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Re: A question regarding dictionary entries

From:Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 1, 2007, 17:19
Hallo!

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:01:45 -0700, 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.
You should gloss it as 32, or better, 4*8, but *not* as 40 because it is a different number. ... brought to you by the Weeping Elf

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Sylvia Sotomayor <terjemar@...>
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