lexical item language

• CURIE: gmeow:lexicalItemLanguage
• IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/lexicalItemLanguage
• Category: property
• Defined by: gmeow:slices/lexicon
• Box roles: RBox role (What is this?)

The primary language of a lexical item. Functional: one language per item (polyglot items are modeled as separate items linked by translation).

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:LexicalItem -> gmeow:Language; functional

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:lexicalItemLanguage from gmeow:LexicalItem to gmeow:Language when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

Word Etymology

• Source: slices/extensions/lexicon/examples/word-etymology.ttl
• Examples catalog: open in catalog#example-slices-extensions-lexicon-examples-word-etymology

# --- The English lexeme and its written form.
ex:ontology a gmeow:LexicalItem ;
    gmeow:lexicalItemLanguage gmeow:langEnglish ;
    gmeow:hasLexicalForm      ex:ontologyForm .

ex:greekOntos a gmeow:LexicalItem ;
    gmeow:lexicalItemLanguage ex:greek ;
    gmeow:hasLexicalForm      ex:ontosForm .

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:LexicalItem, gmeow:Language

Projects To

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: lime

Linkages

Generated from the canonical mapping DSL. SSSOM files are the generated public interchange form for term equivalences.

Term Equivalences

Projection Coverage

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to fix the single primary language, variety, or state of a lexical item.

Avoid when

• Avoid asserting more than one language (it is functional) — model a polyglot or borrowed item as separate items per language linked by an EtymologicalDerivation or translation.

How to use

• Assert gmeow:lexicalItemLanguage once from the item to a gmeow:Language individual from the languages slice; mint a distinct item for each language a form belongs to.

Examples

• ex:wordWater gmeow:lexicalItemLanguage ex:english.