A Dictionary, English and Malayo, Malayo and English
A
DICTIONARY
Engliſh and Malayo,
Malayo and Engliſh.
To which is Added
Some ſhort GRAMMAR RULES & DIRECTIONS for the better Obſervation of the Propriety and Elegancy of this Language.
AND ALSO
Several Miſcellanies, Dialogues, and Letters, in Engliſh and Malayo for the Learners better understanding the Expreſſions of the Malayo Tongue.
Together with
A Table of Time, computing the Years and Moons of the Hegira to the Years and Months of the Engliſh Stile, which Table will ſerve in the Malayo Country, all the South-Sea-Iſlands, India, Turkey, Arabia, Morocco, and generally in all Mahometan Countries: To which is annex'd, The Malayo Alphabet, with a Specimen of the Character.
By THOMAS BOWREY.
LONDON:
Printed by Sam. Bridge for the Author, and are to be Sold by Dan. Brown at the Black-Swan without Temple-Bar, Tim. Child at the White-Hart in St. Pauls Church-yard, John Thornton at the Plat in the Minories, and Richard Parker at the Unicorn under the Piazza's of the Exchange in Cornhil. 1701.
TO THE Honourable THE DIRECTORS THE Engliſh Eaſt-India Company. Mr. Edward Ailen. |
AND ALSO, TO THE Honourable THE GOVERNOR, Deputy Governour and Committees Of the Honourable Eaſt-India COMPANY. The Right Worſhipful Sir Thomas Cook Kt. and Alderman,Governour. |
THE following Work was undertaken Chiefly for the Promotion of Trade in the many Countries where the Malayo Language is Spoke, which your Honours having peruſed in Manuſcript, were pleaſed to approve of; and to Incourage the Publiſhing of it: Therefore I could Judge none ſo Proper to Patroniſe the enſuing Work, as your Honours, to whom it is Humbly Dedicated, by
Your Honours moſt Humble Servant
A 2 Thomas Bowrey. |
- The Preface
- English and Malayo