orphan
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widow
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Syncretism | |
| Language | Maori | |
| Lexeme | pani | |
| Meaning 1 | orphan | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | widow | |
| Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
| Comment | "Persons bereaved; generally orphan, sometimes widow" | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Meadow Mari | |
| Lexeme | тулык | |
| Meaning 1 | orphan | Вет мый тулык улам, ик акам гына. (К. Березин) I'm an orphan, I only have an older sister |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | widower, widow | «Ала тулык ӱдырамаш ула-ат?» – чаманыме семын Лыстывийым Унавий ончале. (К. Смирнов) "Are you a widow?" - Unaviy looked sympathetically at Lystyviy |
| Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Tahitian | |
| Language 2 | Tuamotu | |
| Lexeme 1 | ʔootare | |
| Lexeme 2 | kootare | |
| Meaning 1 | orphan | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | one bereft of husband or wife | |
| Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
| Comment | ||