ten
→
many, much
3 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | tíz | |
| meaning 1 | ten | Könnyebb egy apának eltartani tíz gyereket, mint tíz gyereknek egy apát. It is easier for one father to support ten children than for ten children to support one father. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | many, much, more than usual, more than expected, more than desired | Adnék az életemből tíz esztendőt, ha én még egyszer olyan kakukkszót hallhatnék, mint gyermekkoromban. (Móra Ferenc) I would give many (literally: ten) years of my life if I could hear the cuckoo call like I did in my childhood again. (Ferenc Móra) |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | арав | |
| meaning 1 | ten | арван метр 10 meters. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | many, much | арав хэлүүлэх to make someone repeat something many times |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | десять | |
| meaning 1 | ten | десять плюс десять равно двадцать 10+10 = 20 |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | many, much | Я ему десять раз говорила уже! I've told him multiple times! |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||