light (n.) world 17 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 40812)
type Polysemy
language Chechen
lexeme дуьне
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference <personally collected data>
comment

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From a Turkic language, ultimately from Arabic dunyā (دُنْيَا) 'world'

NEW Realization 2 (ID: 19976)
type Derivation
language Croatian
lexeme 1 svijetlo
lexeme 2 svijet
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world organski svijet
organic world
reference HJP
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 13023)
type Derivation
language Czech
lexeme 1 světlo
lexeme 2 svět
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Kopeckij 1976: 2, 391-392
comment
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 40815)
type Polysemy
language Forest Enets
lexeme dʲɛri
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference <personally collected data>
comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 633)
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme világ
meaning 1 light világot gyújtani
to turn on the light
direction
meaning 2 world a világ minden népe
all the peoples of the world
reference Гальди 1974: 789-790
comment
NEW Realization 6 (ID: 34058)
type Polysemy
language Itelmen
lexeme атхʔатх
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference PIRS: 43
comment
NEW Realization 7 (ID: 40814)
type Polysemy
language Kolyma (Southern) Yukaghir
lexeme poɲqə
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference <personally collected data>
comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 13024)
type Derivation
language Macedonian
lexeme 1 светло
lexeme 2 свет
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Tolovski, Illič-Svityč 1963: 455
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 13026)
type Polysemy
language Old Church Slavonic
lexeme свѣтъ
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Cejtlin et al. 1994: 596
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 13022)
type Derivation
language Polish
lexeme 1 światło
lexeme 2 świat
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Gessen, Stypula 1980: 2, 432-433
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 3870)
type Cognates
language Romanian
lexeme 1 lumină
lexeme 2 lume
meaning 1 light
direction
meaning 2 world, universe
reference DEX98
comment Both words are from from Latin lumen (pl. lumina) DER. Probably semantic influence of Slavic languages.
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 4506)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme свет (svet)
meaning 1 light свет погас
The light went off.
direction
meaning 2 world обойти весь свет
to travel all over the world
reference BAS: 13, 324-326
comment
NEW Realization 13 (ID: 19975)
type Derivation
language Serbian
lexeme 1 светлост (svetlost)
lexeme 2 свет (svet)
meaning 1 light (n.) светлост сунца, светлост лампе
sunshine, light from the lamp
direction
meaning 2 world животињски свет
animal world
reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1200, 1202
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 13025)
type Derivation
language Slovenian
lexeme 1 svetlôba
lexeme 2 svét
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Kotnik 1967: 579-580
comment
NEW Realization 15 (ID: 34089)
type Polysemy
language Somali
lexeme if(-ka)
meaning 1 light
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Alejnikov 2012
comment
NEW Realization 16 (ID: 40813)
type Polysemy
language Tabassaran
lexeme дюнʼя
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference <personally collected data>
comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 13020)
type Polysemy
language Tofa
lexeme чырық
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Rassadin 2016: 520-521
comment