Lexicon der Macquaischen Sprachen, [n.d.]

Mss.497.33.P99

Date: 1742 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 554 p.
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Abstract

This volume is a dictionary of the Mohawk language. Contains Biblical and religious texts, with interlinear translation in German of Mohawk; lists of words, classified by subject (animals, etc.); paradigms; unorganized German words with Mohawk equivalents. Preceded by alphabetical index of German words, with references to pages where equivalents are used.

Background note

John Christopher Pyrlaeus was a Moravian missionary.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 554 p.

Provenance

Deposited by the Society of United Brethren, 1819; accessioned, 1900.

Alternate formats available

This volume is also available on microfilm (Film 1398).

Early American History Note

This volume contains a German-Mohawk dictionary that Moravian missionary John Pylareus compiled in the eighteenth century.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Dictionaries.
  • Language Material
  • Native American Materials

Subject(s)

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Mohawk language
  • Native America
  • Religion