ZAZA.
KURDISH dialect of N.W. Persia, allied to BUKHAREE.
ZEALAND, NEW, _see_ MAORI.
ZEALANDESE, _see_ ZEUWISCHE.
ZENA, ZENEIZE, _see_ GENEVESE.
ZEND-AVESTA (LIVING WORD).
Sacred book of Parsees, containing the doctrines of Zoroaster.
Editions by Burnouf and Westergaard. W. S. W. V.
ZENDIC, ZEND.
IRANIC: an early dialect, classed as INDO-EUROPEAN, and closely
allied to SANSCRIT, embodying the sacred writings of the Parsees or
“fire-worshippers.” The word Zend means “book.” The alphabetical
system was written from right to left, and closely resembles the
ancient PALAHVI. Grammar by Spiegel, Leipsig, 1867; by Hovelacque,
Paris, 1869. _See_ PEHLVI.
ZEOKORE, ZEONE.
AMERICAN: dialect of Brazil.
ZERGA, ZERGO.
ITALIAN word for “cant” or “slang;” the modern form is GERGO. Sabio:
“Libro Zergo,” Venice, 1575. _See_ FURBESCO.
ZEUWSCHE, ZEUWISCHE.
DUTCH: provincial dialect of Zealand.
ZIGANI, ZIGEUNER.
Names for GIPSY. Treatise by Pott, Halle, 1845.
ZILLAH.
Indian: trade jargon, spoken chiefly at Madras. It is formed of
TELUGU, HINDI, and PERSIAN. Dicty. by Brown, 1852.
ZINCALA, ZINCALI, ZINGAREE.
ROMANY: names for GIPSY.
ZINZERO (GINGERO).
Ancient district of Abyssinia. _See_ YANGARO.
ZIPS.
Teutonic: local dialect of HIGH-GERMAN in Hungary. _See_ UNGARN.
ZIRIAN, ZIRIANIAN.
UGRIAN: dialect of Vologda; also called SIRJENIC. _See_ SIRANIAN.
ZOBEL (SABLE), _see_ OSTIAK.
ZOQUE.
American: CHIAPANECA Indians of Mexico.
ZOROS.
Tatar: same as DORBOT, classed in the W. division of MOGHOL.
ZOUAVE (SHAWI).
Sub-Semitic: same as KABAIL or SHOWIAH.
ZUDAKARA.
Lesghian: classed as a dialect of AKUSH.
ZULU.
African: KAFFIR dialect of Natal. Dicty. by Perrin and Brickhill,
Pietermaritzburg, 1865; Grammar (Isizulu) by Grout, Natal, 1869.
ZUNGARIA, _see_ DSUNGAR.
ZUNI.
American: PUEBLO Indians of New Mexico. Vocaby. in “Pacific R.
Report,” vol. ii.
ZUTUGIL.
American: KACHIQUEL Indians of Guatemala.
FINIS.
[NOTICE.—_Owing to the unexpected enlargement of this Book in course
of printing, the_ APPENDIX _is necessarily postponed; and the more
especially as additional matter has been received sufficient to make
a second volume. And it will be proceeded with so soon as an adequate
list of Subscribers shall be obtained_.]
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.
A. H. B.—Mr. BLEECK, late of the British Museum.
C. T. B.—Dr. BEKE, author of “Origines Biblicæ,” &c., &c.
E. B.—Vice-Admiral Sir E. BELCHER, K.C.B., &c., &c.
J. B.—JAMES BONWICK, Esq., F.R.G.S., &c., &c.
R. B.—Dr. BROWN, President of the R.P.S., Edinburgh.
A. C.—ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Esq., M.D., &c., &c.
H. C.—HYDE CLARKE, Esq., LL.D., F.S.S., &c., &c.
W. E.—Sir WALTER ELLIOT.
D. F.—DAVID FORBES, Esq., F.R.S.
W. G.—The Rev. W. W. GILL, B.A.
H. H. H.—H. H. HOWORTH, Esq., M.A.
R. G. L.—Dr. LATHAM, M.A., F.R.S., &c., &c.
W. G. L.—The Rev. W. G. LAWES.
F. W. N.—Emeritus Professor F. W. NEWMAN.
G. R.—The Rev. Canon RAWLINSON, M.A., Camden Professor, Oxford.
R. P. S.—The Very Rev. R. PAYNE SMITH, D.D., &c., &c., Dean of
Canterbury.
