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* dial: dialectical (for some languages, a more specific term may be used) | * dial: dialectical (for some languages, a more specific term may be used) | ||
* eqv: equivalent [to] | * eqv: equivalent [to] |
Revision as of 05:34, 25 February 2011
NOTE — These abbreviations should generally be used only in annotations, not in running text.
General
- contr.: contraction
- dial: dialectical (for some languages, a more specific term may be used)
- eqv: equivalent [to]
- fem: feminine speech
- lit: literally (do not use this for "literary")
- masc: masculine speech
- neg: negative
- pl: plural
- sing: singular
- smth: something
- std: standard — used to provide the standard equivalent of dialectical language
Japanese
- hon: honorific
- hum: humble
- ksb: Kansai-ben, the dialect of Osaka and other places
- pol: polite