queen
↔
wife
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 8363 | queen, princess | → | bride | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Classical Persian | |
| Language 2 | Kannada | |
| Lexeme 1 | bībī | |
| Lexeme 2 | bībi | |
| Meaning 1 | queen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wife | |
| Reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 718 | |
| Comment | Pers: Steingass: A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary (p. 215): bībī, A lady, a matron; wife, mistress of the house. Kann: 'wife' (mostly of a Muslim); 'queen', wife of king or woman ruler. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme | tēvi | |
| Meaning 1 | queen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | wife | |
| Reference | Tamil lexicon: 2069 | |
| Comment | The first meaning "goddess" | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Western Abenaki | |
| Lexeme 1 | kinjamessiskwa | |
| Lexeme 2 | -skwa | |
| Meaning 1 | queen | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | wife | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Masta, Henry Lorne. 1932. Abenaki Indian Legends, Grammar and Place Names. Odanak, P.Q., Canada. Literally 'wife of the king James I'. |
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