I have entered all the lexical suffixes from MDK's cards, but have not entered their dictegs, on the assumption that these words exist elsewhere in the database, organized by their prefix or root.

As I was entering the lexical suffixes, I only checked for their dictegs elsewhere in the data if the dictegs were:
-personal names, or
-examples of lexical suffixes with Meaning Not Determined.

I found that the vast majority of these dictegs do exist elsewhere in the data, BUT:

-sometimes additional info is on the lexical suffix card (e.g., Sam Miller)
-sometimes the word only exists in another dicteg (e.g., shotgun)
-sometimes the morpheme breakdown is different (e.g., Nellie Leo, Canada goose)
-sometimes the entry is not all there due to a bad conversion from Lexware (e.g., Paul Timentwa)

Our approach to this issue will therefore be:

-wait until all the alphabetical files are edited

-check that all dictegs NOT yet entered from the lexical suffix cards exist as entries elsewhere in the data. Enter any missing information, and address differing morpheme breakdown.

-check lexical suffix dictegs that WERE entered at the Lexware stage:

--check cards against Lexware. Pencil any changes onto the Lexware printout.

--check whether the dictegs exist as entries in other files. Refer to phr_to_seg_matches_2.odt.

---if phr to seg is a perfect match in the list, search on the xml:id to view the entry. Check whether the translation is also a match. If the translation adds any new information that's not in the entry already, copy the new information from the lex-suf file into the alphabetical file, with a Comment about where it came from. Then Comment out the dicteg in the lex-suf file.

---if phr to seg is NOT a perfect match in the list, search more carefully on the phr and/or the translation to try to find the entry, and why it didn't match. Check Lexware printout for discrepancies. Inform Martin of any perfect matches NOT found by the search.

----if the entry can be found, copy any relevant information from the lex-suf file into the alphabetical file, with a Comment about where it came from. Then Comment out the dicteg in the lex-suf file.

----if the entry really cannot be found, copy the whole dicteg into the alphabetical file (near its root), with a Comment about where it came from. Build a well-formed entry, changing the <phr> to pron:seg and the <seg> to def:seg. Then Comment out the dicteg in the lex-suf file, noting that it could not be found elsewhere and has been copied into the appropriate alphabetical file.