Re: A question regarding dictionary entries

On 8/1/07, Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> wrote:
> 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
>
Yes, I think I will gloss it as 4*8, as that has the most info and is
the least misleading.
Thanks to everyone who gave suggestions.
-S

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