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Type		Polysemy
Language		Classical Arabic
Lexeme		kabīr-
Meaning 1	big
Direction	→
Meaning 2	old, advanced in age	wa-lil-kabīr-in rayaṯāt-un ʔarbaʕ-un ʔar-rukbatān-i wan-nasā wal-ʔaḫdaʕ-u 'and the old one has four weaknesses – in the [two] knees and in the sciatic vein and the occipital artery’ (Wagner 1958:111)
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Comment		Lane 2586

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Type		Polysemy
Language		Tigrinya
Lexeme		ʕabiy
Meaning 1	big, huge, great, large, considerable, tremendous	ḥadä ʕabiy betäkrəstiyan 'a big church'
Direction	→
Meaning 2	elder, adult	ʕabbay ḥawtäy 'elder sister';
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Comment		(KT 1876)

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Type		Polysemy
Language		French
Lexeme		grand
Meaning 1	big	Ce lac est grand "This lake is big"
Direction	→
Meaning 2	grown-up	Tu pourras faire ce que tu veux quand tu seras grand "When you become grown-up, you'll be able to do anything you want"
Reference		CNRTL
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Comment		Tuebingen team

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Type		Polysemy
Language		Ancient Hebrew
Lexeme		gādōl
Meaning 1	big, tall	wa-yyəbrāʔ ʔĕlōhīm ʔet-ha-ttannīnim ha-ggədōlīm 'and God made big snakes' (Gen 1:21)
Direction	→
Meaning 2	old, elder	wa-yyiḳrāʔ ʔet-ʕēŝāw bənō ha-ggādōl 'and he called Esaw, his eldest son' (Gn 27:1); "'And Laban had two daughters, and the name of the elder was Leah and the name of the younger was Rachel' (Gn 29:16)"
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Comment		HALAT 170

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Type		Polysemy
Language		Akkadian
Lexeme		rabû
Meaning 1	large	1 kirri kaspim rabīmma leḳēma 'take 1 large silver vessel' (CAD R 28)
Direction	→
Meaning 2	full-grown, adult; elder, eldest	aplūtum ṣeḫertum u rabītum ina Sippar ul ibašši; ‘there is no right to inheritance for daughters in Sippar, be they the eldest or be they small in age’ (CAD AII 177-178); "'eight full-grown sheep, plucked three times' (CAD R 32)"
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Comment		CAD R 26-27

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Type		Polysemy
Language		Lezgian
Lexeme		č’eχi
Meaning 1	big, large	чIехи къван "big stone"
Meaning 2	elder; adult	чIехи гада "elder son / grown up youth"
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Comment		(LezgRus 378)

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Type		Polysemy
Language		Komi
Lexeme		ыджыд
Meaning 1	big, large
Direction	→
Meaning 2	elder	ыджыд вок, ыджыд чой "elder brother, elder sister"
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Comment		КомиРС 752

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Type		Polysemy
Language		Turkish
Lexeme		buyuk
Meaning 1	big, large
Direction	→
Meaning 2	elder	buyuk oğul "elder son"
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Comment		ТуРС 138.

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Type		Polysemy
Language		Aghul
Lexeme		aʜaf
Meaning 1	big, large	aʜa χal "big house"
Meaning 2	elder	aʜa ruš "the elder daughter"
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Comment		(Sulejmanov 2003). Cf. also the Tabassaran АЬХЮ 'big, elder, grown-up' (TabRus 71).

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Type		Polysemy
Language		Ancient Greek
Lexeme		μέγας
Meaning 1	big, large
Direction	→
Meaning 2	adult
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Comment

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Type		Polysemy
Language		Classical Arabic
Lexeme		ḳiršabb-
Meaning 1	'(a man) corpulent, or bulky, and tall'
Direction	—
Meaning 2	'advanced in years (a man)'
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Comment		Lane 2514; the meaning B is given as the main one

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Type		Polysemy
Language		Amharic
Lexeme		təlləḳ
Meaning 1	'big, great (in size, in importance); adult, grown-up, senior, older' (K 957)	təlləḳ bet wəsṭ yənorallu "'they live in a big house' (Leslau 1973:113)"
Direction	←
Meaning 2	'big, great (in size, in importance); adult, grown-up, senior, older'	ləǧǧoččwa ahun tələlləḳočč honäwal; "'her children are big now' (Leslau 1973:113);"
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Comment		(K 957); perhaps to be compared to Gez. ləhḳa 'to grow old' (LGz. 309)