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Format

Please insert your fields as you need them (not too much, though) – the format is still up for consideration. Please note that the order shown here should be followed.

  • toaq – the Toaq word or phrase in question
  • type – part of speech – one of the following:
    • "root" (not necessarily monosyllabic);
    • "compound" for genuine compounds rather than borrowings;
    • "borrowing";
    • "serial predicate";
    • for particles, a descriptive name such as "predicatizer", "text-quote"…
  • english – definition in English
  • gloss – linguistic gloss in English; use periods instead of spaces
  • keywords - a list of English words that one might search for when trying to find the headword; synonyms of the gloss or of the main words found in the sentential definition
  • frame – frame definition, if known; "variable" means that the word doesn't have a set frame (possibly anaphoric)
  • distribution - a string of the same format as frame where each slot type is replaced with either of ‘d’ or ‘n’ (for ‘distributive’ and ‘non-distributive’); "variable" – as above
  • namesake – whether this word is the name used to refer to its frametype
  • notes – array of strings
  • examples – array of objects:
    • toaq
    • english
  • etymology – etymological information; only present in borrowings
  • fields – array of arrays of strings: each element describes one slot; each string is a valid Toaq predicate; those together, when ORed (or rather: «ra»-ed), represent the constraint on that slot. For example: 
    [
  ["mıe"],
  ["saı", "lufē"]
]
    describes «chıaq»: x₁ must mỉe and x₂ must to ra sảı to lủfē.

tools/normalize.js is for normalizing the dictionary file.

At the moment, oblique words (prepositions and adverbs) should be entered as examples. The normalizer will reject «daı» and «dãı» as duplicates.

Example entry:

{
    "toaq": "cho",
    "type": "root",
    "english": "▯ likes ▯.",
    "gloss": "like",
    "keywords": [
      "like",
      "fond of",
      "enjoy",
      "pleased by"
    ],
    "frame": "c c",
    "distribution": "d d",
    "notes": [],
    "examples": [
      {
        "toaq": "Chỏ da.",
        "english": "There is fondness."
      },
      {
        "toaq": "Chỏ jí da.",
        "english": "I am experiencing fondness."
      },
      {
        "toaq": "Hẻ chỏ déo báq rủa da.",
        "english": "The children are fond of flowers."
      },
      {
        "toaq": "Chỏ súq hı nỉ fủa moq.",
        "english": "Which of these pieces of furniture do you like?"
      },
      {
        "toaq": "chó",
        "english": "those who have fondness"
      }
    ],
    "fields": [
      ["lıe"],
      ["raı"]
    ]
}