> From: Fabian
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 5:03 AM
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: [Shoebox] I need help with interlinears
>
> The following is a typical noun entry in my Maltese shoebox database.
>
> \lx hejjiem
> \ph ei-yiem
> \bw ar
> \l1 HJM
> \l2 KeTTieB
> \ps n m
> \ge adulator
> \re
> \de adulator
>
> \pd pl
> \pdv hejjiema
> \pde adulators
> \pd f
> \pdv hejjiema
> \pde adulator
>
> The following is what currently happens when I try intertlinearizing it.
>
> \t hejjiema
> \m hejjiem
> \g adulator
> \p n m
>
> What settings should I change so that it gloss identifies the
> original noun
> correctly as being feminine? For it to even query whether it should be
> feminine or plural would be nice.
Assuming an overloaded inflection -a for fem and plu:
\lx -a
\ps GND
\ge f
\lx -a
\ps NUM
\ge pl
\lx hejjiem
\ps n m
\ge adulator
\a hejjiema
\u hejjiem -a{f}
\u hejjiem -a{pl}
Should work.
David
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