Talk:aimu

Discerning homographs

Is there some convention to discern homographs, i.e. words which are written the same way (in the same language), but pronounced a different way? E.g. the Estonian aimu can be pronounced with the 2nd, or with the 3rd length (and intonation) grade. The former is the genitive, the latter is the partitive and illative. In the speech, the difference is explicit, like "a wind" [wɪnd] and "to wind" [waɪnd]. They are different word forms, but there are no different etymologies like in the case of wind in English. --Mmh (talk) 10:19, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

They could be different etymologies if their case forms have simply fallen together as a result of sounds falling out from the end of the word (unless there's some analogy going on in the modern forms, too, which there could very well be). Either way, the best approach is to have two different pronunciations under one Pronunciation section and then clearly marking which one belongs to each (an example: osioi). Other approaches are using numbered "Pronunciation" sections (nonstandard and not recommended), or simply having two POS headings with a Pronunciation section before each of them (also not recommended). — surjection ⟨??⟩ 11:26, 17 April 2020 (UTC)