Number of realizations
15
big
→
great
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | grand | |
| Meaning 1 | big, large | grande foule "a big crowd" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | great | grand poète "a great poet" |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | Tuebingen team (ID 2) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | ʕabiy/ʕabi | |
| Meaning 1 | 'big, huge, large' | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'great' | ʕabi säb "'gentleman, personage, bigwig, big shot' (KT 1876)" |
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| Comment | (KT 1876) | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | mare | |
| Meaning 1 | big, large | Literă mare "capital (letter)" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | great | Ştefan cel mare "Stephen the Great" |
| Reference | DEX98 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | DEX98 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | büyük | |
| Meaning 1 | big, large, massive | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | great, mighty, important | büyük duka "grand duke" |
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| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Osetin | |
| Lexeme | styr | |
| Meaning 1 | big, large | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | great | |
| Reference | ||
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| Comment | Абаев 3, 158-159 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | великий | |
| Lexeme 2 | velikij | |
| Meaning 1 | big, large | Привалиша камень великъ къ двьремъ гробу. (Срезневский 1: 235) "They closed the entrance to the tomb with a huge stone. (Sreznevsky 1: 235)" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | great | Великий человек "a great man" |
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| Comment | In Old Russian the meaning 'great' was already present. In modern Russian the meaning 'big' is practically lost. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | təlləḳ | |
| Meaning 1 | big (size) | təlləḳ bet wəsṭ yənorallu 'they live in a big house' (Leslau 1973:113) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | great (in importance) | yäzzih ṭäḳlay gəzat gäžži təlləḳ säw näw 'The governor of this province is a great man' (Leslau 1973:535); |
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| Comment | (K 957). | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | rabû | |
| Meaning 1 | large | 1 kirri kaspim rabīmma leḳēma 'take one large silver vessel (CAD R 28)' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | majestic, grand, important | [dNi]ntu beltum rabītum 'Nintu, the great lady' (CAD R 35); |
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| Comment | (CAD R 26-27). | |
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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 created the big snakes' (Gn 1:21) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | mighty, important | ʔēnnennū gādōl ba-bbayit hazzē mimmennī 'he is not bigger in this house than I' (Gn. 39:9), |
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| Comment | (HALAT 170). | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | kabīr- | |
| Meaning 1 | big | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | great | |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | The cognate in Geez has only the meaning B: kabra 'to be respected, glorious, illustrious' (LLA 845). | |
| Comment | (Lane 2586). | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | gross | |
| Meaning 1 | big, large | grosses Passagierflugzeug "big passenger plane" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | great | Peter der Grosse "Peter the Great" |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | μέγας | |
| Meaning 1 | big, large | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | great | μέγας Ζεύς, μεγάλαι θεαί; μέγας βασιλεύς; οἱ μεγάλοι Δαναοί "grand Zeus, grand godesses (i.e. Demetra and Persephone), grand king (generally Xerxes), Danaos leaders" |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Azeri | |
| Lexeme | zorba | |
| Meaning 1 | big | zorba kişi, zorba daş, zorba it "hefty man;big stone; big dog" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | outstanding; eminent; distinguished | Zorba adamır "He is an outstanding man" |
| Reference | ARL 2006 page 977 | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Meadow Mari | |
| Lexeme | кугу | |
| Meaning 1 | big | Кугу вуйым изи уш ырыктен ок керт. "A small cap will not protect a big head from the cold." |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | great | кугу писатель "great writer" |
| Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
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| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hill Mari | |
| Lexeme | кого | |
| Meaning 1 | big | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | great | |
| Reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
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