in front of
—
before
12 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Aghul | |
| Lexeme | udihdi | |
| Meaning 1 | forward | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | before | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Sulejmanov 2003) | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bashkir | |
| Lexeme | ал | |
| Meaning 1 | front part | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | time before something, eve | |
| Reference | Bashkir Uraksin 1996: 21 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme | ⱨatx[ê] | |
| Meaning 1 | in front of | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | before | |
| Reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2018: 285 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | before | |
| Meaning 1 | in front, in advance of | Behind him march the halbardiers; before him sound the drums Halberdiers were marching behind him, the drums were played in front of him (OED) |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | before | He had never spoken to him before He had never spoken to him before |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | پیش piš | |
| Meaning 1 | front; ahead | در صف پیش dar ṣaf-e piš in the front row |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | before | شب پیش šab-e piš last night |
| Reference | Rubinčik 1970: 326 | |
| Comment | ПРС 172. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gagauz | |
| Lexeme | ileri | |
| Meaning 1 | forward | гитмää илери to walk forward |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | before | бу дамын йанында илери околду next to this cowshed there used to be a corral (for cattle) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ГРМС 201. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | előtt | |
| Meaning 1 | ahead | a ház előtt in front of the house |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | before | a forradalom előtt before the revolution |
| Reference | Гальди 1974: 178 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ingush | |
| Lexeme | ħalχa | |
| Meaning 1 | in front, in advance of | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | before | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Kurkiev 2004: 445) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Jarawara | |
| Lexeme | nokosi//nokosi | |
| Meaning 1 | in front of | Inamate wematamona ahi, he nokosi ya A boy was standing in front of her |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | before | Faya okoyo ati fawa nematamonaka, okobi me kobo My elder brother |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | JED 141. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| Lexeme | ömnö | |
| Meaning 1 | in front, in advance of | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | before | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | примеры на монг. | |
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme 1 | ön | |
| Lexeme 2 | önce | |
| Meaning 1 | in front of | evin önünde in front of the house |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | before | bir yıl önce a year ago |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 702 | |
| Comment | Interesting, that the same Turkish root take part in the antonymouse semantic shift "front part" - "future". Cf. önümüdeki hafta 'the next week', lit. the week that is in front of us. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Yakut | |
| Lexeme 1 | инники | |
| Lexeme 2 | иннинэ | |
| Meaning 1 | front; frontwards | инники кирбии front end |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | the day before, earlier | сэрии иннинэ before the war |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ЯРС 150. | |