Number of realizations
12
expensive
→
lovely
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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!' |
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| Comment | (K 1571). The original meaning is likely B (cp. Amharic verb wäddädä 'to love, to desire' and its cognates: Arb. wadda ‘to love’, Hbr. *yādīd ‘beloved’) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Komi | |
| Lexeme | сё шайт | |
| Meaning 1 | hundred of roubles | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | darling | |
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| Comment | КомиРС 720 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Related Languages | The same polysemy in other Gurage languages (LGur. 457) | |
| Comment | (LGur. I 85; Leslau 1983:32); cp. also nund 'expensive, dear, rare'; namʷäǧat 'the beloved one (woman)' (LGur. I 85). The meaning B is original (LGur. 457). | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Adyghe | |
| Lexeme | ƛap'e | |
| Meaning 1 | expensive, precious; high (price) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | dear, darling, beloved | |
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| Comment | АдРС 188 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | dear | |
| Meaning 1 | dear | eggs are very dear just now "eggs are expensive now" |
| Meaning 2 | dear, respected | |
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| Comment | The Old English word dēore had already both meanings. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | dorogoj | |
| Meaning 1 | expensive | дорогой бензин "expensive petrol" |
| Meaning 2 | dear | Дорогая моя! "My dear!" |
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| Comment | The Rum drag 'beloved' is of Slavic origin. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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" |
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| Comment | ХРС 12. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karaim | |
| Lexeme | абайлы | |
| Meaning 1 | honourable, respected | абайлы достум! "my dear friend!" |
| Meaning 2 | expensive, valuable, precious | абайлы таш "gem" |
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| Comment | КРПС 37 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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!" |
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| Comment | ЯРС 197. The Yakut word has been borrowed from Mongolian: хүнд 'heavy; respected' | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | masan | |
| Meaning 1 | expensive, precious | масан хьун "to get more expensive" |
| Meaning 2 | beloved, dear | масан стха "dear brother" |
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| Comment | (LezgRus 231) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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' |
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| Comment | (CAD AII 207-209). | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | chercher | |
| 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 | |
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