Number of realizations
17
big
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elder
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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" |
| Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 page 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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| 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) | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Komi | |
| Lexeme | гырысь | |
| Meaning 1 | large, big (about many subjects or about something collective) | гырысь керкаяс, гырысь гыяс "big houses, big waves" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | elder | гырысьджык чой-вок "older brothers and sisters" |
| Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme | бадӟым | |
| Meaning 1 | big | бадӟым чорыг "big fish" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | elder | бадӟымез нылы ужа ини, пичиез дышетске на "my elder daughter is already working, the youngest is still studying" |
| Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Meadow Mari | |
| Lexeme | кугу | |
| Meaning 1 | big | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | elder | Тойбатын тиде кугу эргыже улмаш (Никандр Лекайн) "It was Toybat's eldest son" |
| Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hill Mari | |
| Lexeme | кого | |
| Meaning 1 | big | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | elder | |
| Reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme | зӧк | |
| Meaning 1 | (dialect) big | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (dialect) elder | зӧкез пие армиын "eldest son in the army" |
| Reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
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