Template:ny-new/documentation

Chichewa autocreation template, relying on Module:ny function new.

Must be substituted.

Usage

Basic structure

{{subst:ny-new|POS|DEF}}

Core parameters

• |1= (optional)

  Part of speech. Acronyms are accepted and preferred. Default is 'n' if empty. See pos_table in Module:ny#new for a list of acronyms.

• |2= (compulsory... well, it gives {{rfdef}} if you insist on leaving it blank)

  Definition.

Other parameters

- More PoS

• |3=

  Second part of speech.

• |4=

  Definition for the second part of speech.

• |5=

  Third part of speech.

• |6=

  Definition for the third part of speech.

- Head

• |h=

  This should be the respelling of the term as required by {{ny-IPA}} (not the regular input for the headword-line templates). This should include acute accents for tone marks, ŵ as appropriate, m' for syllabic /m/, and b' and d' for explosive /b/ and /d/ respectively.

- Wikipedia

• |wp=y

  Wikipedia link.

- Etymology

• |e=

  Etymology text (unformatted).

- Topical category

• |cat=

  Name of a valid topical category.

- Usage notes

• |un=

  Text of usage notes (unformatted).

- Extra parameters for nouns

• |c=

  Noun class (see {{ny-noun}})

• |pl=

  Plural form, if the automatically generated plural isn't correct (use - if there is no plural)

- Extra parameter for verbs

• |vder=

  This is where {{ny-der}} can be used. The template itself must be called, not just its contents.

-- Other words: No brackets needed in these parameters.

• |alt=, |alt2=, |alt3=, |alt4=

  Alternative forms.

• |syn=, |syn2=, |syn3=, |syn4=

  Synonyms.

• |ant=, |ant2=, |ant3=, |ant4=

  Antonyms.

• |der=, |der2=, |der3=, |der4=

  Derived terms. (For verbs, use |vder= instead, as described above.)

• |also=, |also2=, |also3=, |also4=

  See also terms.

• |rel=, |rel2=, |rel3=, |rel4=

  Related terms.

Examples

mankhwala:

{{subst:ny-new||[[medicine]]|h=mankhwála|c=6}}

diso:

{{subst:ny-new||[[eye]]|h=díso|c=5|pl=masó|cat=Anatomy}}