The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

34 shifts found

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Colour; Physiology"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2518, "source": "empty", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "unmarried, single, bachelor", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2854, "source": "to make big, large", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Size", "target": "to bring up (children)", "target_tags": "Human Beings"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2865, "source": "powder-like", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Shape", "target": "child (son or daughter)", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Kinship"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2883, "source": "wet", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "whore", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2940, "source": "little, small", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Size", "target": "low (social)", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2941, "source": "big", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Size", "target": "of high rank", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2979, "source": "little, small", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Size", "target": "girl", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Age"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2984, "source": "little, small", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Size", "target": "boy", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Age"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3259, "source": "red", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Colour", "target": "newborn baby", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Age"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4034, "source": "father", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Kinship", "target": "big", "target_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Size"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4403, "source": "big", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Size", "target": "grown-up, adult", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Age"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4573, "source": "clean (adj.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "saint", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Religion"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4700, "source": "long-armed", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Body Parts; Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Size", "target": "thief", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5081, "source": "strong", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "husband", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Kinship"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5097, "source": "green", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Colour", "target": "child (son or daughter)", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Kinship"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 5101, "source": "child (son or daughter)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Kinship", "target": "unripe (fruit)", "target_tags": "Physical Properties"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 5104, "source": "tender (adj.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "husband", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Kinship"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 5106, "source": "tender (adj.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "child (son or daughter)", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Kinship"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5205, "source": "pure", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "husband", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Kinship"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5612, "source": "red", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Colour", "target": "socialist or communist", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5894, "source": "curved", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Shape", "target": "cunning person", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Qualities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5963, "source": "firm, durable", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "aborigine", "target_tags": "Human Beings"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6251, "source": "soft (adj.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Perception. Tactile; Physical Properties", "target": "newborn baby", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Age"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6622, "source": "light, bright, clear", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Light", "target": "saint", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Religion"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6885, "source": "thin (of an object)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Size", "target": "lesbian", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status; Interpersonal Relations"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8056, "source": "wild, untamed", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "unmarried, single, bachelor", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 8262, "source": "big", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Size", "target": "husband", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Kinship"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8334, "source": "little, small", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Size", "target": "child", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Age"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 9264, "source": "naked, bare", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "unmarried, single, bachelor", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9546, "source": "yellow", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Colour", "target": "blonde", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Physical Properties. Colour"}]

ID	Meaning 1	Taxons 1	Direction	Meaning 2	Taxons 2
715	big	Physical Properties; Size	↔	elder	Human Beings; Age
716	big	Physical Properties; Size	→	chief, boss	Human Beings; Social Status
1911	sharp	Physical Properties; Shape	→	sharpshooter	Human Beings; Professions
2237	green	Physical Properties; Colour	→	dark-skinned	Human Beings; Colour; Physiology
2518	empty	Physical Properties	→	unmarried, single, bachelor	Human Beings; Social Status
2854	to make big, large	Physical Properties; Size	→	to bring up (children)	Human Beings
2865	powder-like	Physical Properties; Shape	→	child (son or daughter)	Human Beings; Kinship
2883	wet	Physical Properties	→	whore	Human Beings; Social Status
2940	little, small	Physical Properties; Size	→	low (social)	Human Beings; Social Status
2941	big	Physical Properties; Size	→	of high rank	Human Beings; Social Status
2979	little, small	Physical Properties; Size	→	girl	Human Beings; Age
2984	little, small	Physical Properties; Size	→	boy	Human Beings; Age
3259	red	Physical Properties; Colour	→	newborn baby	Human Beings; Age
4034	father	Human Beings; Kinship	→	big	Physical Properties; Size
4403	big	Physical Properties; Size	→	grown-up, adult	Human Beings; Age
4573	clean (adj.)	Physical Properties	→	saint	Human Beings; Religion
4700	long-armed	Body Parts; Physical Properties; Size	→	thief	Human Beings; Social Status
5081	strong	Physical Properties	→	husband	Human Beings; Kinship
5097	green	Physical Properties; Colour	→	child (son or daughter)	Human Beings; Kinship
5101	child (son or daughter)	Human Beings; Kinship	—	unripe (fruit)	Physical Properties
5104	tender (adj.)	Physical Properties	—	husband	Human Beings; Kinship
5106	tender (adj.)	Physical Properties	—	child (son or daughter)	Human Beings; Kinship
5205	pure	Physical Properties	→	husband	Human Beings; Kinship
5612	red	Physical Properties; Colour	→	socialist or communist	Human Beings; Social Status
5894	curved	Physical Properties; Shape	→	cunning person	Human Beings; Human Qualities
5963	firm, durable	Physical Properties	→	aborigine	Human Beings
6251	soft (adj.)	Tactile; Physical Properties	→	newborn baby	Human Beings; Age
6622	light, bright, clear	Physical Properties; Light	→	saint	Human Beings; Religion
6885	thin (of an object)	Physical Properties; Size	→	lesbian	Human Beings; Social Status; Interpersonal Relations
8056	wild, untamed	Physical Properties	→	unmarried, single, bachelor	Human Beings; Social Status
8262	big	Physical Properties; Size	↔	husband	Human Beings; Kinship
8334	little, small	Physical Properties; Size	→	child	Human Beings; Age
9264	naked, bare	Physical Properties	—	unmarried, single, bachelor	Human Beings; Social Status
9546	yellow	Physical Properties; Colour	→	blonde	Human Beings; Colour