Re: [edict-jmdict] なければ

[Paul Blay <blay.paul@**************>]

2010年7月18日18:37 s smith <sjs@sonic.net>:
> My question is about なければ which is tagged as "(suf) (uk)."  This is
> actually the ば form of ない, right?  Shouldn't this at least be tagged
> somehow as such in the なければ entry in edict.  I ask because it was
> one of those 'light bulb on' experiences when I finally noticed the ば
> relationship.

It would make sense to me to have a x-ref from なければ to ない.
The problem for me would be working out which sense of ない to
link it to.

At present the x-refs have two versions a general 'see also' and
the 'antonym'.  I think it's worth considering adding a synonym
version and one for 'link to base form'.  In this case you'd have
something like ...

なければ 《無ければ》  (suf) (uk) (Base is 無い) unless one ...; if one does not ...

Similarly entries like

分からん 【わからん】 (exp) (col) (col form of 分からない) (See 分かる) I don't know

would change to

分からん 【わからん】 (exp) (col) (col form of 分からない) (Base is 分かる) I don't know