Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. TRANSCRIPTION AND ORDER -- 2. ITALICIZED WORDS IN PARENTHESES -- 3. CLASSIFICATORY GROUPINGS -- 4. SYMBOLS, LABELS, AND ABBREVIATIONS -- 5. JOINING OF SYLLABLES -- 6. ROMANIZATION AND DESIGNATIONS OF OTHER LANGUAGES -- 7. EXPLANATION OF THE ORTHOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS USED -- 8. CRITERIA FOR INDICATION OF LOAN-WORDS -- 9. ORDER OF LISTING FOR HOMONYMS (HOMOPHONES) -- 10. ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL LISTING -- 11. INTER-DIALECTICAL BORROWING -- 12. BIBLIOGRAPHY -- TABLE I. Correspondences with the Smalley-Heimbach Orthography for White Miao -- TABLE II. The Miao Tribes and Their Locations (As Related by Mong Njua Informants) -- MONG NJUA — ENGLISH DICTIONARY -- ʔ -- c -- ch -- č -- čh -- ȼ -- ȼh -- f -- h -- hl -- hs -- hy -- k -- kh -- khl -- kl -- l -- m -- mb -- mbl -- ml -- mph -- mphl -- n -- nȼh -- nd -- nth -- nz -- ñ -- ñch -- ñdȷ -- ñj -- ñtȷh -- ňčh -- ňǰ -- ƞ -- ƞg -- ƞgl -- ƞỿ -- ƞkh -- ƞkhl -- ƞqh -- p -- ph -- phl -- pl -- q -- qh -- s -- š -- t -- th -- tȷ -- tȷh -- v -- y -- ź -- APPENDICES -- A. BODY TERMS [PARTS OF THE BODY (tȷĕ)] -- Β. CLANS (se+η) -- C. COLORS (se+ or ža+η) -- D. THE COMPASS (POINTS OF) -- E. ETHNIC NAMES -- F. THE HUSKING-TREADLE (tȷů) -- G. KIN NUMERATIVES -- H. KINSHIP TERMS -- I. METALS, MINERALS and OILS -- J. NUMERALS -- Κ. OPIUM AND RELATED ARTIFACTS -- L. PRONOUNS AND PRONOMINALS -- M. RICE (TYPESOFHILL-RICE) -- N. THE SEASONS (MIAO RECKONING) (tȷâi) -- O. SICKNESS AND MEDICINE -- P. TIME RECKONING (1): the Twelve Cyclical Years -- Q. TIME RECKONING (2): the Twelve Cyclical Months -- R. TIME RECKONING (3): the Days of the Week (neologisms) -- S. TIME RECKONING (4): the Lunar Month -- Τ. TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS, AND WEAPONS -- U. VEGETATION (TYPES OF JUNGLE VEGETATION) -- V. WEAVING TERMSweiterlesen