big
↔
strong
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | μέγας | |
| Meaning 1 | big, large | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | strong, mighty | ἄνεμος, ἰαχή, σεισμός wind, cry, earthquake |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Middle English | |
| Language 2 | English | |
| Lexeme | big | |
| Meaning 1 | Of living beings: Of great strength or power; strong, stout, mighty | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | Of great size, bulk, or extent; large | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | OED | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Selkup | |
| Lexeme | варг ~ варӷ | |
| Meaning 1 | big | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | strong | |
| Reference | Consolidated Selkup | |
| Comment | ||