long (size)
→
high (size), tall
13 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
1186 | long (size) | — | long (period of time) | Open |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Akkadian | |
Lexeme | arku | |
Meaning 1 | long | ištēn eṣa[m] taskar[inn]am arkam ... dinima 'give me one long boxwood log' |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | tall | šumma ina āli GÍD.DA.MEš MIN ‚if there are many tall people in a town’; |
Reference | ||
Comment | (CAD 283-285). |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Amharic | |
Lexeme | räǧǧəm | |
Meaning 1 | long, lengthy | räǧǧəm əgər 'long legs'; |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | high, tall | niwyork wəsṭ bəzzu räǧaǧǧəm hənṣawočč allu 'There are many high buildings in New York'; |
Reference | ||
Comment | (K 405; Leslau 1973:580). |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme | τᾰνᾰός | |
Meaning 1 | long | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | high | ἀστάχυες τᾰνᾰός high corn heads |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Chaha | |
Lexeme | gänäfä- | |
Meaning 1 | be long | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | be tall | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (LGur. I 56). |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme | ṭawīl- | |
Meaning 1 | long | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | tall, high | |
Reference | Lane: 1897 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Fula | |
Lexeme | juunta | |
Meaning 1 | to be long | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to be tall | |
Reference | ||
Comment | ФРФС 281 |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Geez | |
Lexeme 1 | nawāḫ, nawiḫ | |
Lexeme 2 | nawaḫ, nawiḫ | |
Meaning 1 | long | ḥabl nawāḫ 'a long rope' (Jes. 5:18) |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | high, tall | dabr nawiḫ 'a high mountain' (Hen. 25:3); |
Reference | ||
Comment | (LLA 674). |
NEW Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Komi | |
Lexeme | кузь | |
Meaning 1 | long | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | tall | |
Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme | lung | |
Meaning 1 | long | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | tall | |
Reference | MDA2 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | 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 | tall | Смотри, какой Петя длинный вымахал! Just look how Petya has grown up, he is so tall! |
Reference | ||
Comment | colloquial use |
NEW Realization 11 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Rutul | |
Lexeme | χuˁlʲaˁχdɨ | |
Meaning 1 | long (size) | heti rɨšed χuˁlʲaˁχdɨ č'arbɨr ʁa this girl has long hair |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | high (size), tall | izdi šu χuˁlʲaˁχdɨ bɨj kid jiʔi my brother is tall |
Reference | Alekseeva et al. 2023 Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019: 386 | |
Comment | In (Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019) there is no such shift (Mukhad dialect). This word means only 'long' Data given for Kina Rutul (filed data) |
ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Tigre | |
Language 2 | Ancient Hebrew | |
Lexeme 1 | rayim | |
Lexeme 2 | rām | |
Meaning 1 | long | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | high | ʕal-hehārīm hā-rāmīm wə-ʕal-ha-ggəbāʕot wə-taḥat kol-ʕēṣ raʕănān (Dt 12:2);
(Ps. 113:4) on the high mountains and on the hills and under each green tree; the God is high above all the peoples, his might is above the heaven |
Reference | ||
Comment | LH 161; HAL 1122. The meaning in the Proto-Semitic is difficult to reconstruct; the meaning B can be original. |
NEW Realization 13 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tigrinya | |
Lexeme | näwiḥ | |
Meaning 1 | long (size) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | high (size), tall | |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment | KT 1346 |