soft (adj.)
→
tender (adj.)
18 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 8074 | to melt, thaw | → | to feel tenderness, compassion | Open |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Batsbi | |
| lexeme | mažũ | |
| meaning 1 | soft (adj.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gentle, mild | |
| reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 105 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Batsbi | |
| lexeme | čalmalĩ | |
| meaning 1 | soft (adj.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | pleasantly soft, warm hearted person | |
| reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2018: 75 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Even | |
| lexeme | дёлбэр | |
| meaning 1 | soft (adj.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | tender (adj.) | |
| reference | Robbek, Robbek 2005: 93 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | tendre | |
| meaning 1 | soft (adj.) | viande tendre tender meat |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | tender (adj.) | tendre père a tender father |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Hebrew | |
| lexeme | rach (רַךְ) | |
| meaning 1 | soft | שביל ההרים כוסה כולו בעלים, רך ונעים לדרוך עליו The mountain path was under a blanket of leaves, soft and easy to walk on. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | immature, tender | ?כיצד לבי הרך הפך לאבן My tender heart grown hard? |
| reference | glosbe.com | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | kōmaḷam | |
| meaning 1 | softness | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | tenderness | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 1188 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | iẓai | |
| meaning 1 | to become soft | Colloq. 3. To become soft and pasty, as boiled rice by being kept over the fire too long; |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to have tender emotions | Colloq. 5. To have tender emotions, as in love; |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 353 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tofa | |
| lexeme | чымҷақ | |
| meaning 1 | soft (adj.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | tender (adj.) | чымҷақ киши kind person |
| reference | Rassadin 2016: 518-519 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | mülâyim | |
| meaning 1 | soft (adj.) | mülayım çıkmak normal stool, no constipation. Lit. to go out smoothly, softly. (medical) |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | tender, mild, soft-tempered | Böylece baban gerçek cesur kimliğini saklamak için mülayim davrandığını düşünecek. This way, your dad will realize you're acting mild-mannered to hide your true brave identity. |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 652 glosbe.com | |
| comment | The meaning is overhelmingly "tender, soft-tempered" and not soft in physical terms, however there is a medical use of the term referring to bowels and stool. However, it is not clear whether the meaning "soft" is the original one. |
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