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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
3. FOREWORD 9
4. INTRODUCTION
5. 1. TRANSCRIPTION AND ORDER 15
6. 2. ITALICIZED WORDS IN PARENTHESES 17
7. 3. CLASSIFICATORY GROUPINGS 19
8. 4. SYMBOLS, LABELS, AND ABBREVIATIONS 20
9. 5. JOINING OF SYLLABLES 23
10. 6. ROMANIZATION AND DESIGNATIONS OF OTHER LANGUAGES 28
11. 7. EXPLANATION OF THE ORTHOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS USED 29
12. 8. CRITERIA FOR INDICATION OF LOAN-WORDS 40
13. 9. ORDER OF LISTING FOR HOMONYMS (HOMOPHONES) 42
14. 10. ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL LISTING 44
15. 11. INTER-DIALECTICAL BORROWING 45
16. 12. BIBLIOGRAPHY 46
17. TABLE I. Correspondences with the Smalley-Heimbach Orthography for White Miao 65
18. TABLE II. The Miao Tribes and Their Locations (As Related by Mong Njua Informants) 66
19. MONG NJUA — ENGLISH DICTIONARY
20. ʔ 69
21. c 74
22. ch 85
23. č 91
24. čh 98
25. ȼ 100
26. ȼh 107
27. f 113
28. h 117
29. hl 124
30. hs 129
31. hy 129
32. k 132
33. kh 145
34. khl 149
35. kl 150
36. l 158
37. m 177
38. mb 187
39. mbl 191
40. ml 194
41. mph 194
42. mphl 195
43. n 195
44. nȼh 208
45. nd 210
46. nth 221
47. nz 221
48. ñ 225
49. ñch 231
50. ñdȷ 232
51. ñj 237
52. ñtȷh 242
53. ňčh 243
54. ňǰ 244
55. ƞ 250
56. ƞg 250
57. ƞgl 253
58. ƞỿ 254
59. ƞkh 257
60. ƞkhl 258
61. ƞqh 258
62. p 258
63. ph 270
64. phl 274
65. pl 275
66. q 279
67. qh 288
68. s 291
69. š 299
70. t 310
71. th 330
72. tȷ 336
73. tȷh 348
74. v 354
75. y 358
76. ź 368
77. APPENDICES
78. A. BODY TERMS [PARTS OF THE BODY (tȷĕ)] 381
79. Β. CLANS (se⁺η) 383
80. C. COLORS (se⁺ or ža⁺η) 383
81. D. THE COMPASS (POINTS OF) 384
82. E. ETHNIC NAMES 384
83. F. THE HUSKING-TREADLE (tȷů) 385
84. G. KIN NUMERATIVES 387
85. H. KINSHIP TERMS 387
86. I. METALS, MINERALS and OILS 388
87. J. NUMERALS 389
88. Κ. OPIUM AND RELATED ARTIFACTS 389
89. L. PRONOUNS AND PRONOMINALS 391
90. M. RICE (TYPESOFHILL-RICE) 392
91. N. THE SEASONS (MIAO RECKONING) (tȷâi) 393
92. O. SICKNESS AND MEDICINE 394
93. P. TIME RECKONING (1): the Twelve Cyclical Years 396
94. Q. TIME RECKONING (2): the Twelve Cyclical Months 397
95. R. TIME RECKONING (3): the Days of the Week (neologisms) 398
96. S. TIME RECKONING (4): the Lunar Month 399
97. Τ. TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS, AND WEAPONS 400
98. U. VEGETATION (TYPES OF JUNGLE VEGETATION) 402
99. V. WEAVING TERMS 402