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Or 15936

Record Id:
032-002890446
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Reference (shelfmark):
Or 15936
Title:

Notes and vocabularies in Malay, Thai, and Burmese

Scope & Content:

Notes and vocabularies in Malay, Thai, Burmese and other minor languages, compiled by John Leyden.

ff.2r-v: Burmese character sets

ff.3r-8v: Burmese-Thai vocabulary

f.9r: Buddhist prayer.

ff.10r-11v. English-Burmese vocabulary with some explanatory notes in romanised Malay.

ff.12r-39r: English-Burmese vocabulary.

ff.40r-43r. Romanised Malay-English vocabulary.

ff.45r-49v. Romanised Malay-‘Achee’ vocabulary.

ff.50r-60r. Romanised Malay-English vocabulary.

ff.61r-62r. Notes on botanical specimens, ends 'To Capt. David Richardson'.

ff.63v-66r. Copies of Thai inscriptions.

ff.67r-85v. Thai-romanised Malay vocabulary.

ff.86v-91r. Thai vocabulary.

F: ff.92r-93v. Vocabulary list, starting with 50 standard English vocabulary items, this column entitled ‘Marsden’, with equivalents in Malay, Acehnese, Batak, Lampung, Nias, Rejang, Javanese, Malagasy, ‘Monyeraya’, Makasar, Savu, ‘Otaheite’, Chinese. [Compare with SOAS MS 12300 from the Marsden collection, printed lists of 45 standard English words with equivalents in Indonesian languages].

ff.94r-96r. Lists of English words with equivalents selected from Malay, Acehnese, Batak, Nias, Rejang, Javanese, ‘Otaheite’, ‘Garageeco’, Malagasy, Bugis, Makasar, Savu, Easter Island, Amsterdam, New Zealand, ‘Malicolo’, Marqueses, Manggarai, Tanna, New Caledonian, Chinese.

ff.97r-103v. Syair Silambari, romanised version of BL MSS Malay B.3(B), also from the Leyden collection. Incomplete.

f.104r. ‘Cycle of years used by the Malays’, this is the list of 12 animal names based on the Thai calendrical system. f.104v: Ini namanya tahun, followed by eight Jawi letters: alif, ha, jim, zai, Ða, ba, wau, dal; this appears to be a list of the 8 daur kecil years.

f.105v-106v. List of Malay names of animals, with some pencilled Thai equivalents.

f.107. List of Malay names of months and other vocabulary items.

f.108r. ‘Malay names of fish from the Ikan-Sayer.’

f.108v. Vocabulary notes from Jaran Tamasa.

f.110r. ‘Bengalee and Malay coincidences.’

f.113r. ‘Ini nama segala bunyi-bunyian. Names of musical instruments.’

ff.114r-117r. Notes in English.

Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 volume; 117 folios
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Languages:
Burmese
English
Malay
Thai
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Thai
Start Date:
1800
End Date:
1840
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 310 x 210 mm. 117 ff., various European papers, mostly deckle edges: English endpapers, ‘S. Wise & Patch 1809’ ‘U.E.I.C.’; main body of text English paper, ‘Tho’ Edwards 1804’; ff.107-117 blue Italian papers, ‘Gior. Magnani’ ‘G.L.’ ‘Almasso’. Brown woody full calf binding, with modern repairs.

Source of Acquisition:

On f.1r is written ‘A Leyden MS. apparently’. Found in department in 1995; ex-India Office Library.

Publications:

M.C. Ricklefs, P. Voorhoeve & A.T.Gallop, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain. New Edition with Addenda et Corrigenda (Jakarta: EFEO, 2014), pp.305-306.

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