long (size)
—
long (period of time)
26 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1626 | short (size) | → | brief | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | räǧǧəm | |
| Meaning 1 | 'long' | räǧǧəm gämäd; 'long rope' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'long (period of time)' | and amät räǧǧəm gize näw 'a year is a long time' |
| Reference | K: 405 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | δολιχός | |
| Meaning 1 | long | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | long (of time) | |
| Reference | LSJ | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | μακρός | |
| Meaning 1 | long | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long | μακρός ἧμαρ long day |
| Reference | LSJ: 1075 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | τᾰνᾰός | |
| Meaning 1 | long | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | long | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| Lexeme | ʔrk (qal) | |
| Meaning 1 | ‘to be long’ | wa-teʔĕraknā pōrōtāw Ez 31:5: ‘its branches are long’ |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ‘to be long-lasting’ | yaʔarəkū hayyāmīm Ez 12:22: ‘the days are long’ |
| Reference | HALAT: 85 | |
| Comment | The same two meanings in the Accadian cognate, arāku (CAD AII 223), arku 'long' (CAD AII 283-285) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ṭawīl- | |
| Meaning 1 | 'long, tall, high' | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | 'long' | ʔinna l-layl-a ṭawīl-un 'verily the night is long' |
| Reference | Lane: 1897 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | lang | |
| Meaning 1 | long (size) | langt hår long hair |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long (period of time) | langt liv a long life |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | long | |
| Meaning 1 | long (size) | long corridor a long corridor |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long (period of time) | longue période a long period |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Fula | |
| Lexeme | juunta | |
| Meaning 1 | to be long | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to be long (etre long (temps)) | |
| Reference | Zubko 1980: 281 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | nawāḫ, nawiḫ | |
| Meaning 1 | 'long' | ḥabl nawāḫ 'a long rope' (Jes. 5:18) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'long (period of time)' | nawāḫ ḥəywat; 'a long life' (Dan. 7:12); |
| Reference | LLA: 674 | |
| Comment | The same meanings are also preserved in Tigrinya näwiḥ (KT 1346-1347 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | langur | |
| Meaning 1 | long (size) | langur kaðall a long rope |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long (period of time) | veturinn hefur verið langur the winter was long |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Itelmen | |
| Lexeme | ивлаҳ | |
| Meaning 1 | long | кутҳăс хи'ивлаҳ a very long road |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long | ламл̹ қл̹ҳэ'л хи'ивлаҳа'н In summer days are very long |
| Reference | Volodin, Xalojmova 1989: 25 PIRS: 60 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Komi | |
| Lexeme | кузь | |
| Meaning 1 | long | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long (period of time) | |
| Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Koryak | |
| Lexeme | нив'лыӄин | |
| Meaning 1 | long | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long (of time) | |
| Reference | Moll 1960: 74 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kurdish | |
| Lexeme | dirēž | |
| Meaning 1 | long | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long | |
| Reference | Cabolov: I, 311 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | longus | |
| Meaning 1 | having (great) linear extent, long | gladius longus long sword |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long (of a period of time) | vita longa long life |
| Reference | Glare: 1042 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | яргъи (jarʁi) | |
| Meaning 1 | long | яргъи хьун to elongate, to grow (e.g. Hair) |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long | |
| Reference | LezgRus: 404 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Nivkh | |
| Lexeme | кыла | |
| Meaning 1 | long (size) | кыла к’е long fishing net |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long (period of time) | кыла т’улф long winter |
| Reference | Savel'eva, Taksami 1970: 126 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | lang | |
| Meaning 1 | long (size) | et langt tau a long rope |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long (period of time) | en lang stund a long time |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | lung | |
| Meaning 1 | long (size) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long (period of time) | |
| Reference | MDA2 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | долгий (dolgij) | |
| Meaning 1 | long (archaic) | волос долог, да ум короток long hair, short intellect |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | continued | долгие зимние вечера long winter evenings |
| Reference | BAS: 3, 931-933 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | длинный (dlinnyj) | |
| Meaning 1 | long | a. Длинная улица 'Long street'. b. Длинный забор 'Long fence'. c. Длинное платье 'Long dress'. d. Длинный путь 'Long way'. |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | longstanding | a. Длинный день 'a long day'. b. Длинный рассказ 'a long story'. |
| Reference | BAS: 3, 820 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | dīrghá | |
| Meaning 1 | long (in space) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long , for a long time | |
| Reference | MW | |
| Comment | MW 481 cf. the noun. dīrghatā 'length' and 'endurance'. Кочергина 271-272 | |
| NEW Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Selkup | |
| Lexeme 1 | ӄунда́ек | |
| Lexeme 2 | ӄунд ~ ӄу́ндэ, ку́ндэк ~ ку́ндэӈ | |
| Meaning 1 | long (size) | а̄ кундáек not far off |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | long (period of time) | Кунд кыга́к варгэгу́. I want to live long |
| Reference | Consolidated Selkup | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | lång | |
| Meaning 1 | long (size) | ett långt rep a long rope |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long (period of time) | ett långt liv a long life |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yakut | |
| Lexeme | намылҕа | |
| Meaning 1 | long | намылҕа таҥас 1) long clothes 2) long maned (horse) |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | long (of time) | намылҕа сырыы long journey, long conversation, |
| Reference | Slepcov 1972: 252 | |
| Comment | ||
Syncretism