Template:pqm-decl/documentation

This template produces a declension table in accordance with the noun declension guide from the online Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language Portal and The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary‎ (Francis, David A.; Leavitt, Robert R.; Apt, Margaret, 2008) ISBN 9780891011170.

This template invokes Module:pqm-decl.

Usage
Specify animacy (animate or inanimate) with  or. Set  for animate nouns and   for inanimate nouns. is the default setting and thus need not be set. If a noun has multiple animacies, use this template twice in a row. See for reference.

Specify declension type(s) with  or. Nouns are categorized by the ending(s) of their plural form(s). Set  if the noun is inanimate and has a plural that ends in -ol. Refer to this chart for more information. If the declension type is, set , etc. If a word has more than one declension type/plural form, use  ,   and so on. However, these are relatively rare.

According to the noun chart from the Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language Portal, "the added syllable am, em, im, om, or um in possessed forms is absent or optional in many nouns". Set  to drop this syllable from the possessed form of the noun. See for reference.

Declensions are automatic by default. These automatic inflections were already programmed to abide by the morphophonological rules of the language. If the resulting declensions don't match the forms found in the dictionary, set (for instance)  to replace the existing locative singular form with ,   to replace the possessed plural, etc. Diminutives work differently.

Diminutives in Passamaquoddy-Maliseet may end in -ossis, -is, -uhsis, etc. For this reason, the part of the diminutive singular before -is must be explicitly specified. Take for example the word. Its diminutive singular ends in -ossis, so set  or   to produce the diminutive singular  and plural. If  is not specified, it will take the headword or page title as its default value.

Parameters
This template may take the following parameters:
 * 1, h, head
 * The headword. Takes the name of the page if left blank.


 * g, gender
 * The animacy of the noun. Use  /   for inanimate nouns and   /   for animate nouns. Automatically assigned based on the last letter of.


 * e, ending, e2, e3 and so on
 * The declension type(s) of the noun. Set to  to specify a noun participle. Use , etc. for  and other declension types with parentheses.


 * m, mode
 * Set to  to only show the singular and plural unmarked forms. Set to   to show the absentative and obviative forms. Set to   or   to only show the unmarked and locative forms. Set to   or   to only show the unmarked, locative and diminutive forms.


 * auto
 * Set to  to disable automatic declensions. If so, declensions have to be set manually using ,  , (if there are multiple plural forms)  , (if there are multiple locative singular forms)   and so on.


 * dim, dim2, dim3 and so on
 * Read the usage notes. Specifies the part of the diminutive singular before the  ending. Takes the headword if left unspecified. Use shorthand ,  ,  ,  ,   or   if the part that precedes them is the same as the headword.


 * drop
 * Read the usage notes. Set to  to drop the medial -am-, -em-, -im-, -om- or -um- (depending on declension type) from the possessed form.


 * add, add2, add2 and so on
 * Additional roots or "headwords" for automatic noun declension.


 * pl, pl2 and so on, loc.sg, loc.sg2 and so on, etc.
 * Overrides the corresponding form(s). Set to  to disable them. Abbreviations are found at Module:pqm-decl.

Examples