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Exercise (if you are not accustomed to this tool)
Try KWIC (KeyWord In Context) search
Refer to the transcription rules to be used here

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[Hindi spelling to be used]
This tool presupposes spelling (not actual) pronunciation following the transcription rules.

[What you have to do]
This retrieval system presupposes that any word form, precisely speaking, character-sequence can be divided into two parts, that is, BASE and SUFFIX. BASE is unchangeable fore part of the target word to be retrieved through the text. SUFFIX is any inflectional ending of the target word. This concept of the word structure enables you to retrieve, at a time, all the possible word forms to be generated on the basis of BASE-SUFFIX combination. So, what you have to do is:

1. Input a BASE of the target word.
2. Select a SUFFIX type fitting for the BASE you have inputted.

1. Input the full spelling of the target form as BASE.
2. Select `Indeclinable' as SUFFIX type.

BASE	SUFFIX type	forms to be covered	meaning
suMdara	Indeclinable	suMdara-ZERO	beautiful
baR	Adjective (baR-aa)	baR-aa, baR-e, baR-ii	big
laRak	Masculine (laRak-aa)	laRak-aa, laRak-e, laRak-O	boy
g'ar	Masculine (g'ar-a)	g'ar-a, g'ar-O	house
laRaki	Feminine (laRaki-i)	laRaki-i, laRaki-yAA, laRaki-yO	girl
pustak	Feminine (pustak-a)	pustak-a, pustak-E, pustak-O	book
dek'	Verb (dek'-anaa)	dek'-anaa, dek'-ie, dek'-o, dek'-UUgaa, ... etc.	to see
dik'aa	Verb (dik'aa-naa)	dik'aa-naa, dik'aa-ie, dik'aa-o, dik'aa-UUgaa, ... etc.	to show
niicaa dik'aa	Verb (dik'aa-naa)	niicaa dik'aa-naa, niicaa dik'aa-ie, niicaa dik'aa-o, niicaa dik'aa-UUgaa, ... etc.	to look down

[Output (KWIC)]
In response to your inquiry, the result is output in the form of KWIC (Key Word In Context). The max. number of sentences to be displayed at a time is 100.

EXERCISE

1) Select any one out of the following sample BASEs.

suMdara baR laRak g'ar laRaki pustak dek' dik'aa niicaa dik'aa

2) Select a SUFFIX type fitting for the BASE you have selected.

SUFFIX Types
Indeclinable	Adjective	Noun		Verb
		Masculine	Feminine
Adverb, postposition, etc.	baR-aa	laRak-aa	laRaki-i	dek'-anaa
	dasav-AA	g'ar-a	pustak-a	dik'aa-naa

Transcription rules

KWIC SEARCH

1) Input a BASE of the target word.

2) Select a SUFFIX type fitting for the BASE you have inputted.

SUFFIX Types
Indeclinable	Adjective	Noun		Verbs
		Masculine	Feminine
Adverb, postposition, etc.	baR-aa	laRak-aa	laRaki-i	dek'-anaa
	dasav-AA	g'ar-a	pustak-a	dik'aa-naa
		Saraabi-i	maataa-	k-aranaa
		AAsu-u	biTiy-aa	d-enaa
		kiraa-yaa	bahu-u	p-iinaa
		d'u-AA	Sakti-	ga-yaa
		^$i-	d'aatu-	h-ona
		Satru-		t'-aa
		maamaa-

Transcription rules

VOWELS
non-nasalized		nasalized
short	long	short	long
a	aa	A	AA
i	ii	I	II
u	uu	U	UU
^	^^
	e		E
	ai		AI
	o		O
	au		AU
M (for `anusvaara'), H (for `visarga')
+ (delimiter for separating syllabic units, if necessary)
ex. ka+ii (not kai+i) `some', lak'ana+uu (not lak'anau+u) `Lucknow'.
CONSONANTS
stops
voiceless		voiced		nasal
unaspirated	aspirated	unaspirated	aspirated
k (q)	k' (x)	g (G)	g'	B
c	c'	j (z)	j'	~
T	T'	D (R)	D' (R')	N
t	t'	d	d'	n
p	p' (f)	b	b'	m
semivowels
y	r	l	v
sibilants
S	$	s
fricative
h