W. W. S.—The Rev. W. W. SKEAT, A.M., Cambridge.
G. T.—The Rev. Dr. TURNER.
J. T.—The Hon. JAMES TOBIN.
J. V.—Mons. JULIEN VINSON.
P. J. V.—Dr. VETH, Leiden, Holland.
W. S. W. V.—W. S. W. VAUX, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.
W. W.—The Rev. WENTWORTH WEBSTER, M.A.
ERRATA.
Page 21, line 7. “l” dropped out; read “small.”
Page 37, line 9 from bottom. Read—
BURRAH-BURRAH.
Also written BOORA-BOORA: a dialect of the Lower Murray R., Victoria;
named after the negative, says Mr. Peter Beveridge. J. B.
Page 107, line 22. The reference “_See_ IGALA,” belongs to the
article under IGARRA.
Page 253, line 18 from bottom. For “Swaefs or Suevi,” read “Suiones.”
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added,
when a predominant preference was found in the original book.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Pg 5: ‘ne Lake Titicaca’ replaced by ‘near Lake Titicaca’.
Pg 22: ‘See Craufurd’s’ replaced by ‘See Crawfurd’s’.
Pg 31: ‘pp. 242-5-54’ replaced by ‘pp. 242-54’.
Pg 49: ‘See Sleicher’s’ replaced by ‘See Schleicher’s’.
Pg 55: ‘Gemeenzame Lamenspraken’ replaced by ‘Gemeenzame
Zamenspraken’.
Pg 56: ‘in the Carribean’ replaced by ‘in the Caribbean’.
Pg 98: ‘HAVAIIAN, HAWAIAN’ replaced by ‘HAVAIIAN, HAWAIIAN, HAWAIAN’.
Pg 109: ‘Gothischen and Deutsche’ replaced by ‘Gothischen
und Deutschen’.
Pg 121: ‘KAFIR’ replaced by ‘KAFIR, KAFFIR’.
Pg 161: ‘NEO-HELENIC’ replaced by ‘NEO-HELLENIC’.
Pg 168: ‘MASSACHUSETS’ replaced by ‘MASSACHUSETTS’ (twice).
Pg 168: ‘MASSACHUSET’ replaced by ‘MASSACHUSETT’.
Pg 184: ‘MURRUMBIDGE’ replaced by ‘MURRUMBIDGEE’.
Pg 198: ‘Grand Traverne Bay’ replaced by ‘Grand Traverse Bay’.
Pg 217: ‘POLY-SYNTHETIC’ replaced by ‘POLYSYNTHETIC’.
Pg 235: ‘Gagliari’ replaced by ‘Cagliari’.
Pg 243: ‘Fr. Cheynne’ replaced by ‘Fr. Cheyenne’.
Pg 280: ‘UNALASHKAN’ replaced by ‘UNALASKHAN’.
Pg 291: ‘WOLAITSA, WORARTSA’ replaced by ‘WOLAITSA, WARAITSA’.
Pg 302: ‘W. W. S. V.’ replaced by ‘W. S. W. V.’.
In addition the following links with the form ‘see ENTRY-NAME’ or
‘under ENTRY-NAME’ had the Entry-name slightly misspelled. These
have been changed to the valid Entry-names.
Pg 10: ‘TEXAS’ replaced by ‘TEXAN’.
Pg 30: ‘JURIPIXUNA’ replaced by ‘JURIPIXUNHA’.
Pg 31: ‘TAHITI’ replaced by ‘TAHITIAN’.
Pg 34: ‘SCLAVONIC’ replaced by ‘SLAVONIC’.
Pg 39: ‘MONGOYOZ’ replaced by ‘MONGOYO’.
Pg 41: ‘GUANCH’ replaced by ‘GUANCHE’.
Pg 48: ‘TICUNAS’ replaced by ‘TICUNA’.
Pg 57: ‘LEIF’ replaced by ‘LIEF’.
Pg 58: ‘MUNIPOORA’ replaced by ‘MUNIPOORI’.
Pg 59: ‘CHANO’ replaced by ‘CHANOS’.
Pg 62: ‘LENNI-LENAPE’ replaced by ‘LENNI-LENNAPE’.
Pg 65: ‘SARAMECCA’ replaced by ‘SARAMACCA’.
Pg 75: ‘MPONGWEE’ replaced by ‘MPONGWE’.
Pg 76: ‘SKOFFIE’ replaced by ‘SKOFFI’.
Pg 77: ‘MINNETARI’ replaced by ‘MINETARI’.
Pg 78: ‘KREEDY’ replaced by ‘KREDY’.
