fiancé
→
boyfriend/girlfriend
5 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Cebuano | |
| lexeme | nobyo | |
| meaning 1 | fiancé | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | beloved | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Guarani | |
| lexeme | menarã | |
| meaning 1 | fiancé | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | beloved | |
| reference | Canese, Alcaraz 2016: 62, column 2 | |
| comment | From ména (“husband”) + -rã (nominal future tense suffix), literally “future husband”. |
|
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Microevolution | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | novio | |
| meaning 1 | fiancé | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | beloved | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swahili | |
| lexeme | mchumba | |
| meaning 1 | fiancé | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sexual and / or romantic partner | |
| reference | Polikanov | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tagalog | |
| lexeme | nobiyo | |
| meaning 1 | fiancé | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | boyfriend (romantic partner) | |
| reference | Krus, Ignašev 1959 | |
| comment | ||