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== General == | == General == | ||
| − | * contr | + | * contr: contraction |
| + | * derog: derogatory | ||
* 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] | ||
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* smth: something | * smth: something | ||
* std: standard — used to provide the standard equivalent of dialectical language | * std: standard — used to provide the standard equivalent of dialectical language | ||
| + | * usu: usually | ||
== Japanese == | == Japanese == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:46, 9 March 2011
NOTE — These abbreviations should generally be used only in annotations, not in running text.
General[edit]
- contr: contraction
- derog: derogatory
- 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
- usu: usually
Japanese[edit]
- hon: honorific
- hum: humble
- ksb: Kansai-ben, the dialect of Osaka and other places
- pol: polite
