sea
→
many, much
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Armenian | |
| Lexeme | cov (ծով) | |
| Meaning 1 | sea | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | a large quantity, a sea (of) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Croatian | |
| Lexeme | more | |
| Meaning 1 | sea | Sredozemno more Mediterranean Sea |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | many, much | more problema many problems |
| Reference | HJP | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latvian | |
| Lexeme | jūra | |
| Meaning 1 | sea | Melnā jūra Black Sea |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very large quantity or amount (of something) | ziedu jūra, liesmu jūra sea of flowers, sea of flames |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | hǎi (海) | |
| Meaning 1 | sea | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | abundance; (dialectal, colloquial) profuse; numerous | |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | море | |
| Meaning 1 | sea | Черное море Black sea |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | many, much, a lot of | море развлечений a lot of attractions |
| Reference | NRC | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | sāgara | |
| Meaning 1 | sea | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | high number (= 10 Padmas) | |
| Reference | MW: 1198,2 | |
| Comment | 1 padma = 1000 millions or billions (MW 584,2) |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme | море (more) | |
| Meaning 1 | sea | Јадранско море, Средоземно море Adriatic sea, Mediterranean Sea |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | many, much | море питања, море проблема many questions, many problems |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 730-731 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | deniz | |
| Meaning 1 | sea | Beyaz deniz White sea |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | many, much, a lot of | çiçek denizi a lot of flowers |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 219 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Vietnamese | |
| Lexeme | biển | |
| Meaning 1 | sea | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (figuratively) sea (of people, flames) | |
| Reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
| Comment | ||