{{nonlemma}}
As it is, this says "See the etymology of the main entry" (which is a little awkward), why not just make it "See main entry"? Esszet (talk) 23:12, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
{{nonlemma|κύω}}
). This could even be automated, but the extra effort of adding this by hand is small. --Lambiam 19:15, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
What is the verb ending for "ye" equivalent to "st" for "thou"? or is it unmarked? Dngweh2s (talk) 02:40, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
I propose to remove or substitute the image of the woman showing cleavage in cleavage . In my opinion the image is neither modest, nor is it necessary. Depicting half-exposed breasts in a dictionary is sustaining objectification of women. In most cultures exposed breasts are considered sexually arousing. Every woman should be free to decide to show her breasts to whatever degree. But being confronted with it in a dictionary feels wrong. Are there any opinions on that? How does Wiktionary cope with discrimination? — This unsigned comment was added by Gnummig (talk • contribs).
The word brechdan(au) means sandwitches, and the only thing I can think its like it butterbrot but even then it doesn't seem very close. Maybe buttie? I'm a fluent Welsh speaker and I can't think of anything native to Welsh which would be an immediate. Maybe bara-(chdan)
Anyway, its missing an etymology listed as of right now and I would appreciate one :)
Maybe a dumb question, but is there a template like {{senseid}}
for linking to particular etymology sections instead of senses? Should I just use {{senseid}}
? (I’m loath to just link with, say, #Etymology 4
because (1) other languages might have identical headings and (2) later changes to the entries might result in link targets falling out of sync.) — Vorziblix (talk · contribs) 19:54, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
{{senseid|tag=p}}
. — Vorziblix (talk · contribs) 18:19, 28 October 2020 (UTC)Hi all,
Can somebody point me to a resource which explains all the democratic processes here, particularly as it relates to:
My questions are:
Thanks. -- Dentonius (my politics | talk) 15:25, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi all,
I've read WT:COPY, but I'd also like some clarification: If the president of a country says more or less (in a foreign language) "I spoke to him on the phone and I invited him to discuss it." This is reported by several different sources. It also appears to be, more or less, a normal sentence that any normal person would say.
-- Dentonius (my politics | talk) 07:43, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
For the sake of transparency @Equinox, the quote in question belonged to the Romanian president Klaus Iohannis and was taken verbatim from one or more news sources without being attributed as such. It was most likely taken from the opening paragraph of an article published on the 25th of October 2015 on Economica.net. All material published on that site is copyrighted (terms and conditions found here, unfortunately solely in Romanian). Similar copyrights apply to articles published by Aktual24, Mediafax, Jurnalul Antena3, Timpul etc. In the usage example for invita, there was no mention at all that the quote belonged to the president, a quote he by the way gave in an interview. Surely that kind of quote has to be attributed as such and not as your run-of-the-mill usage example.
For the record, I had and have no intention of blocking Dentonius – I simply wanted to help him understand that quotes, especially taken from news sources, have to be attributed as such so that we don't risk getting accused of copyright infringement. Depicting me as a malevolent admin, writing that my intervention was a "a set-up" and that I have a "personal vendetta" against him in the already archived discussion on his talk page which just happened yesterday, pretty much speaks for itself. --Robbie SWE (talk) 11:28, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello, do words like wigger, Twinkie, and banana as a group warrant the creation of a thesaurus page for listed all similar words? The main reason I am wondering is because I am unsure if there is a certain critical mass of related words that is generally considered necessary for a thesaurus page to be warranted. Details on such a standard if it exists would be appreciated. Also, for clarity there are at least six words that I consider related (Twinkie, jook-sing, coconut, banana, egg, wigger). Many of the terms listed at Thesaurus:newcomer, such as FOB, could also be argued to be related. Hoping the best for you. —The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 02:29, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
What does "prothetic /w ~ u̯/ before /o/ and /u/" mean as a characteristic of the Southern Russian accent? Dngweh2s (talk) 22:50, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
I was reading the entry on 悶 and noticed a contradiction: The radical is given as 心 which makes sense given that that is the semantic component, whereas in the "References" section it says that it's not present in the Kangxi Dictionary, but that it would follow character 9 on page 1333 with the 門 radical. In the absence of an original Kangxi Dictionary entry, what is Wiktionary's policy for determining a character's radical and where it would go in the dictionary? (I actually find it a bit odd to state where a character would be in a dictionary that never had it.) Stibitzki (talk) 18:17, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
What template should be used for quoting poems? {{quote-book}}
, for instance requires a title, which it italicizes, but if I just want to cite a poem apart from a collection, I want the title to be in quotation marks. {{quote-song}}
does this, but then adds "(lyrics and music)" after the name of the poet/author. Is there a workaround? (I specifically ran into this issue when trying to format the Robert Frost quote at ichor, sense 2.) Andrew Sheedy (talk) 19:34, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
{{quote-poetry}}
could be created to cover cases like these? Parameters could include {{author|title |collection|verse/stanza|line numbers}}
. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 16:19, 21 October 2020 (UTC)Unless I'm missing something (entirely possible as I'm not fully awake), -ish#Etymology 2 appears to be missing a definition? Thryduulf (talk) 02:40, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
While a distinction technically exists between Proto-Korean as a reconstructed language and Old Korean as a (marginally) attested language, all Koreanic varieties, including Jeju, are descended from the language of Silla (see Koreanic languages for more)—which happens to be identical to the very language represented in what survives of Old Korean. So really, PK and OK are the same thing, just one is reconstructed and the other is attested.
I have also been lemmatizing reconstructed Proto/Old Korean forms with the tag <oko> for Old Korean.--Karaeng Matoaya (talk) 15:10, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I haven't looked over any of the guidelines on how to use or edit this wiki, but I just wanted to make a post about the Wiktionary entry for the word 'relatum' which I have come across in Karen Barad's 2007 book Meeting the Universe Halfway ("Relations do not follow relata, but the other way around", p136). I'd not come across the word relata/relatum before but my instinctive impression of the definition is, more or less, "that which is related." I think this definition is supported by the two already-cited quotations in the current Wiktionary page for this word. Wiktionary gives this sole definition: "1. A term which is related to the referent." This is fine - sure, the word is related to the word 'referent' - but it does have two problems: 1) it makes no mention of the (I would say glaringly obvious) connection between the words 'relatum' and 'relation' and 2) it actually uses the word 'related' without pointing out said connection. It's a kind of unknowingly circular defintion, in my view. I don't presume to suggest the definition should be removed (I am a totally new user after all) but I think at the very least "2. That which is related" should be appended. BCJT (talk) 17:47, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
The kanji 偶 has the following meanings (taken from kotobank.jp):
However when appearing as a standalone term (as 偶, 偶々, or 偶に) it only ever has the "unexpected" sense, and only this sense is represented in it's entry. What would be the best ways to represent the other three senses? — This unsigned comment was added by 71.188.126.245 (talk).
{{lb|ja|in compounds}}
. We may also have a Japanese-specific template for this. @TAKASUGI Shinji, Eirikr, who would know more about this. - -sche (discuss) 17:58, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
Where's the best place to add information about the phrase "to scramble expectations"? Should it be added to scramble, or do phrases like this get their own page? Thanks AxelBoldt (talk) 16:07, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I'd like to create a new module for Proto-Romance. According to your naming scheme, the tag would be roa-pro. Could an admin help me add it to this page? Cheers.--Excelsius (talk) 05:26, 31 October 2020 (UTC)