Module:category tree/poscatboiler/data/shortenings

The following documentation is generated by Template:poscatboiler data submodule documentation. ^[edit]

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This data submodule defines part of Wiktionary's category structure.

For an introduction to the poscatboiler system and a description of how to add or modify categories, see Module:category tree/poscatboiler/data/documentation.

---

local labels = {}
local raw_categories = {}



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--                                  LABELS                                 --
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labels["shortenings"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are shortened forms of other words or word combinations.",
	umbrella_parents = "Terms by etymology subcategories by language",
	parents = {{name = "{{{langcat}}}", raw = true}},
}

labels["abbreviations"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} abbreviated words or groups of words.",
	parents = {"shortenings"},
}

labels["acronyms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} groups of words represented by parts pronounced together as single words.",
	parents = {"shortenings"},
}

labels["aphetic forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} words that underwent [[aphesis]], meaning their origin involved a loss or omission of a sound or syllable from their beginning.",
	parents = {"clippings", "terms by etymology"},
}

labels["apocopic forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} words that underwent [[apocope]], thus their origin involved a loss or omission of a sound or syllable(s) from their end.",
	parents = {"clippings", "terms by etymology"},
}

labels["clippings"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} words that were formed from another word by removing part of it, but without changing the part of speech.",
	parents = {"shortenings"},
}

labels["contractions"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} shortened words or phrases, deriving from multiple words.",
	parents = {"shortenings"},
}

labels["ellipses"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are shortened versions of longer expressions.",
	parents = {"shortenings", "terms by etymology"},
}

labels["initialisms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} groups of words represented by their beginning parts pronounced separately.",
	parents = {"shortenings"},
}

labels["nomina sacra"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[nomen sacrum|nomina sacra]].",
	parents = {"abbreviations"},
}

labels["pseudo-acronyms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} groups of words that used to represent an acronym but no longer do, or which appear to be acronyms but are not.",
	parents = {"shortenings"},
}

labels["scribal abbreviations"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} abbreviations used by scribes.",
	parents = {"abbreviations"},
}

labels["sigla"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} letters or symbols standing for words, word parts or common sequences of letters.",
	parents = {"abbreviations", "symbols"},
}

labels["stenoscript abbreviations"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} abbreviations used in [[Stenoscript|stenoscript]].",
	parents = {"abbreviations"},
}

labels["syncopic forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} words that underwent [[syncope]], thus their origin involved a loss or omission of a sound or syllable from their interior.",
	parents = {"clippings", "terms by etymology"},
}


-- Add 'umbrella_parents' key if not already present.
for key, data in pairs(labels) do
	if not data.umbrella_parents then
		data.umbrella_parents = "Shortenings subcategories by language"
	end
end


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raw_categories["Shortenings subcategories by language"] = {
	description = "Umbrella categories covering topics related to shortenings.",
	additional = "{{{umbrella_meta_msg}}}",
	parents = {
		"Umbrella metacategories",
		{name = "shortenings", is_label = true, sort = " "},
	},
}


return {LABELS = labels, RAW_CATEGORIES = raw_categories}