The Cayuga Dialect of Iroquois

Mss.497.2.B235c

Date: 1949-1950 | Size: 1 volume(s)
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Abstract

Compiled by Marius Barbeau with assistance from Charles A. Cooke, a Mohawk born in Oka, Quebec. This work on the Cayuga dialect includes: phonetic signs; noun radicals; human and animal body parts; terms for people by age, function, etc.; foods; flora; fauna; kinship terms; other nouns; verbs; adjectives; pronouns; numerals; and miscellaneous expressions. Also includes some verb paradigms and noun paradigms with possessive person markers. Informants: Mr. and Mrs. Cuthbert Davey.

Background note

Charles Marius Barbeau, born March 5, 1883 in Ste-Marie-de-Beauce (later Ste-Marie), Que, worked as an anthropologist, ethnologist, and folklorist; he died on d. Feb. 27, 1969, Ottawa, ON.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 82 p.

Provenance

Donated by Marius Barbeau, Oct. 1964.

Indexing Terms


Subject(s)

  • Cayuga Indians
  • Cayuga language
  • Names, Iroquois