that third-person singular 84 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Afrikaans
lexeme dit
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 it (referring to non-personal singular nouns)
reference English Wiktionary
comment

From Dutch dit (“this”), from Middle Dutch dit, from Old Dutch thit.

NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme šī
meaning 1 that, this same (aforementioned feminine noun)
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference CAD
comment
NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme šū
meaning 1 that, this same (aforementioned masculine noun)
direction
meaning 2 he
reference CAD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Albanian
lexeme ai
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “ai”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian] https://www.dpwa.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/dictionary/?lemmaid=21924 

NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme
meaning 1 (Epic) that
direction
meaning 2 (Epic) third-person singular
reference LSJ
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Armenian
lexeme na (նա)
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference Gukasjan 1974 English Wiktionary
comment

In the spoken language, նա (na) is much more often a personal pronoun than a demonstrative, with demonstrative function fulfilled by դա (da) or էնի (ēni), depending on register. 

NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Assamese
lexeme xi (সি)
meaning 1 (distal; familiar) that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
lexeme awa (ܗ̇ܘ)
meaning 1 (dialectal) that
direction
meaning 2 he, it
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 9
type Semantic evolution
language Asturian
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 elli
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 10
type Derivation
language Axininca
lexeme 1 irika, iroka, irinta, ironta, irintó, irontó
lexeme 2 irirori, iroori
meaning 1 this; that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Bhat 2013
comment

irika (M), iroka (F) ‘proximal’, irinta (M), ironta (F) ‘medial’ and irintó (M), irontó (F) ‘distal’ 

irirori ‘he’, iroori ‘she’

NEW Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Azerbaijani
lexeme o
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Azərbaycanca-rusca lüǧet 2006
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Basque
lexeme hura
meaning 1 that (far from speaker and listener)




direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference OEH
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Bengali
lexeme śe (সে)
meaning 1 that (distal)
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Brahui
lexeme o
meaning 1 medial demonstrative
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Bhat 2013
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Buriat
lexeme тэрэ
meaning 1 this
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Čeremisov 1973
comment
NEW Realization 16
type Polysemy
language Cebuano
lexeme siyá
meaning 1 this, that
direction
meaning 2 he, she
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Central Asmat
lexeme ar
meaning 1 proximal demonstrative
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Bhat 2013
comment
NEW Realization 18
type Polysemy
language Chagatai
lexeme ol, ul
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference ESTJA: 1, 444
comment
NEW Realization 19
type Polysemy
language Classical Chinese
lexeme *ʔij (伊)
meaning 1 this; that
direction
meaning 2 he, him; she, her; it
reference English Wiktionary Heine, Kuteva et al. 2019: 142
comment
NEW Realization 20
type Cognates
language 1 Dhuwal
language 2 Gamilaraay
lexeme 1 nguru-
lexeme 2 nguru
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he, she
reference EvoSem
comment
NEW Realization 21
type Polysemy
language Egyptian
lexeme pw
meaning 1 this
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Heine, Kuteva et al. 2019: 142
comment
NEW Realization 22
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme o
meaning 1 that

ver bana onu


give that to me

direction
meaning 2 third-person singular

onu tanêêrım


I know him

reference Gajdarži et al. 1973
comment
NEW Realization 23
type Polysemy
language Ganggalida
lexeme ṭanta
meaning 1 this one
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Bhat 2013
comment
NEW Realization 24
type Polysemy
language Ganggalida
lexeme ṭant̪inta
meaning 1 that one
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Bhat 2013
comment
NEW Realization 25
type Derivation
language Grand Valley Dani
lexeme 1 aty
lexeme 2 at
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Bhat 2013
comment
NEW Realization 26
type Derivation
language Hawaiian
lexeme 1 kēlā (lā, ana)
lexeme 2 ia (lā in dual., pl.)
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Bhat 2013
comment
NEW Realization 27
type Polysemy
language Jaqaru
lexeme aka, uka
meaning 1 this, that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular (referring to non-humans)

aka ‘this’ and uka ‘that’

reference Bhat 2013
comment
NEW Realization 28
type Polysemy
language Karakhanid Uighur
lexeme ol
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he, she, it
reference ESTJA: 1, 444
comment
NEW Realization 29
type Polysemy
language Kariyarra
lexeme nguñu
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference EvoSem
comment
NEW Realization 30
type Polysemy
language Kariyarra
lexeme palu
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference EvoSem
comment
NEW Realization 31
type Polysemy
language Kelabit
lexeme dih
meaning 1 this
direction
meaning 2 it
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 32
type Polysemy
language Khakas
lexeme ол
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference ESTJA: 1, 444
comment
NEW Realization 33
type Polysemy
language Korean
lexeme ce
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Heine, Kuteva et al. 2019: 142
comment
NEW Realization 34
type Polysemy
language Korean
lexeme ku
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Heine, Kuteva et al. 2019: 142
comment
NEW Realization 35
type Polysemy
language Kurrama
lexeme ngunhat
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference EvoSem
comment
NEW Realization 36
type Polysemy
language Late Latin
lexeme ille
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 37
type Polysemy
language 1 Latin
language 2 Corsican
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 ellu
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he

Ellu ùn hà mai toccu a terra.


