A Dictionary of the Northern Dialect of Lisu (China and Southeast Asia)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis dictionary is based on the Lisu-Chinese dictionary prepared by a team of Chinese andLisu linguists from 1953 to 1966, re-edited in 1974, corrected from 1976 to 1984 and finallypublished in 1985 by the Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House.I am very pleased to acknowledge the translation and inputting work of Liu Mingchen andsome further translation assistance from Xu Yuzeng, careful formatting and checking by Lam Onn-Siew, scientific and common names of certain herbs from Ou (1989) and information on the scientific names of some birds from Gai Xingzhi of the Yunnan Institute of Nationalities and the common names of these birds from Professor Ian Thornton of theDepartment of Zoology, La Trobe University. A Dictionary of the Northern Dialect of Lisu (China and Southeast Asia) Contents iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv INTRODUCTION v Lisu syntax vi Conventions of the new orthography viii Conventions of the dictionary x References xii LISU-ENGLISH 1 A 3 B 12 C 26 D 35 E 47 F 62 G 64 H 78 J 89 K 98 L 105 M 117 N 132 O 148 P 152 Q 160 R 165 S 168 T 180 U 187 V 188 W 190 X 193 Y 198 Z 202 ENGLISH-LISU 213 David Bradley. Includes Bibliographical References (p. Xii).