Module:st-headword

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local export = {}

local lang = require("Module:languages").getByCode("st")

local plural_classes = {
	 = "c2",  = "c2a",  = "c4",  = "c8",  = "c10",
	 = "c6",  = "c6",  = "c6",  = "c6",  = "c4"}

local plural_rules = {
		    = { = {"mo",    "ba", 3},  = {"ngw",   "b", 4},  = {"ngo", "b", 4},  = { "mm",   "bab", 3},  = {"ʼm", "bab", 3}},
		   = { = {  "",   "bo", 1, "bo-"}},
		 = { = {  "mo",  "ma", 3}},
		    = { = {"mo",  "me", 3},  = {"mm", "meb", 3},  = {"ʼm", "meb", 3}},
		    = { = {"le", "ma", 3},  = {"", "ma", 1}},
		    = { = {"le", "di", 3, "li"}},
		    = { = {"se",   "di", 3, "li"},  = {"s", "di", 2, "li"},  = {"", "di", 1, "li"}},
		    = { = {  "",    "di", 1, "li"}},
		  = { = {  "",  "ma", 1}},
		 = { = { "bo",  "ma", 3}},
		 = { = {"mo", "me", 3}}
}

function export.noun(frame)
	local params = {
		 = {},
		 = {},
		 = {list = true}
	}
	
	local args = require("Module:parameters").process(frame:getParent().args, params)
	
	local categories = {}
	local head
	if not args then
		args = mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subpageText
		head = mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subpageText:gsub("^-", "") .. "<sup title=\"tones missing\">?</sup>"
		table.insert(categories, "Requests for tone in " .. lang:getCanonicalName() .. " noun entries")
	end
	
	assert(args, "head required")
	
	local class = args or "?"
	
	local data = {lang = lang, pos_category = "nouns", categories = categories, heads = {head or args}, genders = {"c" .. mw.text.split(class, "%/")}, inflections = {}}
	table.insert(data.categories, lang:getCanonicalName() .. " class " .. data.genders .. " nouns")
	
	if args ~= "-" and plural_classes] then
		local infl_plural = {label = "plural", accel = {form = "p", gender = plural_classes]}, request = true}
		
		-- If no plural was provided, generate one
		if not args then
			local singular = args and require("Module:links").remove_links(args) or mw.title.getCurrentTitle().text
			args = export.generate_plural(singular, args)
		end
		
		assert(#args > 0, "No plurals!")
		
		if #args == 1 then
			table.insert(infl_plural, {term = args, genders = {plural_classes]}})
		elseif #args == 2 then
			table.insert(infl_plural, {term = args, genders = {plural_classes]}, qualifiers = {"South Africa"}})
			table.insert(infl_plural, {term = args, genders = {plural_classes]}, qualifiers = {"Lesotho"}})
		end
		
		table.insert(data.inflections, infl_plural)
	end
	
	return require("Module:headword").full_headword(data)
end


function match_case(string1, string2)
	local c1 = mw.ustring.sub(string1, 1, 1)
	local c2 = mw.ustring.sub(string2, 1, 1)
	
	if (mw.ustring.lower(c1) == c1) then
		return mw.ustring.lower(c2) .. mw.ustring.sub(string2, 2)
	else
		return mw.ustring.upper(c2) .. mw.ustring.sub(string2, 2)
	end
end


function export.generate_plural(singular, class)
	if plural_rules then
		for k, v in ipairs(plural_rules) do
			if mw.ustring.find(mw.ustring.lower(singular), "^" .. v) then
				if v then
					return {match_case(singular, v .. mw.ustring.sub(singular, v)),
					     	match_case(singular, v .. mw.ustring.sub(singular, v))}
				else
					return {match_case(singular, v .. mw.ustring.sub(singular, v))}
				end
			end
		end
	end
end

return export
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