Re: A question regarding dictionary entries

Sylvia Sotomayor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am redesigning my dictinary for Kelen (yet again), and I am planning
> on having short glosses (one word, maybe two) for each stem or base
> word, and also longer definitions for each fully formed and inflected
> word. My question: given that Kelen has a base 8 counting system,
> should I gloss 'āllōr' as 32 or 40? It has the functional equivalent
> of 40 in the language, being 8x4, but refers to 32 things.
>
> Thanks,
> -S
I typically have used decimal numbers in glosses, including exponential
notation for larger numbers, but if subscripts are available you might
try something like 40<sub>8</sub>. I've occasionally used that kind of
notation for languages that use base-8 or base-12.