younger brother
→
term of address to a man
7 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Balinese | |
Lexeme | cahi | |
Meaning 1 | younger brother | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | thou, thee; found offensive now except among equals, formerly used by higher to lower persons | |
Reference | SEALang Balinese | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Balinese | |
Lexeme | haḍi | |
Meaning 1 | younger brother or sister | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | you | |
Reference | SEALang Balinese | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Burmese | |
Lexeme | maun | |
Meaning 1 | brother of a woman (according to current usage the term refers to the younger brother) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | term of endearment used by a woman to address her husband or lover; term of address used when addressing a male younger than oneself | |
Reference | SEAlang Burmrse | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kannada | |
Lexeme | tamma | |
Meaning 1 | younger brother | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | an address term with affection for any junior male | |
Reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 446 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Malay | |
Lexeme | adek | |
Meaning 1 | younger brother or sister | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | a term of endearment to one slightly younger than oneself | |
Reference | SEALang Malay | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Malay | |
Lexeme | adinda | |
Meaning 1 | younger brother | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | more courteous variant of adek (term of endearment to one slightly younger than oneself) | |
Reference | SEALang Malay | |
Comment | Also ading (in Malayo-Javanese literature) |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tamil | |
Lexeme | tampi | |
Meaning 1 | younger brother | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | term of endearment applied to a younger male | |
Reference | Tamil lexicon: 1753 | |
Comment | Also (Winslow): 'A term of respect from an older to a younger person implying kindness' (551) |