Template:sw-noun/documentation

This template creates headword lines for Swahili nouns; it should be functional for every type of noun in Swahili.

Parameters
It takes two unnamed parameters, the first of which is required and the second of which is optional, as well as.

This is where you specify the class that the noun is in. Noun classes are either designated by the prefix of the plural form (like vy), or by the prefixes of the singular and plural hyphenated together (like m-wa) if they differ.
 * First parameter

This serves a few purposes. It can be fed with  if the noun is only plural, like. It can be fed with  if there is no plural, like. Finally, the plural can be given if it is not correctly predicted by the template. This is necessary in irregular cases like and when the plural starts with a capital letter, like at.
 * Second parameter