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Patterns

Kumva supports partial matching using the * character, e.g.

  • ama* will match all words beginning with 'ama'
  • *gura will match all words ending with 'gura'
  • *kinya* will match all words containing 'kinya'

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
match What to match (i.e. what tag type) match:form (matches against form tags)
wclass Which word class (i.e. part-of-speech) wclass:adv (return only adverbs)
nclass Which noun class nclass:7 (return only noun class 7 entries)
lang Which language (i.e. of the tags to match) lang:en (matches against English tags)
verified Whether entries must be verified or unverified verified:yes (matches only verified entries)
has Whether entries have media (audio, image) has:audio (matches only entries with audio)
order How to order the results (entry, stem or relevance) order:stem (orders the results by stem)

Examples

Query Matches
wclass:adj All adjectives
go wclass:v Verbs with a tag matching 'go'
ku* wclass:n Nouns with a tag starting 'ku'
two lang:rw Entries with a Kinyarwanda tag matching 'two'
gukora match:root Entries with a root tag matching 'gukora'
gukora match:root wclass:n Nouns with a root tag matching 'gukora'

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