List of symbols

Eventually this will be a glossary of symbol names in alphabetical order with notes. Some of these names are specific to particular packages or language pairs, as not all languages have the same grammatical features (most don't have spatial distinction in articles for example).

Categories

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
n	Noun	see 'np' for proper noun
vblex	Standard verb	see also: vbser, vbhaver, vbmod, vaux
vbmod	Modal verb
vbser	Verb "to be"	from ser (to be)
vbhaver	Verb "to have"	from haver (to have)
vaux	Auxilliary verb	wikipedia
adj	Adjective
adv	Adverb
preadv	Pre-adverb
det	Determiner	wikipedia
prn	Pronoun	wikipedia
pr	Preposition	wikipedia
num	Numeral
np	Proper noun	From nom propi wikipedia
ij	Interjection	wikipedia
cnjcoo	Co-ordinating conjunction	wikipedia
cnjsub	Sub-ordinating conjunction
cnjadv	Conjunctive adverb	wikipedia

Sub-categories

Gender

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
f	Feminine
m	Masculine
nt	Neuter
mn	Masculine and Neuter
fn	Feminine and Neuter
ut	Common	From utrum, found in Scandinavian languages.
mf	Masculine , feminine	This is used where the gender can be either masculine or feminine
un	Common, neuter	As above, only common or neuter
GD	Gender to be determined

Number

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
sg	Singular
pl	Plural
du	Dual
sp	Singular , plural
ND	Number to be determined

Case

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
nom	Nominative
acc	Accusative
dat	Dative
gen	Genitive
voc	Vocative
ins	Instrumental	wikipedia
loc	Locative	wikipedia
abl	Ablative	wikipedia
cpr	Prepositional	wikipedia

Tense and mood

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
pres	Present
past	Past
imp	Imperative
inf	Infinitive
pp	Past participle	wikipedia
pp2	Past participle (???)
pp3	Past participle (???)
ger	Gerund	wikipedia
pri	Present indicative	see also: pres. wikipedia
pii	Imperfect	from Pretério imperfecto de indicativo
fti	Future indicative
fts	Conditional ???
cni	Conditional
prs	Present subjunctive	wikipedia
pis	Imperfect subjunctive
ifi		from Pretério perfecto o indefinido
aff	Affirmative
itg	Interrogative
neg	Negative

Proper nouns

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
ant	Anthroponym	wikipedia
top	Toponym	In some language pairs without the locative case this may be loc. Although this should be changed. wikipedia
hyd	Hydronym	wikipedia
cog	Cognomen	In normal use, surnames
org	Organisation
al	Altres	Other, misc.

Person

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
p1	First person
p2	Second person
p3	Third person

Adjectives

Symbol	Gloss	Notes
sint	Synthetic	"nice, nicer, nicest" is synthetic. "handsome, more handsome, the most handsome" is not. wikipedia
pve	Positive
comp	Comparative	wikipedia
sup	Superlative	wikipedia
attr	Attributive	wikipedia
pred	Predicative	wikipedia

    <sdef n="impers"  c="Impersonal"/>
 
    <sdef n="tn"      c="Tonico"/>


    <sdef n="detnt"   c="Neuter determiner"/>
    <sdef n="predet"  c="Pre determiner"/>
    <sdef n="atn"/>
    <sdef n="qnt"     c="Quantifier"/>
    <sdef n="ord"     c="Ordinal"/>
    <sdef n="obj"     c="Object"/>
    <sdef n="subj"    c="Subject"/>
    <sdef n="pro"     c="Proclitic"/>
    <sdef n="enc"     c="Enclitic"/>

    <sdef n="acr"     c="Acronym"/>

    <sdef n="rel"     c="Relative"/>
    <sdef n="nn"      c=""/>
    <sdef n="an"      c=""/>
    <sdef n="aa"      c=""/>
    <sdef n="ind"     c="Indefinite"/>    
    <sdef n="itg"     c="Interrogative"/>
    <sdef n="dem"     c="Demonstrative"/>
    <sdef n="def"     c="Definite"/>
    <sdef n="pos"     c="Possessive"/>
    <sdef n="ref"     c="Reflexive"/>



    <sdef n="ind"     c="Indefinite"/>    
    <sdef n="def"     c="Definite"/>
    <sdef n="prx"     c="Proximate"/>
    <sdef n="dst"     c="Distal"/>

XML tags

XML tag	Means	Appears in XML tags / notes / examples
<dictionary>	Mono- or bilingual dictionary	In files apertium-eo-en.en.dix, apertium-eo-en.eo-en.dix, apertium-eo-en.post-en.dix, apertium-eo-en.post-eo.dix
<alphabet>	Set of characters in the language	In <dictionary>
<sdefs>	Symbol definitions	In <dictionary>
<sdef>	Symbol definition	In <sdefs>. Ex: <sdef n="noun"/>
<section>	A section of the dictionary	In <dictionary>. Ex: <section id="main" type="standard">
<e>	A dictionary entry (a word)	In <section>.
<p>	A pair	In <e>.
<l>	Left side (surface form)	In <p>. Ex.: <l>beer</l>
<r>	Right side (lexical unit)	In <p>. Ex.: <r>beer<s n="noun"/><s n="singular"/></r>
<s>	A lexical symbol (noun, adj..)	In <r>. Ex.:
<pardefs>	Paradigm definition (???)	In <dictionary>. Ex.: ??? TODO

TODO: Probably there are more. --Jacob Nordfalk 14:47, 25 August 2008 (UTC)