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).
If you were wondering what the symbols #, /, @, +, ~ or * mean, read Apertium stream format.
Part-of-speech 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
|
sent |
Sentence-ending punctuation |
e.g. full stop, question mark
|
Part-of-speech Sub-categories
Gender
| Symbol |
Gloss |
Notes
|
f |
Feminine |
|
m |
Masculine |
|
nt |
Neuter |
|
ma |
Masculine (animate) |
Mostly in Slavic languages
|
mi |
Masculine (inanimate) |
Mostly in Slavic languages
|
mp |
Masculine (personal) |
in Polish
|
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 |
|
Count/Mass
| Symbol |
Gloss |
Notes
|
cnt |
Countable |
|
unc |
Uncountable (mass) |
|
Number
| Symbol |
Gloss |
Notes
|
sg |
Singular |
|
pl |
Plural |
|
du |
Dual |
|
ct |
Count |
see mk-bg
|
coll |
Collective |
|
sp |
Singular , plural |
|
ND |
Number to be determined |
|
Case
| Symbol |
Gloss |
Notes
|
nom |
Nominative |
|
acc |
Accusative |
|
dat |
Dative |
|
gen |
Genitive |
|
dg |
Dative and Genitive |
|
voc |
Vocative |
|
ins |
Instrumental |
wikipedia
|
loc |
Locative |
wikipedia
|
abl |
Ablative |
wikipedia
|
cpr |
Prepositional |
wikipedia
|
Tense and mode
| Symbol |
Gloss |
Notes
|
pres |
Present |
|
past |
Past |
|
imp |
Imperative |
|
inf |
Infinitive |
|
pp |
Past participle |
wikipedia
|
pp2 |
Past participle (???) |
It's at least used in the Esperanto dictionaries for future active participles, ont (seems quite odd)
|
pp3 |
Past participle (???) |
It's at least used in the Esperanto dictionaries for past active participles, int (seems quite odd)
|
pprs |
Present participle |
Also appears as ppres (deprecated)
|
ger |
Gerund |
wikipedia
|
pri |
Present indicative |
see also: pres. wikipedia
|
pii |
Imperfect |
from Pretério imperfecto de indicativo
|
fti |
Future indicative |
|
fts |
Future subjunctive |
|
cni |
Conditional |
|
plu |
Pluperfect |
In cy-en
|
pmp |
Pluperfect |
In es-gl (from Pluscamperfecto)
|
prs |
Present subjunctive |
wikipedia
|
pis |
Imperfect subjunctive |
|
ifi |
Past definite |
from Pretério perfecto o indefinido
|
aff |
Affirmative |
|
itg |
Interrogative |
|
neg |
Negative |
|
Derivations
| Symbol |
Gloss |
Notes
|
caus |
Causative |
|
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 |
|
impers |
Impersonal |
Sometimes called 'autonomous'
|
Animacy
| Symbol |
Gloss |
Notes
|
aa |
Animate |
|
an |
Animate / inanimate |
|
nn |
Inanimate |
|
Adjectives
| Symbol |
Gloss |
Notes
|
sint |
Synthetic |
"nice, nicer, nicest" is synthetic. "handsome, more handsome, the most handsome" is not. wikipedia
|
pst |
Positive |
|
comp |
Comparative |
wikipedia
|
sup |
Superlative |
wikipedia
|
attr |
Attributive |
wikipedia
|
pred |
Predicative |
wikipedia
|
| Symbol |
Gloss |
Notes
|
tn |
Tonico
|
detnt |
Neuter determiner
|
predet |
Pre determiner
|
atn |
|
qnt |
Quantifier
|
ord |
Ordinal
|
obj |
Object
|
subj |
Subject
|
pro |
Proclitic
|
enc |
Enclitic
|
acr |
Acronym
|
rel |
Relative
|
ind |
Indefinite
|
itg |
Interrogative
|
dem |
Demonstrative
|
def |
Definite
|
pos |
Possesive
|
ref |
Reflexive
|
prx |
Proximate
|
dst |
Distal
|
pprep |
Post preposition (in Slavic languages, for pronoun changes: 'ich' -> 'nich')
|
XML tags
Note: All XML tags are explained in depth in the PDF documentation, see also the dix.dtd/dix.rng files in lttoolbox (svn).
| 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"/>
|
<pardefs> |
Paradigm definitions |
In <dictionary>.
|
<pardef> |
Paradigm definition |
In <pardefs>.
|
<section> |
A section of the dictionary |
In <dictionary>. Ex: <section id="main" type="standard">
|
<e> |
A dictionary entry (a word) |
In <section> and in <pardef>.
|
<i> |
Invariant (left and right side) |
In <e>. Ex.: <i>beer</i>
|
<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>, <l> and <i>. Ex.: <s n="noun"/>
|
<a> |
Post-generator wake-up mark |
In <r>, <l> and <i>. Ex.: <l><a/>a<s ... (for the a/an rule in English)
|
<b> |
Blank space |
In <r>, <l> and <i>. Ex.: <l>you're<b/>welcome<s ...
|
TODO: Probably there are more. --Jacob Nordfalk 14:47, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Other tags:
<j/> (in stream format #) is to mark multiwords
<t/> and <v/> are only in crossdix
t = template, v = variable
t matches any single tag, v is like + in regexes (0 or more)
<sa/> and <prm/> are only used in metadixes.
'sa' lets you add n optional extra tag, prm is an extra string for the paradigm
Transfer
<clip> tag
See the documentation (pdf), p.144 for more information.
| XML attribute value |
Means |
Appears in attribute |
Notes
|
whole |
lemma and grammatical symbols |
part
|
lem |
lemma |
part
|
lemh |
(inflected) head word of multiword |
part
|
lemq |
following queue of multiword |
part
|
See also
