01519ntc a22002177i 45000010005000000080041000050400026000461000032000722450026001042640009001303000041001393360021001803370023002013380032002245000017002565060028002735200693003015330077009945400079010718560151011501357140313u xx 000 0|eng d aANU:PMBcANU:PMBerda1 aDesnoes, Gustaved1888-194910aDictionnaire de Mekeo c1933 a2 reels; 35mm microfilm. Digital PDF atext2rdacontent acomputer2rdamedia aonline resource2rdacarrier aAU PMB MS 17 aAvailable for reference2 aFather Gustave Desnoes, MSC, a Frenchman, was born in 1888. He went to Papua as a missionary in 1906 and returned to France in 1927 due to poor health. This dictionary was compiled from language notes made by more than a dozen priests. Fr. Desnoes compiled the dictionary and completed his transcription of the Mekeo dictionary in 1933 at La Betheline, Chateau Gombert. Typing of the manuscript was completed at Veifa'a in 1942. A dictionary in French of the Mekeo language of Papua New Guinea, originally in 10 books and recopied in two volumes. Reel 1: Vol.1 - completed in 1933. Typed in 1941. Entries A - I. Reel 2: Vol.2 - completed August 8, 1933. Typed in 1942. Entries K - U. aElectronic reproduction:bCanberra :cPacific Manuscripts Bureau, d2014 aAvailable for referenceuhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/copyright.php41uhttp://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/digital/catalogue/index.php/dictionnaire-de-mekeozView this item in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau Catalogue.