The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

82 shifts found

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Size", "target": "many, much", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6232, "source": "how many?", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Quantity", "target": "when", "target_tags": "Connectives; Time"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6233, "source": "what?", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Discourse Markers", "target": "how many?", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 6291, "source": "cheek", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Body Parts", "target": "half", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 6310, "source": "seventy", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Numerals", "target": "many, much", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6311, "source": "seven", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Numerals", "target": "many, much", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6549, "source": "rain", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Meteorology", "target": "many, much", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6636, "source": "drop (n.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Quantity; Substances and Materials", "target": "small quantity of something", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6662, "source": "sea", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Water bodies", "target": "many, much", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6749, "source": "excessive, extra", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Quantity", "target": "whore", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6752, "source": "seasonal flooding", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Water bodies; Meteorology", "target": "abundance", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 6810, "source": "grain, seed", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Plants", "target": "measure word", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7010, "source": "always", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Discourse Markers; Time", "target": "too much", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 7055, "source": "strength", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "many, much", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7082, "source": "low (location)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Spatial Relations", "target": "small (amount)", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7089, "source": "low (size)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Size", "target": "small (amount)", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 7207, "source": "how many?", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Quantity", "target": "small (amount)", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7410, "source": "one hundred thousand", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Numerals", "target": "many, much", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7595, "source": "drop (n.)", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Quantity; Substances and Materials", "target": "negation marker", "target_tags": "Logical"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7631, "source": "to boil (intr.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Processes", "target": "abundance", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8107, "source": "forty", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Numerals", "target": "many, much", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8673, "source": "abundance", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Quantity", "target": "Pleiades", "target_tags": "Astronomical Objects; Sets of Objects"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8682, "source": "to end, finish", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Phasal", "target": "most", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8964, "source": "eye", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Body Parts", "target": "drop (n.)", "target_tags": "Quantity; Substances and Materials"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9299, "source": "middle, centre", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Spatial Relations", "target": "approximately", "target_tags": "Logical; Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9492, "source": "near", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Spatial Relations", "target": "approximately", "target_tags": "Logical; Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9507, "source": "around", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Spatial Relations", "target": "approximately", "target_tags": "Logical; Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9562, "source": "not to know", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Cognition", "target": "some, several", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9632, "source": "water", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Substances and Materials", "target": "approximately", "target_tags": "Logical; Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9757, "source": "dust", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Substances and Materials", "target": "many, much", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9792, "source": "to live, be alive", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Existence", "target": "enough", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9873, "source": "palm (body part)", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Body Parts", "target": "handful", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9998, "source": "to burn (tr. / intr.)", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Quantity", "target": "inflammation", "target_tags": "Diseases"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10030, "source": "how many?", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Quantity", "target": "because of", "target_tags": "Connectives"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10068, "source": "ten", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Numerals", "target": "many, much", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10217, "source": "all, whole", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Logical; Quantity", "target": "ten", "target_tags": "Numerals"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10260, "source": "mountain", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Geography; Geography. Terrain", "target": "many, much", "target_tags": "Quantity"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10277, "source": "closed", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Properties", "target": "handful", "target_tags": "Quantity"}]

