User talk:Berbuah salak

saya suka salak
ya ampun Allahverdi Verdizade (talk) 21:48, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Translations
Hi, please don't include translations for non-lemma forms (active verb forms, adjective superlative forms, etc.) except in cases of ambiguity. Also, these pages don't need etymologies if the construction is regular. For example, could lose its etymology section (compare ). Otherwise, keep up the good work. Ultimateria (talk) 20:49, 16 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Okay. I won't do that again. Berbuah salak (talk) 23:09, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Heritage scripts in Indonesia
Hi Berbuah salak! I don't know if you have seen my rant in Etymology_scriptorium/2024/May, but what do you think about the current practice of some editors to reduce every Javanese/Balinese/Sundanese lemma in Latin script to a mere "Romanization" and build the main lemma in the historical native script?

I know that many speakers have strong "sentimental" ties to these scripts, but inspite of their high visibilty in public space (official buildings, road signs), most speakers only have limited proficiency in reading or writing the historical script and use the Latin script in everyday practice for writing in their regional language. Consequently, this should also be reflected in Wikipedia. I find it weird when I go to wong that have to do an extra click to ꦮꦺꦴꦁ before I even get to know the meaning of the word, even though virtually every Javanese will write spontaneously write "wong" and not "ꦢꦸꦏ" when you ask them to write down the Javanese word for orang. Austronesier (talk) 17:05, 26 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I don't think it's a good move to force the use of historical script into the main entries of those languages ​​and assume that writing them in Latin is just a romanization of them. Moreover, I see that speakers usually use Latin script to write their language in everyday use and it is not something that is prohibited or proscribed. Berbuah salak (talk) 09:48, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism report
Hi there, thanks for the vandalism report. In future, it's best to raise these at WT:VIP, where an active admin will swiftly deal with the issue. Thanks again! This, that and the other (talk) 08:09, 2 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Okay. I'll report things like that on that page from now on. Berbuah salak (talk) 08:44, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Language codes in Etymology Templates
Whenever there is a template that takes two language codes, the first one is always the language of the entry. When you put nl in an entry like mandat, you are claiming that it's a Dutch word that came from : it adds the page to Category:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch. Somehow I don't think that's what you meant to do.

For Indonesian entries, please change the first code to "id" for Indonesian, as in id, which adds the page to Category:Indonesian terms derived from Middle Dutch. For Malay entries, it would be "ms", Javanese, "jv", etc. There's a full list of language codes at WT:LOL.

Thanks! Chuck Entz (talk) 22:02, 23 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Okay. I will be more careful when editing the etymology section of any entry. Berbuah salak (talk) 01:18, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Malay third-person passive "di-"
Hi @Berbuah salak! I saw your question about my labelling of the Malay prefix  as specifically a "third-person" passive marker.

In all honesty, the reason I use that label there is because that is specifically a prescription in how the prefix is used by the in their grammar book, Tatabahasa Dewan.

For a look at the part of the book that mentions that, you can see it here.

Cheers! GinormousBuildings (talk) 16:51, 19 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the answer. I now understand why you marked Malay passive verbs "di-" like that. Berbuah salak (talk) 05:47, 20 July 2024 (UTC)