light (n.) world 13 realizations
NEW Realization 1
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 2
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
ACCEPTED Realization 3
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
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NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Itelmen
lexeme атхʔатх
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference PIRS: 43
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
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 6
type Polysemy
language Old Church Slavonic
lexeme свѣтъ
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Cejtlin et al. 1994: 596
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ACCEPTED Realization 7
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 8
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 9
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme 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
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NEW Realization 10
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 11
type Derivation
language Slovenian
lexeme 1 svetlôba
lexeme 2 svét
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Kotnik 1967: 579-580
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NEW Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Somali
lexeme if(-ka)
meaning 1 light
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Alejnikov 2012
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ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Tofa
lexeme чырық
meaning 1 light (n.)
direction
meaning 2 world
reference Rassadin 2016: 520-521
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