922944
- TitleNew Zealand language, by Reverend John Hewgill Bumby, ca. 1839
- Creator
- Call numberC 623
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
ca. 1839 - Type of material
- Reference code922944
- Physical Description1 volume of textual material
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
John Bumby, a Wesleyan missionary, arrived in New Zealand in 1839 and drowned in the Waitemata estuary in June 1840. Although his headquarters were at Mangungu on the Hokianga, he travelled around the North Island especially to Wellington and Taranaki. It is not clear whether this manuscript was written by Bumby or merely used by him. The fly leaf is signed J. H. B. and carries the inscription 'Hoani Hukiri Pomapi' which is a transliteration of Bumby's full name - Scope and ContentAn introductory note taken from Ellis's Polynesian Researches and word lists consisting of proper named formed from English Scripture names, words adopted from English, English to Maori, Maori to English
- Description source
Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-541 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011 - General note
Keyword subject:
New Zealand -- languages -- vocabulary - Subject
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