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== Usage == | == Usage == | ||
=== Search === | |||
You can type Toaq or English words in the search bar. | |||
Hint: Verbs are conjugated in Toaq definition, so if you want a word for "to spy" you should search for <code>spies</code>. | |||
If you only want to see definitions in English, set "search scope 'en' only:" to '''yes''' above the search bar. You can change the search scope by editing the scope field in the add-new-word form on the front page. | |||
You can type <code>option:value</code> options in the search bar together with your search terms, such as <code>pai scope:tok</code> or <code>head:fu</code> or <code>cat user:lynn</code>. (The "head" is the Toaq word that an entry defines.) | |||
The <code>head:</code> options supports special pattern-searching syntax: <code>C</code>/<code>V</code> match any consonant/vowel, <code>?</code> matches any letter, and <code>*</code> matches one or more letters. For example, <code>head:saCVq</code> finds words of the shape sa+consonant+vowel+q, and <code>head:*ke</code> finds words ending in -ke. | |||
=== Defining words === | |||
You can add new words from the front page. When writing a definition, type three underscores <code>___</code> to leave an argument place. It will be converted into a fancy ▯ automatically. | You can add new words from the front page. When writing a definition, type three underscores <code>___</code> to leave an argument place. It will be converted into a fancy ▯ automatically. | ||
Revision as of 13:08, 11 February 2023
Toadua is a collaborative community dictionary for Toaq. It is operated by User:Uakci and lives here.
It's easy to make an account and start defining and voting on words.
Status
Toaq is not a democracy,[citation needed] but the language could not grow easily without a steady flow of community-invented and community-adopted "unofficial" words. Eventually, a definition submitted to Toadua may become official. Votes mostly reflect how well-liked and adopted by the community a word is.
Usage
Search
You can type Toaq or English words in the search bar.
Hint: Verbs are conjugated in Toaq definition, so if you want a word for "to spy" you should search for spies.
If you only want to see definitions in English, set "search scope 'en' only:" to yes above the search bar. You can change the search scope by editing the scope field in the add-new-word form on the front page.
You can type option:value options in the search bar together with your search terms, such as pai scope:tok or head:fu or cat user:lynn. (The "head" is the Toaq word that an entry defines.)
The head: options supports special pattern-searching syntax: C/V match any consonant/vowel, ? matches any letter, and * matches one or more letters. For example, head:saCVq finds words of the shape sa+consonant+vowel+q, and head:*ke finds words ending in -ke.
Defining words
You can add new words from the front page. When writing a definition, type three underscores ___ to leave an argument place. It will be converted into a fancy ▯ automatically.
Make sure you are submitting to the right "scope" (language). When adding a word, use the "scope:" field in the bottom left to set the scope to "en" for English, "jbo" for Lojban, "toa" for Toaq, or some natural language's IETF tag.
Inside a definition or comment, #A1b2C3d4E links to the definition with that ID, and **toa** will be converted to a clickably-searchable Toaq word or phrase.
Development
The source code is on GitHub.