Known Item Searches
Problem Description
Among the simplest are "basic dictionary lookup" queries: queries for one or more lexical items meeting a specific search criterion couched in conventional query language. Like known-item searches in bibliographic systems, the user comes to the database with the knowledge that the search target exists and with some specific information about it, e.g.
- What is the word for 'hand' in Jingpho?
- What does mphat mean in rGyalrong?
- What is the word for 'dog' in Written Tibetan?
Bonus:
- What is the evidence supporting the reconstruction *k-r-watᴸ ‘leech’ in Proto-Lolo-Burmese?
