many, much
→
very, of high degree
16 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Aghul | |
| Lexeme | pːara | |
| Meaning 1 | a lot of | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | very | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Croatian | |
| Lexeme | puno | |
| Meaning 1 | many, much | ovdje ima puno ljudi there are a lot of people here |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | puno lijep, puno dobar very beautiful, very good |
| Reference | HJP | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Croatian | |
| Lexeme | mnogo | |
| Meaning 1 | many, much | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | mnogo lijep very beautiful |
| Reference | HJP | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | meget | |
| Meaning 1 | many | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | meget stor very big |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | beaucoup | |
| Meaning 1 | many | beaucoup d’argent a lot of money |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | Il a beaucoup changé He has changed a lot |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ginukh | |
| Lexeme | ʕezzaʕan | |
| Meaning 1 | a lot of, enough, plenty | шагьаллӣ эззагIан гъведбе ригъа to pass many days in town |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | гIеззагIан регӣ very good |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The dictionaries of other languages cite only the meaning of 'a lot of' for this word (e.g. Karat. гIерзагIан, КРС 139) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Khinalug | |
| Lexeme | iχer | |
| Meaning 1 | a lot of | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | very | зы ихер шат атмаь I am very happy |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malay | |
| Lexeme | banyak | |
| Meaning 1 | many, much | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very; too | banyak mahal very expensive |
| Reference | Rott et al. 1977.: 35 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | meget | |
| Meaning 1 | many | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | et meget godt resultat a very good result |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme | пуно (puno) | |
| Meaning 1 | many, much | пуно трговаца many merchants |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | пуно се радовати to be very happy |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1092 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme | много (mnogo) | |
| Meaning 1 | many, much | много година, много људи, много новца many years, many people, a lot of money |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | много ми је жао, много лепо певати I am very sorry, to sing very beautifully |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 721 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | mucho | |
| Meaning 1 | numerous, abundant | mucha gente a lot of people |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | very | Yo te quiero mucho. I love you so much. |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Narumov 1995: 518) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme 1 | mycken | |
| Lexeme 2 | mycket | |
| Meaning 1 | many | mycket fisk a lot of fish |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | mycket tidigt på morgonen very early in the morning |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | bəzuḥ | |
| Meaning 1 | 'much, many, several, numerous' | bəzuḥ säb a lot of people |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'adv. Very much, a lot' | məsaḵi fätiyä məmṣaʔḵu ʔəntäḵonä ḥezis bəzuḥ ṣagimuni 'I would have liked to have come with you, but it is very hard for me (to do so) now' (KT 1615) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | KT 1187; the same type of polysemy in the Amharic bəzu (K 928) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | çok | |
| Meaning 1 | a lot of | bu ev için çok para istediler They asked a lot of money for this house |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | very | çok az very few, very little |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ukrainian | |
| Lexeme | багато | |
| Meaning 1 | many, much | Нас сього вина треба багато We need a lot of this wine |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | Вона багато гордуе She is very proud |
| Reference | Grinchenko 1909: 1,17 | |
| Comment | ||
Переход достаточно тривиальный, однако показывает дополнительный источник для концепта "очень".