Book

Teda ethnographic dictionary preceded by a French-Teda lexicon

Librairie LaroseParis • Published In 1950 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1, 348 l [Original: 213 , 37 end plates]

By: Le Coeur, Charles, Schütze, Frieda.

Abstract
This ethnographic dictionary was compiled by the author as the result of two one-year study trips, the first to Tibesti in 1933-34 and the second in 1942-43 among the Toubou of the Gouré Circle (Teda and Daza) and the Teda of the Djado (Circle of Dilma). During the second trip nearly all of the articles contained in this dictionary were prepared. In 1945-46 Marguerite Le Coeur did a revision of the collected words based on her study of the Teda of the Djado (p.1). Preceding the dictionary proper, and acting as an introduction to it, is an excellent structural analysis of Teda phonology. This is followed by the dictionary itself which contains a wealth of ethnographic data. Here not only are words given a simple definition, where this treatment is warranted, but also the more complex concepts are given exhaustive analysis, often extending several text pages in length. The final section of this source, pp. 190-348, contains the 37 plates (143 photographs). These vary considerably in quality, but generally have not reproduced very well. However since they do illustrate many of the concepts discussed in the dictionary part of this source, they do form an important adjunct to this work. The French-Teda lexicon (pp. 11-52 of the French text, has not been translated.
Subjects
Water supply
Vocabulary
Burial practices and funerals
Poverty
Food preparation
Community heads
Ethnic stratification
Animal by-products
Mats and basketry
Animal transport
Arranging a marriage
Nuptials
Ritual
Personal grooming
Extended families
Rule of descent
Parents-in-law and children-in-law
Domesticated animals
General tools
Gift giving
Pastoral activities
Verbal arts
culture
Teda
HRAF PubDate
2010
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Central Africa
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; Jan Simpson ; 1982
Field Date
1933-1943
Coverage Date
1933-1946
Coverage Place
Chad
Notes
Charles Le Coeur
Translation of: [Dictionnaire ethnographique téda précédé d'un lexique français-téda]
Translated for the HRAF files by Frieda Schütze
LCCN
52067331
LCSH
Teda (African people)
Tibbu (African people)
French language--Dictionaries--Teda