirate and a dot put over or under two or three letters. Kaffir
exhibits a higher or rising tone, and a lower or falling tone,
indicated by an acute or a grave accent. Nouns are divided into
classes by means of prefixes, most of the prefixes have more than one
form.
Kaffir  is an  agglutinative  language. Besides the word proper root
there are usually one or more particles attached to it, such as
prefixes, pronouns, prepositions, or auxiliaries. The word proper
stands at or near the end of the word-phrase. In order to look up in
the Dictionary the main element such a word-phrase as andikaboni or
bangaemlanjeni, we  ought  to  know which particles to clear away, and
in which form the  root is likely to appear, besides the prefixes
already given, which must be set aside in looking up nouns. One or
several of the particles in the following lists must generally be
removed before we can find  the root of  any noun,  adjective,  or
verb we may  wish  to look up (adapted from the introduction.
Re-edition; originally published 1915 in New York).

ISBN 9783969391815. LINCOM facsimile collection 57. 216pp. 2023.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Language Documentation

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English (eng)



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