long (size)
→
far away
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme 1 | lang | |
| Lexeme 2 | langt | |
| Meaning 1 | long (size) | langt hår long hair |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | far away | |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | nawāḫ, nawiḫ | |
| Meaning 1 | long | ḥabl nawāḫ 'a long rope' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | far | ʔəska nawāḫ bəḥer 'to the far land' (Mich. 4:3) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LLA 674). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme 1 | langur | |
| Lexeme 2 | langt | |
| Meaning 1 | long (size) | langur kaðall a long rope |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | far away | ferðamennirnir komust langt fyrsta daginn the tourists went far on the first day |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Latin | |
| Language 2 | French | |
| Lexeme 1 | longus | |
| Lexeme 2 | loin | |
| Meaning 1 | long | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | far | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme 1 | lang | |
| Lexeme 2 | langt | |
| Meaning 1 | long (size) | et langt tau a long rope |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | far away | langt (i)fra far away |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | dlina | |
| Lexeme 2 | dal' | |
| Meaning 1 | length | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | remotedness | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Fasmer 1986:483). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme 1 | lång | |
| Lexeme 2 | långt | |
| Meaning 1 | long (size) | ett långt rep a long rope |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | far away | långt härifrån far away from here |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigre | |
| Lexeme | rema | |
| Meaning 1 | to be long | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to be far | mən ʔi-ləbəl rema gələb mən ʔi-baddəl 'if he does not say: this is far away, if he does not break his word' (PPEA III 76:19) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | LH 151, cf. also rayim 'long' (LH 151) | |