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Book Iban Or Sea Dayak Fabrics and Their Patterns

Download or read book Iban Or Sea Dayak Fabrics and Their Patterns written by Alfred C. Haddon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-14 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1936 memoir was the first investigation into and illustration of the beautiful and intimate patterns of Iban textiles. Haddon began his study of these native fabrics and garments with the collection in the Sarawak museum, Kuching. His own collection is now in the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

Book A Sea Dyak Dictionary  in Alphabetical Parts

Download or read book A Sea Dyak Dictionary in Alphabetical Parts written by William Howell and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Book A Sea Dyak Dictionary  in Alphabetical Parts  with Examples and Quotations Shewing the Use and Meaning of Words

Download or read book A Sea Dyak Dictionary in Alphabetical Parts with Examples and Quotations Shewing the Use and Meaning of Words written by William Howell and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...dndok entap. He stoops and does not sit properly. Merampau, lazy, undone, unfinished. Meraorip, s. barking of dogs, noise of persons in a house, v. to be indisposed. Merarau, to sit down to lunch. Merari, happening at the same time, coinciding. Merari burong terbai, merari ranggas patah. At the same time the bird flew away the little dead branch broke (Prov.). Weraru, to grow in a mass like creepers. Meraya, adj. fractious, always crying, spoilt (of children), v. to put oneself under an obligation, to take advantage of or presume upon the kindness or love of parents. Aku mcraya di nuan minta pejali ta ivang lima ringgit. I put myself under an obligation to you and ask you for the loan of five dollars. Anak iya meraya bendar. His child takes great advantage of the kindness of his parents. Merayap, to crawl, creep like a child or snail. Merayappejalai iya baka tekuyong. He crawls very slowly like a snail. Meremban. to sit, sit still, sit on. Meremi (v. f. ngeremi), to stoop down, make obeisance, bow. Lattt mtrtmi nabepangon liiri. The Malays bow when they salute one another. Merempas, dashed against. Merengong, to buzz, make a shrill noise like a cicada, signify refusal. Merengong iya nyaiit aku. He answered me and signified a refusal. Merengu, see merengong. Merera, to slough away as obstinate ulcers. Mererti, to understand. Mcriain (bemnriam), a big gun. Merigang, to expand the chest. Merinding mansang, of a flood at its swiftest. Mer. Jan. (bewcrjan), a kind of itch that attacks the body for several hours only. It is caused, it is said, by exposure to the rain; a proper name, m. Merka, to crack, break open like the earth after a prolonged drought. Tanah merka laban tamarau. The earth cracks open owing to the drought. Meroiii (bemerom), ..

Book A Sea Dyak Dictionary

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  • Author : William Howell
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  • Release : 1900
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Download or read book A Sea Dyak Dictionary written by William Howell and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Comparative Austronesian Dictionary

Download or read book Comparative Austronesian Dictionary written by Darrell T. Tryon and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 3564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes in the Trends in Linguistics. Documentation series focus on the presentation of linguistic data. The series addresses the sustained interest in linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, grammars and editions of under-described and hitherto undocumented languages. All world-regions and time periods are represented.

Book Critical Survey of Studies on the Languages of Borneo

Download or read book Critical Survey of Studies on the Languages of Borneo written by Anton Abraham Cense and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the completion of this bibliography, the second of the planned series on language study in Indonesia, the authors acknowledge with gratitude the kind assistance of Father Donatus Dunselman, Dr A. H. Hill and Dr P. Voorhoeve who have read all or part of the manuscript. Also our heartfelt thanks are due to those who have provided us with information indispensable for the compilation of the bibliographical data, or have given us the opportunity to inspect their archives for linguistic literature on Borneo, i.e. the very Rev. A. Antonissen, Jesselton, North Borneo, Father W. Boon, Rector of the Catholic Mission, Mukah, Sarawak, Dr N. C. Scott, the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, London, the British and Foreign Bible Society, London, the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, the Basle Mission, Basle, Switzerland, the Rhenish Mission, Wuppertal, Germany, the Dutch Bible Society, Amsterdam. The authors greatly appreciate the grant from the Netherland Institute for International Cultural Relations which made this public ation possible.

Book Journal

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  • Author : Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
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  • Release : 1903
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  • Pages : 542 pages

Download or read book Journal written by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo

Download or read book Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo written by Edwin Herbert Gomes and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo" (A Record of Intimate Association with the Natives of the Bornean Jungles) by Edwin Herbert Gomes. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Book Historical Dictionary of Malaysia

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Malaysia written by Ooi Keat Gin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malaysia is one of the most intriguing countries in Asia in many respects. It consists of several distinct areas, not only geographically but ethnically as well; along with Malays and related groups, the country has a very large Indian and Chinese population. The spoken languages obviously vary at home, although Bahasa Malaysia is the official language and nearly everyone speaks English. There is also a mixture of religions, with Islam predominating among the Malays and others, Hinduism and Sikhism among the Indians, mainly Daoism and Confucianism among the Chinese, but also some Christians as well as older indigenous beliefs in certain places. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Malaysia contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Malaysia.

Book The Statesman s Year Book 1971 72

Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book 1971 72 written by J. Paxton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 1584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Book The Routledge Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English

Download or read book The Routledge Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English written by Clive Upton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 1590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English is the most up-to-date record of the pronunciation of British and American English. Based on research by a joint UK and US team of linguistics experts, this is a unique survey of how English is really spoken in the twenty-first century. This second edition has been fully revised to include: a full reappraisal of the pronunciation models for modern British and American English; 2,000 new entries, including new words from the last decade, encyclopedic terms and proper names; separate IPA transcriptions for British and American English for over 100,000 words; information on grammatical variants including plurals, comparative and superlative adjectives, and verb tenses. The most comprehensive dictionary of its type available, The Routledge Dictionary of Pronunciation for Current English is the essential reference for those interested in English pronunciation.

Book The World Book Dictionary

Download or read book The World Book Dictionary written by and published by World Book .com. This book was released on 2003 with total page 1282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An English language dictionary, in two volumes, that provides definitions, spellings, and pronunciations to more than 225,000 terms.

Book The Statesman s Year Book 1969 70

Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book 1969 70 written by S. Steinberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 1575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Book The Statesman s Year Book 1981 82

Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book 1981 82 written by J. Paxton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 1719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.