AISRI Dictionary Website Help

Instructions:

Website: http://zia.aisri.indiana.edu/~dictsearch

To Search:

• Select English or "Indian" for language to search in.
• Type in a word, words or word-part(s) to search for.
• Select a dictionary (default is Skiri).
• Select a language to sort by.
• Click the Run_Search button.

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Notes on character sets:

Searches are case-insensitive (e.g., WAK = wak); the only exceptions is the special character N (nasalisation).

When searching for a word in the "Indian" language you do not need to use accented characters (e.g. "atit" will match "átit", "a̒tit", "atit", ...).

Other substitutions:

• ' (apostrophe) = ʾ (glottal stop)
• ch = č, c-wedge (ch in 'church')
• sh = š, s-wedge (sh in 'ship')
• zh = ž, z-wedge (zh, z sound in 'azure')
• gh = ǧ, g-wedge (= Spanish g in 'pagar')
• x = ȟ, h-wedge (= German ch in 'Bach')
• N = hook under vowel (nasalisation) (e.g., aN matches nasalised ą, ą́, or ą̀; aaN and aNaN both match nasalized ąą, ąą́, or ąą̀
• h = ʿ (aspiration) (e.g., kh matches kʿ, chh matches čʿ)

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Advanced Searching:

This search form is designed with the ability to make use of perl regular expressions. See the perl regular expression man-page and other online perl documentation for details on the regular expressions.

Basic uses of regular expressions:

• Search only for entries beginning with "ckiri": \^ckiri (\^ anchors search to beginning of word)
• Search only for entries ending with "ckiri": ckiri\$ (\$ anchors search to end of word)
• Search only for the full word "ckiri": \^ckiri\$
• Search for words starting like ckiri, but with any single/short vowel in the middle: \^ck[aiu]ri ( [ ] encloses a range of possible characters to match)
• Search for words containing something like ckiri, but with any letter in the middle: ck.ri (. (period) matches any single character)
• Search for ckri, ckiri or ckiiri: cki*ri (* matches the preceding character 0 or more times)