Re: Dictionary formats

I generally use Shoebox to create and format initial dictionaries, but I
prefer to list my amman iar-English lexicon by root.  An example of the
format I use can be found at
http://www.graywizard.net/Conlinguistics/amman_iar/ai_lexicon.htm

Stay curious,
David

David E. Bell
The Gray Wizard
www.graywizard.net
AIM: GraWzrd

"Wisdom begins in wonder."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Constructed Languages List
> [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU] On Behalf Of Aidan Grey
> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 9:28 PM
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: Dictionary formats
>
>
>    Just wondering:
>
>    Those of you with detailed dictionaries (are there any of
> you?), how do you list everything in your notes? Everyone
> here can't be making one-to-one wordlists. So how do you make
> comments indicating various usages, compounds, and so on?
>
>    For example, looking in my Latin dictionary here,
>
>    bed: lectus, cubile; (in a garden) areola; (of a river)
> alveus ; to go to _: cubitum ire; to make the _: lectum sternere
>
>    Do you do anything to make sure that you're not
> relexifying, e.g. use WordNet, or another language's dictionary?
>
>    Aidan
>
>