Pg 80: ‘UNALASKHA’ replaced by ‘UNALASKHAN’.
Pg 82: ‘PUEBLOS’ replaced by ‘PUEBLO’.
Pg 82: ‘TONGA’ replaced by ‘TONGAN’.
Pg 91: ‘MILCOKAYAC’ replaced by ‘MILCOCAYAC’.
Pg 98: ‘ALFURU’ replaced by ‘ALFUROS’.
Pg 103: ‘MALAGASSY’ replaced by ‘MALAGASY’.
Pg 105: ‘ILLOCANO’ replaced by ‘ILOCANA’.
Pg 119: ‘PASSAMAQUODS’ replaced by ‘PASSAMAQUODDS’.
Pg 123: ‘KUNAWAR’ replaced by ‘KUNIWARI’.
Pg 126: ‘MUNIPOORA’ replaced by ‘MUNIPOORI’.
Pg 129: ‘PARBUTTA’ replaced by ‘PARBUTTIA’.
Pg 129: ‘NISHKI’ replaced by ‘NESHKI’.
Pg 152: ‘CURRISH’ replaced by ‘CURISH’.
Pg 159: ‘MALAGASSE’ replaced by ‘MALAGASY’.
Pg 160: ‘HIMYARITE’ replaced by ‘HIMJARITE’.
Pg 164: ‘MANTSCHU’ replaced by ‘MANTSHU’.
Pg 165: ‘MUNEEPOOR’ replaced by ‘MUNIPOORI’.
Pg 169: ‘UAENAMBEU’ replaced by ‘UAINAMBEU’.
Pg 176: ‘SIBSAYA’ replaced by ‘SIBSAGAN’.
Pg 178: ‘OKKOURISH’ replaced by ‘OK-KOW-ISH’.
Pg 179: ‘KALMUCK’ replaced by ‘KALMUK’.
Pg 183: ‘MAHRATTA’ replaced by ‘MAHRATTI’.
Pg 193: ‘TLASCALTEK’ replaced by ‘TLASKALTECA’.
Pg 193: ‘TAALIK’ replaced by ‘TALIK’.
Pg 193: ‘NISSADA’ replaced by ‘NISSARDA’.
Pg 200: ‘HINDUSTANEE’ replaced by ‘HINDOSTANI’.
Pg 201: ‘RUSSNIAK’ replaced by ‘RUSSNIACK’.
Pg 203: ‘ONTHOGAMI’ replaced by ‘ONTHAGAMIES’.
Pg 204: ‘PAKASAS’ replaced by ‘PAKASA’.
Pg 208: ‘ALFURU’ replaced by ‘ALFUROS’.
Pg 210: ‘PADUCAN’ replaced by ‘PADUCA’.
Pg 215: ‘HIEROGLYPHICS’ replaced by ‘HIEROGLYPHIC’.
Pg 215: ‘PADUCAN’ replaced by ‘PADUCA’.
Pg 216: ‘TARASCA’ replaced by ‘TARASKA’.
Pg 216: ‘PATAN’ replaced by ‘PATANI’.
Pg 217: ‘PAPOLUKA’ replaced by ‘PAPOLOKA’.
Pg 230: ‘KIKKAPO’ replaced by ‘KIKKAPU’.
Pg 233: ‘PUEBLOS’ replaced by ‘PUEBLO’.
Pg 236: ‘RICCAREE’ replaced by ‘RICCARI’.
Pg 236: ‘SHAWNEE’ replaced by ‘SHAWANOE’.
Pg 238: ‘TEHUELHET’ replaced by ‘TEHUELET’.
Pg 240: ‘TREDICI’ replaced by ‘TREDECI’.
Pg 242: ‘KHYENG’ replaced by ‘KHYEN’.
Pg 243: ‘SHIAH-P’ replaced by ‘SHIA-PUSH’.
Pg 247: ‘SOKOTRA’ replaced by ‘SOKOTRAN’.
Pg 250: ‘PASSAMAQUODS’ replaced by ‘PASSAMAQUODDS’.
Pg 274: ‘TAKELE’ replaced by ‘TAKELI’.
Pg 282: ‘VEDDAH’ replaced by ‘VEDDAHS’.
Pg 283: ‘FERINGHEE’ replaced by ‘FERINGEE’.
Pg 284: ‘WEND’ replaced by ‘WENDIC’.
Pg 285: ‘FEJEEAN’ replaced by ‘FEEJEEAN’.
Pg 295: ‘YENESEIAN’ replaced by ‘YENISEIAN’.