Number of realizations
8
short (size)
—
low (size)
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tabassaran | |
| Lexeme | žiqːi | |
| Meaning 1 | short | жикъи палту "short coat" |
| Meaning 2 | short, low | жикъи жандкин инсан "short person" |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | (TabRus 162) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ḳaṣīr- | |
| Meaning 1 | short | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | low, having little height | |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | (Lane 2535). | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | βραχύς | |
| Meaning 1 | short, not of great length, brief | |
| Meaning 2 | low | |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | LSJ 328-329 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tuvan | |
| Lexeme | чолдак | |
| Meaning 1 | short | |
| Meaning 2 | short, low | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | kürü | |
| Meaning 1 | short, shortened | куьруь рехъ "short route" |
| Meaning 2 | short, low | куьруь будин инсан "short person" |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | (LezgRus 170) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| Lexeme | bogino | |
| Meaning 1 | short, succint | 1) богино дуу "1) short song 2) short fur coat" |
| Meaning 2 | short, low | богино биетэй "short" |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | kurû | |
| Meaning 1 | short (in time or size | šumma lišānšu kurat 'if his tongue is short' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'short person' | šumma ina āli GUDx.DA.MEš maʔdu 'if there are many short people in a city' |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | (CAD K 569-70). | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ḫaṣir | |
| Meaning 1 | short | ḫaṣirāt ʔaṣābʕihu ‘his fingers are short’ |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | short of statue, not high | ḫaṣir wəʔətu ba-ḳomu ‘he is short of statue’ (Luc. 19:3) |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | The same polisemy is attested in Amharic ač̣č̣ər (K 1335) and in Tigrinya ḥaṣṣir (KT 302). | |
| Comment | (LLA 623). | |