light (n.) world 17 realizations
NEW Realization 1
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
type Derivation
language Croatian
lexeme 1 svijetlo
lexeme 2 svijet
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world organski svijet
organic world
reference HJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
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
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
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
type Polysemy
language Itelmen
lexeme атхʔатх
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference PIRS: 43
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NEW Realization 7
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
type Derivation
language Macedonian
lexeme 1 светло
lexeme 2 свет
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Tolovski, Illič-Svityč 1963: 455
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ACCEPTED Realization 9
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
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
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
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
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
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
type Polysemy
language Somali
lexeme if(-ka)
meaning 1 light
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Alejnikov 2012
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NEW Realization 16
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
type Polysemy
language Tofa
lexeme чырық
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Rassadin 2016: 520-521
comment