uncle (father's brother)
→
term of address to a man
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 3870 | uncle (mother's brother) | → | term of address to a man | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Buriat | |
| Lexeme | abɢa | |
| Meaning 1 | uncle (father's brother) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ||
| Reference | Šagdarov, Čeremisov 2010: 27 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Burmese | |
| Lexeme | ba̰ ʤí | |
| Meaning 1 | uncle (father's brother) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ||
| Reference | SEAlang Burmrse | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Khmer | |
| Lexeme | cək | |
| Meaning 1 | paternal uncle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | you (form of address used in speaking to an older Chinese man) | |
| Reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
| Comment | From Hakka choûc 'father's younger brother' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lao | |
| Lexeme | ʔàːu | |
| Meaning 1 | uncle (father's younger brother) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | form of address to an older male | |
| Reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | emmi | |
| Meaning 1 | uncle (father's brother) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | term of address to a man | |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 271 | |
| Comment | Turkish dialectal form. | |