He hasn't ever touched the earth.

reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 38
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 French
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 il
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Heine, Kuteva et al. 2019: 142
comment
NEW Realization 39
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Aromanian
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 el
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 40
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Leonese
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 él
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 41
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Aragones
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 él
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 42
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Catalan
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 ell
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 43
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Dalmatian
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 jal
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 44
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Friulian
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 lui
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference <personally collected data>
comment Inherited from Late Latin illui. 
NEW Realization 45
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Franco-Provençal
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 il
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he, it (third-person singular masculine nominative)
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 46
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Istriot
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 el
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 47
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Italian
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 egli, lui
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 48
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Ladin
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 ël
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 (Gherdëina, Badiot) he

Ël ie tlo.


He is here.

reference <personally collected data>
comment

al (Badiot)
el (Fascian)

NEW Realization 49
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Megleno-Romanian
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 iel
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 50
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Neapolitan
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 ’e
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 him, her (dative)
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 51
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Galician
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 el
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 52
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Occitan
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 el
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 53
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Portuguese
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 ele
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 54
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Romanian
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 el
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference DER
comment
NEW Realization 55
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Romansh
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 el
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 56
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Spanish
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 él
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular

Él es mi hermano.


He is my brother.

reference Corominas, Pascual
comment
NEW Realization 57
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Venetian
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 elo
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 58
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Sicilian
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2 iḍḍu
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he

Iḍḍu' avi na màchina russa


He has a red car.

reference <personally collected data>
comment

iddu (eye dialect)
illu (Maletto)
eḍḍu (dialectal, Galloitalic of Sicily)

NEW Realization 59
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Emilian
lexeme 1 ille
lexeme 2
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he, him (emphatic form)
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 60
type Polysemy
language Latvian
lexeme viņš
meaning 1 that

aiziet līdz viņam stūriem


to go up to that corner

direction
meaning 2 third-person singular

enāca lektors, viņu saņēma aplausiem


the lecturer came in, (the audience) received him with applause

reference Tezaurs.lv English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 61
type Derivation
language Lezgian
lexeme 1 a
lexeme 2 am
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Heine, Kuteva et al. 2019: 143
comment

a + absolutive

NEW Realization 62
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Malay
language 2 Indonesian
lexeme itu
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 it
reference SEALang Indonesia English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 63
type Polysemy
language Malayalam
lexeme avan, avaḷ, ivan, ivaḷ
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Bhat 2013
comment

avan (M), avaḷ (F) ‘remote’ and ivan (M), ivaḷ (F) ‘proximal’ 

NEW Realization 64
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme
meaning 1 (Yongshou dialect of Zhongyuan Mandarin) that
direction
meaning 2 (Yongshou dialect of Zhongyuan Mandarin) person singular
reference Heine, Kuteva et al. 2019: 142
comment
NEW Realization 65
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Middle Dutch
language 2 Limburgish
lexeme 1 die
lexeme 2 dae
meaning 1 that one
direction
meaning 2 he
reference English Wiktionary
comment

deë (Southeast Limburgish), déë (Eupen), daeë (Voeren), dee (Maastrichtian)

NEW Realization 66
type Polysemy
language New South Wales Pidgin
lexeme dat
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Heine, Kuteva et al. 2019: 143
comment

< English that

NEW Realization 67
type Polysemy
language Ngarla
lexeme nguñi
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference EvoSem
comment
NEW Realization 68
type Polysemy
language Ngarluma
lexeme ngunhu
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference EvoSem
comment
NEW Realization 69
type Cognates
language 1 Nhanta (Nhanda)
language 2 Burduna (Bayungu, Payungu)
lexeme 1 ala
lexeme 2 pala
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference EvoSem
comment
NEW Realization 70
type Cognates
language 1 Nhanta (Nhanda)
language 2 Kuyani (Adnyamathanha, Guyani)
lexeme 1 anha
lexeme 2 vanha
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he, she
reference EvoSem
comment
NEW Realization 71
type Polysemy
language Nyamal
lexeme nguña
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference EvoSem
comment
NEW Realization 72
type Cognates
language 1 Nyangumarta
language 2 Thalanyji
lexeme pala
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference EvoSem
comment
NEW Realization 73
type Polysemy
language Nyiyaparli
lexeme nguña ~ ngunha
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference EvoSem
comment
NEW Realization 74
type Polysemy
language Old Turkic
lexeme ul¹ /ol/
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Clauson, Gerard (1972), An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 123
Tekin, Talât (1968), A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, page 358

ACCEPTED Realization 75
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme sá (स)
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he
reference MW: 1111
comment
NEW Realization 76
type Polysemy
language Sranan Tongo
lexeme da
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 it
reference Heine, Kuteva et al. 2019: 143
comment
NEW Realization 77
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme o
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference Jusipova 2005
comment
NEW Realization 78
type Polysemy
language Turkmen
lexeme ol
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference ESTJA: 1, 444
comment
NEW Realization 79
type Polysemy
language Tuvan
lexeme ол
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference ESTJA: 1, 444
comment
NEW Realization 80
type Polysemy
language Uighur
lexeme u
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference ESTJA: 1, 444
comment
NEW Realization 81
type Polysemy
language Uzbek
lexeme u
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 third-person singular
reference ESTJA: 1, 444
comment
NEW Realization 82
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme ол
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 it (inanimate)
reference SakhaTyla.Ru
comment
NEW Realization 83
type Cognates
language 1 Yami
language 2 Thao
lexeme 1 u-itu
lexeme 2 c-icu
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he, she, it
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 84
type Polysemy
language Yindjibarndi
lexeme ngunhaː
meaning 1 that
direction
meaning 2 he, she, it
reference EvoSem
comment