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.
>
I'd suggest you insert an explanatory comment, like:
"āllōr  forty (base 8 = 32 base 10)"
That will prevent IMO any confusion/mistakes on the part of the reader.

I sometimes have the same problem with Gwr, even though they adopted the
decimal system quite some time ago. But some old ways persist.

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