Module talk:sw-utilities

Nouns

To translate {{sw-noun}} to Lua, let me first make a translation to pseudo-code.

The output is

{{head|sw|noun|head=head}} (

if no class givenneeds class

plural is

• -, plural''[[Appendix:Swahili noun classes#class class|class class]]''[[Category:Swahili class class nouns]]and Category:sw-noun needing attention if this fails
• otherwise[[Category:Swahili class class nouns]]and Category:sw-noun needing attention if this fails
  • depending on class''[[Appendix:Swahili noun classes#class class|class class]]''

    if no plural manually given, plural <b>{{l-self|sw|accel-form=p|}}

    • depending on first two letters, guess plural using sw-utilities.plural</b>

    [[Category:Swahili class class nouns]]

plural is

• pluralplural only[[Category:Swahili pluralia tantum]]
• -no plural[[Category:Swahili uncountable nouns]]
• otherwise but given, plural <b>{{l-self|sw|accel-form=p|{{{2}}}}}</b>

)

MuDavid 栘𩿠 (talk) 02:44, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

The current class codes are:

vi, vy, ch-vy, ki, ki-vi → ki-vi class_(VII/VIII)

mi, mu-mi, mw-mi, m-mi → m-mi class_(III/IV)

wa, mw-wa, m-wa → m-wa class_(I/II)

n → n class_(IX/X)

ji-ma, ja-ma, j-m, ji-me, ma → ji-ma class_(V/VI)

u-n, u-ma, w, w-ny, u-m, ul-nd, ur-nd, uw-mb, u → u class_(XI) and whatever be its plural

pa → pa class_(XVI)

MuDavid 栘𩿠 (talk) 03:14, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Should we move to the following format?
rafiki class IXa (plural rafiki class Xa, collective marafiki class VIa)
rafiki class N (plural rafiki class N, collective marafiki class Ma)
MuDavid 栘𩿠 (talk) 03:08, 28 November 2024 (UTC)