Number of realizations
9
ahead
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before
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Jarawara | |
| Lexeme | nokosi//nokosi | |
| Meaning 1 | in front of | Inamate wematamona ahi, he nokosi ya "A boy was standing in front of her" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | before | Faya okoyo ati fawa nematamonaka, okobi me kobo "My elder brother" |
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| Comment | JED 141. | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| Lexeme | ömnö | |
| Meaning 1 | in front, in advance of | |
| Meaning 2 | before | |
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| Comment | примеры на монг. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ingush | |
| Lexeme | ħalχa | |
| Meaning 1 | in front, in advance of | |
| Meaning 2 | before | |
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| Comment | (Kurkiev 2004: 445) | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Aghul | |
| Lexeme | udihdi | |
| Meaning 1 | forward | |
| Meaning 2 | before | |
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| Comment | (Sulejmanov 2003) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | before | |
| Meaning 1 | in front, in advance of | Behind him march the halbardiers; before him sound the drums "Halberdiers were marching behind him, the drums were played in front of him (OED)" |
| Meaning 2 | before | He had never spoken to him before "He had never spoken to him before" |
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| Realization | ||
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gagauz | |
| Lexeme | ileri | |
| Meaning 1 | forward | гитмää илери "to walk forward" |
| Meaning 2 | before | бу дамын йанында илери околду "next to this cowshed there used to be a corral (for cattle)" |
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| Comment | ГРМС 201. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | پیش piš | |
| Meaning 1 | front; ahead | در صف پیش dar ṣaf-e piš " in the front row" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | before | شب پیش šab-e piš " last night" |
| Reference | Rubinčik 1970 page 326 | |
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| Comment | ПРС 172. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Yakut | |
| Lexeme 1 | инники | |
| Lexeme 2 | иннинэ | |
| Meaning 1 | front; frontwards | инники кирбии "front end" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | the day before, earlier | сэрии иннинэ "before the war" |
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| Comment | ЯРС 150. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | előtt | |
| Meaning 1 | ahead | a ház előtt "in front of the house" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | before | a forradalom előtt "before the revolution" |
| Reference | Гальди 1974 page 178 | |
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