Word Category Abbreviations
Here is a list of all word category abbreviations in the dictionary, and what they mean:
adj | adjective | describes a following noun |
adj.der | adjective derived | a verb used as an adjective |
adj.pl | plural adjective | a plural adjective that has no singular form |
adj.sg | singular adjective | a singular adjective that has no plural form |
adv | adverb | describes a verb |
con | connector | joins clauses, phrases or sentences |
dem | demonstrative | points to or shows which noun is talked about |
expres | expression | an expressive word that is a sentence by itself |
indef | indefinite | an unspecified noun |
loc | location | describes the location of an action in relation to preceding noun |
n | noun | a person, animal, place, thing, or idea |
n.pl | plural noun | a plural noun that has no singular form |
n.pos | possessed noun | a noun such as ool ‘your head’ that cannot be without possession |
n.sg | singular noun | a singular noun that has no plural form |
num.car | cardinal number | tells how many of a noun there are |
num.ord | ordinal number | tells the order of a noun in a list |
part | particle | word or suffix that has a special use |
pos | possessive | takes the place of an owner and the noun owned |
prep | preposition | introduces a noun phrase that describes a previous action |
pron.dat | dative pronoun | takes the place of a noun the action is done to or for |
pron.loc | locative pronoun | takes the place of the location of a noun |
pron.obj | object pronoun | takes the place of a noun object |
pron.obj.spec | special object pronoun | takes the place of noun object in the result of a condition and other special sentences |
pron.pos.ali | alienable possessive pronoun | takes the place of a possessor noun possessing a detachable noun |
pron.pos.inali | inalienable possessive pronoun | takes the place of a possessor noun possessing a body part or family name |
pron.prep | prepositional pronoun | takes the place of a noun prepositional phrase |
pron.reason | reason pronoun | takes the place of a noun doing a reason verb |
pron.refx | reflexive pronoun | used to emphasize a noun object, or used for the same noun receiving an action that does the action |
pron.s.aft | subject pronoun after verb | shows the doer of the action; attached to the end of the verb |
pron.s.cond | conditional subject pronoun | shows the action is a condition |
pron.s.depd | dependent subject pronoun | shows the action is in a dependent clause |
pron.s.fut | future subject pronoun | shows the action is in the future |
pron.s.l | long subject pronoun | used to emphasize a noun subject |
pron.s.s | short subject pronoun | takes the place of a noun subject |
quan | quantity | describes the amount of a noun |
ques | question word | asks a question |
ques.foc | focus question word | asks a question with focus (where one word is more important than others) |
v.c | causative verb | the subject of the verb causes someone else to do the action |
v.adj | verb adjective | an adjective used as a verb |
v.i | intranstive verb | a verb that does not have an object |
v.t | transitive verb | a verb that can have an object |
v.n | verbal noun | a verb used as a noun |
Dialect Abbreviations
Here is a list of dialect abbreviations in the dictionary, and what they mean:
T | Taw |
K | Kuulaahg |
B | Buwahg |
G | Goor |
L | Kukuli |