long (size) high (size), tall 13 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
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
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
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme τᾰνᾰός
Meaning 1 long
Direction
Meaning 2 high ἀστάχυες τᾰνᾰός
high corn heads
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Chaha
Lexeme gänäfä-
Meaning 1 be long
Direction
Meaning 2 be tall
Reference
Comment (LGur. I 56).
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Classical Arabic
Lexeme ṭawīl-
Meaning 1 long
Direction
Meaning 2 tall, high
Reference Lane: 1897
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Fula
Lexeme juunta
Meaning 1 to be long
Direction
Meaning 2 to be tall
Reference
Comment ФРФС 281
ACCEPTED Realization 7
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
Type Polysemy
Language Komi
Lexeme кузь
Meaning 1 long
Direction
Meaning 2 tall
Reference Beznosikova et al. 2000
Comment
NEW Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Romanian
Lexeme lung
Meaning 1 long
Direction
Meaning 2 tall
Reference MDA2
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
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
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
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
Type Polysemy
Language Tigrinya
Lexeme näwiḥ
Meaning 1 long (size)
Direction
Meaning 2 high (size), tall
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

KT 1346