List of symbols

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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
dg Dative and 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 Future subjunctive
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

Note: All XML tags are explained in depth in the PDF documentation.

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)