Wiktionary:Navajo entry guidelines

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This policy explains considerations for Navajo entries that are not covered by WT:ELE and other general policies.

Basics

Simple noun example

• This is a simple entry for the word tsé (“stone”), and shows the most fundamental elements of an article:

==Navajo==

===Noun===
{{head|nv|noun}}

# [[rock]], [[stone]], [[boulder]]

====Inflection====
{{nv-pos-lowtone|nááʼ}}

====Inflection====
{{nv-pos-lowtone-si|tsilí}}

====Inflection====
{{nv-pos-hightone|laʼ}}

====Inflection====
{{nv-pos-hightone-si|tsą́ą́ʼ}}

Simple verb example

• This is a simple entry for the word yicha (“cry”), and shows the most fundamental elements of an article:

==Navajo==

===Verb===
{{head|nv|verb}}

# he/she is [[cry]]ing

====Conjugation====
{{nv-verbtable|IMPERFECTIVE
|yishcha|yiicha|deiicha|nicha|wohcha|daahcha|yicha|daacha|jicha|dajicha}}
{{nv-verbtable|PERFECTIVE
|yícha|yiicha|deiicha|yínícha|woocha|daoocha|yícha|dáácha|jíícha|dajíícha}}

Simple postposition examples

• This is a simple entry for the word bee (“by means of it”), and shows the most fundamental elements of an article:

==Navajo==

===Postposition===
{{head|nv|postposition}}

# [[with]], [[by means of]], by means of it

====Inflection====
{{nv-postpositions|ee}}

• This is a simple entry for the word bikááʼ (“on it”), and shows the most fundamental elements of an article:

==Navajo==

===Postposition===
{{head|nv|postposition}}

# on it, on its surface

====Inflection====
{{nv-postpositions-lowtone|kááʼ}}

• This is a simple entry for the word shíká (“for me”), and shows the most fundamental elements of an article:

==Navajo==

===Postposition===
{{head|nv|postposition}}

# [[for]] me, [[after]] me 

====Inflection====
{{nv-postpositions-hightone|ká}}