Below is a list of glossing conventions and abbreviations that one might come across while using the dictionary.
| Gloss/abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1 | First person |
| 2 | Second person |
| 21 | First person plural inclusive |
| 3 | (Proximate) third person |
| 3’ | Obviative Third Person |
| AI | Animate intransitive |
| AIO | Animate intranstive plus object |
| AN | Animate |
| CN | Conjunct nominal |
| CONJ | Conjunctive |
| DEM | Demonstrative |
| DIR | Direct |
| DUR | Durative aspect |
| FUT | Future |
| II | Inanimate intransitive |
| IMMFUT | Immediate/immeninent future |
| IMP | Imperative |
| IN | Inanimate |
| INCH | Inchoative |
| IND | Indicative |
| INSTR | Intstrument |
| INV | Inverse |
| NMLZ | Nominalizer |
| NONREF | Non-referring |
| OBV | Obviative |
| OT | Time other than speech act |
| PERF | Perfective aspect |
| PL | Plural |
| PRO | Pronoun |
| PROX | Proximate |
| PST | Past |
| REFL | Reflexive |
| SBJV | Subjunctive |
| SG | Singular |
| TA | Transitive animate |
| TH.TI | Transitive inanimate theme suffix |
| TI | Transitive inanimate |
| VBLZ | Verbalizer |
| X>Y | X acts on Y |