old (vs. young)
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old (vs. new)
6 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Ancient Hebrew | |
lexeme | yāšān | |
meaning 1 | old (of person) | ˀal ṯāṭaš ˀwhb yāšān kī ḥā[d]āš lō(ˀ) y[..]dq[.] (Sir 9:10) Do not abandon old friends, for new ones cannot equal them. |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | old (of object) | wū-miqwā ˁăŝīṯäm bēn ha-ḥōmōṯayim lə-mē ha-bbərēḵā ha-yəšānā (Is 22:11) You made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool ... |
reference | HALOT: root no. 4070 | |
comment | The sequence of ˀwhb in the first text example probably should be reconstructed as ˀūhēḇ, which is originally ˀōhēḇ 'loving; friend'. Note, the text example is from The Book of Sirach, which is absent in the canonical version of the Bible. |
NEW Realization 2 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Croatian | |
lexeme | star | |
meaning 1 | old (vs. young) | vrlo star very old (man) |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | old (vs. new) | |
reference | HJP | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Kildin Saami | |
lexeme | вуэммь | |
meaning 1 | old (vs. young) | вуэммь олма old man |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | old (vs. new) | вуэммь мāлець an old malitsa (deer coat) |
reference | Kuruč 1985: 62 | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Portuguese | |
lexeme | velho | |
meaning 1 | old (person) | Velhos senhores de cabeleira branca Aged gentlemen with white manes |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | old (thing) | ...carros velhos abandonados nos rios …old cars thrown into the rivers |
reference | DPLP | |
comment |
NEW Realization 6 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Serbian | |
lexeme | стар (star) | |
meaning 1 | old (vs. young) | стар човек old man |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | old (vs. new) | старо одело, старе ципеле old suit, old shoes |
reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1266 | |
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