ID	Meaning 1	Taxons 1	Direction	Meaning 2	Taxons 2
267	many, much	Quantity	—	cheap	Evaluation
351	strong	Physical Properties	→	many, much	Quantity
552	granule	Substances and Materials	→	small quantity of something	Quantity
553	garbage	Substances and Materials	→	many, much	Quantity
561	hand	Body Parts	→	handful	Quantity
1229	ready	Evaluation	→	enough	Quantity
1233	rich, wealthy	Evaluation; Social Status	→	many, much	Quantity
1251	drop (n.)	Quantity; Substances and Materials	→	spring, fountain	Geography; Water bodies
1294	many, much	Quantity	→	very, of high degree	Discourse Markers
1416	abundance	Quantity	↔	harvest	Social Actions and Relations
1521	head	Body Parts	→	measure word	Quantity
1531	stingy	Human Qualities	→	scanty, scarce	Quantity
1549	drop (n.)	Quantity; Substances and Materials	→	full stop	Text
1594	gunpowder	Substances and Materials	→	small quantity of something	Quantity
2002	rough, uneven	Tactile; Physical Properties; Shape	→	approximately	Logical; Quantity
2092	<insect>	Animals; Arthropods; Insects	→	many, much	Quantity
2113	sand	Substances and Materials	→	many, much	Quantity
2413	black	Colour	→	many, much	Quantity
2597	scanty, scarce	Quantity	→	low (social)	Human Beings; Social Status
2598	scanty, scarce	Quantity	→	stupid	Human Qualities
2599	scanty, scarce	Quantity	→	tasteless	Perception; Gustatory
2792	heap, pile	Sets of Objects	→	many, much	Quantity
2814	black cloud	Meteorology	→	many, much	Quantity
2851	big	Physical Properties; Size	→	numerous	Quantity
2990	many, much	Quantity	→	long (size)	Physical Properties; Size
2991	many, much	Quantity	→	wide, broad	Physical Properties; Size
3115	half	Quantity	→	enemy	Interpersonal Relations
3280	algae	Plants	→	many, much	Quantity
3313	ten thousand	Numerals	→	many, much	Quantity
3445	by oneself, alone	Quantity	→	only	Logical
4046	half	Quantity	—	inclined	Physical Properties; Shape
4088	to have no more	Quantity	→	to die	Physiology
4181	many, much	Quantity	—	difficult	Abstract Relations
4227	vehicle	Transport	→	many, much	Quantity
4797	part	Parts	—	half	Quantity
4798	side (n.)	Parts	—	half	Quantity
4799	middle, centre	Spatial Relations	→	half	Quantity
4850	by oneself, alone	Quantity	→	monk	Human Beings; Professions; Religion
5190	fist	Body Parts	→	handful	Quantity
5303	kilogram	Units of Measurement	→	100 units of currency	Quantity; Units of Measurement
5461	number	Numerals	—	quantity	Quantity
5569	thousand	Numerals	→	many, much	Quantity
5951	how many?	Quantity	→	some, several	Quantity
6043	dew	Meteorology	→	drop (n.)	Quantity; Substances and Materials
6100	high (size), tall	Physical Properties; Size	→	many, much	Quantity
6232	how many?	Quantity	→	when	Connectives; Time
6233	what?	Discourse Markers	→	how many?	Quantity
6291	cheek	Body Parts	—	half	Quantity
6310	seventy	Numerals	—	many, much	Quantity
6311	seven	Numerals	→	many, much	Quantity
6549	rain	Meteorology	→	many, much	Quantity
6636	drop (n.)	Quantity; Substances and Materials	→	small quantity of something	Quantity
6662	sea	Geography; Water bodies	→	many, much	Quantity
6749	excessive, extra	Quantity	→	whore	Human Beings; Social Status
6752	seasonal flooding	Geography; Water bodies; Meteorology	→	abundance	Quantity
6810	grain, seed	Plants	—	measure word	Quantity
7010	always	Discourse Markers; Time	→	too much	Quantity
7055	strength	Physical Properties	—	many, much	Quantity
7082	low (location)	Spatial Relations	→	small (amount)	Quantity
7089	low (size)	Physical Properties; Size	→	small (amount)	Quantity
7207	how many?	Quantity	—	small (amount)	Quantity
7410	one hundred thousand	Numerals	→	many, much	Quantity
7595	drop (n.)	Quantity; Substances and Materials	→	negation marker	Logical
7631	to boil (intr.)	Physical Processes	→	abundance	Quantity
8107	forty	Numerals	→	many, much	Quantity
8673	abundance	Quantity	→	Pleiades	Astronomical Objects; Sets of Objects
8682	to end, finish	Phasal	→	most	Quantity
8964	eye	Body Parts	→	drop (n.)	Quantity; Substances and Materials
9299	middle, centre	Spatial Relations	→	approximately	Logical; Quantity
9492	near	Spatial Relations	→	approximately	Logical; Quantity
9507	around	Spatial Relations	→	approximately	Logical; Quantity
9562	not to know	Cognition	→	some, several	Quantity
9632	water	Substances and Materials	→	approximately	Logical; Quantity
9757	dust	Substances and Materials	→	many, much	Quantity
9792	to live, be alive	Existence	→	enough	Quantity
9873	palm (body part)	Body Parts	→	handful	Quantity
9998	to burn (tr. / intr.)	Quantity	→	inflammation	Diseases
10030	how many?	Quantity	→	because of	Connectives
10068	ten	Numerals	→	many, much	Quantity
10217	all, whole	Logical; Quantity	→	ten	Numerals
10260	mountain	Geography; Terrain	→	many, much	Quantity
10277	closed	Physical Properties	→	handful	Quantity