Algunas voces de la lengua de los indios del Isthmo de Darien /
C. Hermann Berendt's transcription of vocabulary recorded by Lionel Wafer on the Isthmus of Darien (Panama), in the Indian language spoken there (Cuna) and English, taken from the original 1699 edition of Wafer's book about his travels entitled A new voyage and description of the Isthmus o...
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| Language: | English South American Indian |
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| Summary: | C. Hermann Berendt's transcription of vocabulary recorded by Lionel Wafer on the Isthmus of Darien (Panama), in the Indian language spoken there (Cuna) and English, taken from the original 1699 edition of Wafer's book about his travels entitled A new voyage and description of the Isthmus of America. The vocabulary has 45 entries, including a few phrases, and 22 numbers ranging from 1 to 51. Berendt notes that the words and phrases come from p. 187-188, and the numbers from p. 181-183 of Wafer's book. Berendt includes two annotations in pencil, one suggesting that the word nee (moon) be compared to Tule dialect, and the other querying whether the meaning of the word mamaubah should be fire (not: fine). In addition, a note by Berendt in red ink (p. 3) cites an explanation from Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (libro xxix, cap. 26-31; probably in: Historia general y natural de las Indias) about the derivation of the name Coyba or Cueva from an Indian word meaning: a distant place |
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| Item Description: | Item 169, in contemporary paper covers, is the 6th of 15 manuscripts (Items 162-165, 167-171, 172-175, 218, and 219) bound together in a volume with the spine title: Languages of Chiriqui and Darien Layout: Vocabulary written with the Darien (Cuna) word(s), or the numeral, on the left, followed by the English Ms. component part Origin: Probably written in New York circa 1873; the manuscript uses the same paper as other items on the topic of Darien languages dating from that time and found in the same bound volume Pagination: Paper, 6 leaves; fol. ii (paper endleaves) + 3 + i (paper endleaf); [1-2], 3-5, [6 (blank)]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners Script: Written in the hand of C. Hermann Berendt Title from component title page (p.1) Watermark: PIRIE'S Old Style |
| Physical Description: | 6 leaves : paper ; 203 x 125 (150 x 95-97) mm bound to 215 x150 mm Also available on microfilm (Museum Library Microfilm Reel no. 1), Museum Library, University of Pennsylvania. A photocopy of this manuscript is shelved with the manuscript |