expensive
↔
dear, darling
15 realizations
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Hungarian | |
lexeme | drága | |
meaning 1 | expensive | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | dear, darling | |
reference | Gal’di 1987 | |
comment |
NEW Realization 8 | ||
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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 |
NEW Realization 14 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Tagalog | |
lexeme | mahа́l | |
meaning 1 | expensive | |
direction | — | |
meaning 2 | dear, darling | |
reference | Krus, Ignašev 1959: 212 | |
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