Number of realizations
5
time
—
opportunity
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | simanu | |
| Meaning 1 | time | siman ana ereb šamši 'the time interval before sunset' |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | season, proper time | innana eqlam ina simanušu ul errišma ‘now, at the proper season for it, I cannot plant the field’ |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CAD S 268. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | skabs | |
| Meaning 1 | period, time | 1) skabs-skabs-su "1) sometimes 2) in the times when" |
| Meaning 2 | occasion | skabs-su-bab-par "when occasion serves" |
| Reference | ||
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| Comment | Рерих I, 150. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | καιρός | |
| Meaning 1 | time (in general), high time | ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ "in all times, always" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | opportunity | καιρῷ χρῆσθαι "to take the opportunity" |
| Reference | LSJ | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | LSJ 859 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | jiki (時機) | |
| Meaning 1 | time, term, season | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | the right moment, occasion | |
| Reference | ||
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| Comment | ЯРИРЯС 180. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | gize | |
| Meaning 1 | time, period | mən gize näw yämmənbälaw ''What time do we eat?' (Leslau 1973:1345); |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | occasion, moment | yalä gize 'prematurely, untimely, unopportunely'; |
| Reference | ||
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| Comment | K 2025. | |