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Ute Dictionary
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Language Name
Colorado River Numic.
Alternate Language Names
Ute, Southern Paiute, Ute-Southern Paiute, Ute-Chemehuevi.
Region
Nevada, California, Utah, Arizona, and Colorado, United States.
Who
Talmy Givón (author); Pearl Casías, Mary Inez Cloud and Vida Baker Peabody (Elders, co-authors).
Others Involved
Edna Russell Baker, Loraine Cloud Baker, Annie Bettini, Fritz Box, Frances Buck, Mollie Buck Cloud, Julius Cloud, Ralph Nash Cloud, Neil Buck Cloud, Annabelle Eagle, Bertha Burch Groves, Martha Burch Myore, Eva Taylor O’John, Georgia McKinley Pinnecoose, Patricia Rael, Sunshine Cloud Smith, Euterpe Taylor, LaVeta Vigil (Ute Language Committee for the Southern Ute Tribe); Renee Cloud Baca, Naomi Red Bajarano, Levy “Dusty” Baker, Eddie Box, Sr., Kenneth Burch, Ernestine Burch, Jack Frost, Lillie Frost, Stanley Frost, Essie Kent, Isobel Kent, Harry Richards, Mellie Baker Santistevan, Darlene Frost Vigil, Daisie Watts, Ellen and Max Watts, John Williams, Everett Burch, Hanley Frost, Bradley Hight, Alden Naranjo, Jr., Dorothy Frost Naranjo, Douglas Remington, Bennett Cloud Thompson (speakers).
Publishing Information
This dictionary was published in 2016 by the John Benjamins Publishing Company.
How People are Cited
Speakers, Elders, and other contributors are cited by name in the Preface.
How Information is Cited
Previously published works and other language documentation used to compile this dictionary are cited in the Bibliography. Speakers and Elders are cited in the Preface.
Where is Information Coming from
This dictionary is a revised and expanded edition of the author’s 1979 fieldwork. Entries come from speakers and Elders who were part of the original Ute Language Program for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, and are taken from documentation and previous work. Many speakers helped with only the first or second phase, while others were present for the entire project. The three co-authors worked with the author for two years revising the present work.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical and digital book.
Access
Both the physical and digital versions of this dictionary are accessible through libraries. The digital book is also available to purchase from John Benjamins Publishing Company’s website either as an individual for $54 USD, or as an institutional library for $165 USD.
Included Languages and Directionality
Colorado River Numic to English; English to Colorado River Numic (glossary).
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
This dictionary is organised into four parts. Part One consists of the Introductory Materials, and includes sections on Sound and Writing, Word Class and Word Structure, and Lexical and Derivational Patterns that are written for linguists but can be understood by non-linguists. The last subsection is the Structure and use of the dictionary, which describes each of the following parts.
Part Two is the Ute-English Dictionary section, organised alphabetically by Colorado River Numic headword. The headwords are given in boldface type. Entries include the part of speech and grammatical category, the English definition, and comparative forms.
Part Three, the English-Ute Dictionary, is organised alphabetically by English headword and includes the Colorado River Numic equivalent(s). No other information is included in this section.
Part Four, Special semantic fields, contains eight sub-sections, each with a short introduction (except non-kin human terms, which are described in the Kinship terms introduction, and the flora and fauna terms). Topics include Kinship terms, Common non-kin humans, Body parts, Traditional hand-held tools, Color terms, Natural fauna, Natural flora, and Weather, temperature, and daily season cycles. Kinship terms, grouped by the type of relationship in English, is organised by Colorado River Numic headword and English definition. Terms in Common non-kin humans are listed in chronological (life) order by Colorado River Numic headword and English definition. Body parts, which change affixes whether possessed or detached, are listed in three columns with the possessed form on the left, the English definition in the middle, and the detached form on the right. Traditional hand-held tools are listed by Colorado River Numic headword and English definition. Color terms are organised into three columns: inanimate, animate-SG, and animate-PL, with the form and its English definition listed under inanimate, followed by the composite animate forms. Natural fauna terms are grouped by the type of animal, listed by Colorado River Numic headword and English definition. Natural flora terms are grouped by the type of plant, listed by Colorado River Numic headword and English definition. Weather, temperature, daily and season cycles are organised into three columns according to three grammatical categories: verb stem, immediate/present, and description noun, each listed by Colorado River Numic headword and English definition.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
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| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | Included in Introductory Materials under Structure and use of the dictionary |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ |
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/908192602
Access the physical version available for purchase ($54 USD) or the digital version available via institutional credentials or personal subscription on the publisher's website (John Benjamins e-Platform): https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027268396