big elder 16 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Aghul
lexeme aʜaf
meaning 1 big, large aʜa χal
big house
direction
meaning 2 elder aʜa ruš
the elder daughter
reference
comment (Sulejmanov 2003). Cf. also the Tabassaran АЬХЮ 'big, elder, grown-up' (TabRus 71).
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme rabû
meaning 1 large 1 kirri kaspim rabīm-ma leḳe-ma
Take 1 large silver vessel!
direction
meaning 2 full-grown, adult; elder, eldest aplūtum ṣeḫertum u rabītum ina Sippar ul ibašši
There is no right to inheritance for daughters in Sippar, be they the eldest or be they small in age.
reference CAD: R 26-27
comment

Cf. rabû (v.) 'to become large in size; to be large' and 'to grow, to grow up (said of children)' (CAD R 37). The same meanings has Hbr. rbh (v.) 'to be big, numerous', for example wa-ttēreb mim-maśʔot kullām (Gen 43:34) 'And it was bigger than the tribute of all of them' and 'to grow', as in wa-ttirbī wa-ttigdəlī (Ezra 16:7) 'And you grew and became older.' (HALOT 1097)

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme təlləḳ
meaning 1 big, great (in size, in importance); adult, grown-up, senior, older təlləḳ bet wəsṭ yənorallu
they live in a big house (Leslau 1973:113)
direction
meaning 2 big, great (in size, in importance); adult, grown-up, senior, older ləǧǧoččwa ahun tələlləḳočč honäwal
her children are big now' (Leslau 1973:113)
reference AED: 957
comment Perhaps to be compared to Gez. ləhḳa 'to grow old' (CDG 309).
SUSPENDED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme μέγας
meaning 1 big, large
direction
meaning 2 adult
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Hill Mari
lexeme кого
meaning 1 big
direction
meaning 2 elder
reference Savatkova 2008
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme ыджыд
meaning 1 big, large
direction
meaning 2 elder ыджыд вок, ыджыд чой
elder brother, elder sister
reference Beznosikova et al. 2000: 752
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme гырысь
meaning 1 large, big (about many subjects or about something collective) гырысь керкаяс, гырысь гыяс
big houses, big waves
direction
meaning 2 elder гырысьджык чой-вок
older brothers and sisters
reference Beznosikova et al. 2000
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Lezgian
lexeme č’eχi
meaning 1 big, large чIехи къван
big stone
direction
meaning 2 elder; adult чIехи гада
elder son / grown up youth
reference
comment (LezgRus 378)
ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Mansi
lexeme яныг
meaning 1 big
direction
meaning 2 elder
reference Afanas'eva, Sobjanina 2012
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Meadow Mari
lexeme кугу
meaning 1 big
direction
meaning 2 elder Тойбатын тиде кугу эргыже улмаш (Никандр Лекайн)
It was Toybat's eldest son
reference Marij jylme muter
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Selkup
lexeme варг ~ варӷ
meaning 1 big
direction
meaning 2 elder
reference Consolidated Selkup
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Derivation
language Tamil
lexeme 1 periya
lexeme 2 periyappā
meaning 1 big
direction
meaning 2 father's elder brother
reference Cre-A Tamil: 760
comment Also the same pattern: periyammā ‘mother's elder sister’ (lit. ‘elder mother’).
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme ʕabiy
meaning 1 big, huge, great, large, considerable, tremendous ḥadä ʕabiy betäkrəstiyan
a big church
direction
meaning 2 elder, adult ʕabbay ḥawtäy
elder sister
reference TED: 1876
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme büyük
meaning 1 big, large
direction
meaning 2 elder büyük oğul
elder son
reference Baskakov 1977: 138
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Udmurt
lexeme бадӟым
meaning 1 big бадӟым чорыг
big fish
direction
meaning 2 elder бадӟымез нылы ужа ини, пичиез дышетске на
my elder daughter is already working, the youngest is still studying
reference Kirillova 2008
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 16
type Polysemy
language Udmurt
lexeme зӧк
meaning 1 (dialect) big
direction
meaning 2 (dialect) elder зӧкез пие армиын
eldest son in the army
reference Savatkova 2008
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