old man
→
father
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | old man | |
| Meaning 1 | elderly man | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (slang) one's father | "How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-the-wool baptist from out in the sticks." 2002, Don Spears, Playing for Keeps, Los Angeles: Milligan Books |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Galician | |
| Lexeme | vello | |
| Meaning 1 | old man | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (informal) father | |
| Reference | DDDDLG | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | oyaji (親父) | |
| Meaning 1 | (informal) old man | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (informal) father | |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Portuguese | |
| Lexeme | velhote | |
| Meaning 1 | (informal) old man | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (informal) father | |
| Reference | DPLP | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | viejo | |
| Meaning 1 | old man | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (slang) one's father | Mi viejo es un tipo que entra en cualquier sitio y modifica la atmósfera. 2000, Eduardo Bakchellian, El error de ser argentino, Editorial Galerna, page 75 My old man is a guy who can go into any place and change the atmosphere |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Vietnamese | |
| Lexeme | ông già | |
| Meaning 1 | old man | Ông già và biển cả The Old Man and the Sea |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (informal or derogatory) father | Ông già mày dạo này thế nào? How is your old man, lately? |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yir Yoront | |
| Lexeme | morr-karntl | |
| Meaning 1 | old man, old people, senior man | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | father | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||