expensive
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dear, darling
14 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Adyghe | |
| lexeme | ƛap'e | |
| meaning 1 | expensive, precious; high (price) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dear, darling, beloved | |
| reference | ||
| comment | АдРС 188 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme | aḳru | |
| meaning 1 | expensive, precious, valuable | annuku annakam waḳru 14 GÍN.TA u ša šapliš izzaz tin is expensive here, it stands at 14 shekels or less |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dear | aḫī aḳru my dear brother |
| reference | CAD | |
| comment | CAD a 2, 207-209 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | wədd | |
| meaning 1 | costly, expensive, precious, high (price) | wəddə näw? Is it expensive? |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | dear, beloved | wədd Märša! Dear Mersha! |
| reference | AED: 1571 | |
| comment | The original meaning is likely B (cf. Amharic verb wäddädä 'to love, to desire' and its cognates: Arb. wadda ‘to love’, Hbr. *yādīd ‘beloved’). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Chaha | |
| lexeme | tärämädä-m | |
| meaning 1 | be expensive | äkʷa ḳǝb tä-ḳ’äsa tärämädä-m today butter and cheese was expensive |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | be loved | |
| reference | EDG I: 85 Leslau 1983: 32 | |
| comment | Cf. also nund 'expensive, dear, rare'; namʷäǧat 'the beloved one (woman)' (EDG I I 85). The meaning B is original (EDG 457). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | dear | |
| meaning 1 | (British) dear | eggs are very dear just now eggs are expensive now |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | dear, respected | |
| reference | Merriam-Webster | |
| comment | The Old English word dēore had already both meanings. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | cher | |
| meaning 1 | expensive | Les premières fraises sont chères The first strawberries are expensive |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lovely | Elle retrouva ses chères habitudes; mon cher ami She came back to her lovely habitudes; my dear friend |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ingush | |
| lexeme | беза | |
| meaning 1 | expensive | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | dear, darling | беза хьаыний dear guests |
| reference | Bekova et al. 2009: 160 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Karaim | |
| lexeme | абайлы | |
| meaning 1 | honourable, respected | абайлы достум! my dear friend! |
| meaning 2 | expensive, valuable, precious | абайлы таш gem |
| reference | ||
| comment | КРПС 37 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khakas | |
| lexeme | аарлығ | |
| meaning 1 | high (price), expensive | аарлығ турча it is expensive |
| meaning 2 | dear, respected | аарлығ нанӌым my dear friend |
| reference | ||
| comment | ХРС 12. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Komi | |
| lexeme | сё шайт | |
| meaning 1 | hundred of roubles | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | darling | |
| reference | ||
| comment | КомиРС 720 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lezgian | |
| lexeme | masan | |
| meaning 1 | expensive, precious | масан хьун to get more expensive |
| meaning 2 | beloved, dear | масан стха dear brother |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LezgRus 231) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | dorogoj | |
| meaning 1 | expensive | дорогой бензин expensive petrol |
| meaning 2 | dear | Дорогая моя! My dear! |
| reference | ||
| comment | The Rum drag 'beloved' is of Slavic origin. | |
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tagalog | |
| lexeme | mahа́l | |
| meaning 1 | expensive | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | dear, darling | |
| reference | Krus, Ignašev 1959: 212 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yakut | |
| lexeme | күндү | |
| meaning 1 | dear, expensive, precious | күндү мал a precious object |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dear, darling, beloved | күндү доҕоттор Dear friends! |
| reference | ||
| comment | ЯРС 197. The Yakut word has been borrowed from Mongolian: хүнд 'heavy; respected' | |