Talk:win-

Stem

@AryamanA, @DerekWinters Hi I'm trying to replace the gerund (/verbal noun) based Assamese verb with stem based. The reason is in most modern dictionaries only the stem is used because due to vowel harmony the gerund form can use the same pattern for many syllables. For example: থ > থোৱা, খা > খোৱা, শু > শোৱা. So should I write the stems with a "-" (like কৰ-) as in the wakhi verbs or without as in English? I'm thinking to add "-" because other Indo-Aryan languages have verbal noun based, so this can be confusing. Msasag (talk) 20:34, 13 July 2018 (UTC)

@Msasag: I am not totally sure about this, even for other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages we use verbal-noun based form as the lemma (if I'm not mistaken). But if modern Assamese dictionaries do this then I think it makes sense. If you decide to use the stem form just কৰ (kor) without dash would be preferable (like in CAT:Sanskrit roots) in my opinion. —Aryaman^{A (मुझसे बात करें • योगदान)} 01:41, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

@AryamanA Thanks. ...And Cdial dictionary uses the infinitive form like কৰিব (koribo). Msasag (talk) 02:21, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

@Msasag: Interesting. Odia has the same infinitive form, maybe it could benefit from using the gerund for page names instead. —Aryaman^{A (मुझसे बात करें • योगदान)} 02:51, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

@AryamanA Do you prefer stem of gerund based form for Assamese? Other Indo-Aryan languages have gerund forms in Wiktionary but most modern modern Assamese dictionaries have stem based. Msasag (talk) 17:54, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

@Msasag I personally prefer gerund/verbal noun, which I also see in Bengali dictionaries. It personally feels cleaner to me. But obviously do whatever makes the most sense to you. DerekWinters (talk) 20:08, 15 July 2018 (UTC)