long (size) high (size), tall 25 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 9621)
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme arku
meaning 1 long ištēn eṣa[m] taskar[inn]am arkam ... dinima

Give me one long boxwood log!

direction
meaning 2 tall šumma ina āli GÍD.DA.MEš MIN 

(incipit) If there are many tall people in a town, ...

reference CAD: w 283-285
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 9206)
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme räǧǧəm
meaning 1 long, lengthy räǧǧəm əgər 

long legs

direction
meaning 2 high, tall niwyork wəsṭ bəzzu räǧaǧǧəm hənṣawočč allu

There are many high buildings in New Yorkю

reference AED: 405 Leslau 1973: 580
comment Likely to be cognate to the previous example (Tigre rym, Ancient Hebrew rym).
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 2911)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme τᾰνᾰός
meaning 1 long
direction
meaning 2 high ἀστάχυες τᾰνᾰός
high corn heads
reference
comment
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 46057)
type Polysemy
language Botlikh
lexeme беххила
meaning 1 long (size)
direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall
reference Saidova, Abusov 2012: 79
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 9681)
type Polysemy
language Chaha
lexeme gänäfä-
meaning 1 be long
direction
meaning 2 be tall
reference EDG I: 56
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 2873)
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme طَوِيل ṭawīl-
meaning 1 long, elongated, extended

 قِصَّة طَوِيلَة (qiṣṣat- ṭawīlat-)


a long story

direction
meaning 2 tall, high (long-bodied)
reference Lane: 1897
comment
NEW Realization 7 (ID: 51405)
type Polysemy
language Danisi
lexeme káò
meaning 1 long (size)
direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall
reference Comparative Khoe-Kwadi
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 7023)
type Polysemy
language Fula
lexeme juunta
meaning 1 to be long
direction
meaning 2 to be tall
reference
comment ФРФС 281
NEW Realization 9 (ID: 41697)
type Polysemy
language Gamilaraay
lexeme guraarr
meaning 1 long (size)
direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall
reference Ash et al. 2003: 97
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 353)
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme 1 nawāḫ, nawiḫ
lexeme 2 nawaḫ, nawiḫ
meaning 1 long ḥabl nawāḫ (Jes. 5:18)

a long rope

direction
meaning 2 high, tall dabr nawiḫ (Hen. 25:3)

a high mountain

reference LLA: 674
comment
NEW Realization 11 (ID: 37827)
type Polysemy
language Gosiute
lexeme kɨpata
meaning 1 long (size)
direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall
reference Miller 1996: 719 GLD
comment
NEW Realization 12 (ID: 51403)
type Polysemy
language Gǀui
lexeme !áò
meaning 1 long (size)
direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall
reference Comparative Khoe-Kwadi
comment
NEW Realization 13 (ID: 51402)
type Polysemy
language Gǁoro
lexeme káò
meaning 1 long (size)
direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall
reference Comparative Khoe-Kwadi
comment
NEW Realization 14 (ID: 37853)
type Polysemy
language Hadza
lexeme tʰàsé-yà
meaning 1 long (size)
direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall
reference Sands, Maddieson & Ladefoged 1996: 198 GLD
comment
NEW Realization 15 (ID: 51401)
type Polysemy
language Khwe
lexeme kʲáò
meaning 1 long (size)
direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall
reference Comparative Khoe-Kwadi
comment
NEW Realization 16 (ID: 34841)
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme кузь
meaning 1 long
direction
meaning 2 tall
reference Beznosikova et al. 2000
comment
NEW Realization 17 (ID: 51399)
type Polysemy
language Naro
lexeme !áò
meaning 1 long (size)
direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall
reference Comparative Khoe-Kwadi
comment
NEW Realization 18 (ID: 51398)
type Polysemy
language Nata-Shua (Shwakhwe)
lexeme káò
meaning 1 long (size)
direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall
reference Comparative Khoe-Kwadi
comment
NEW Realization 19 (ID: 48897)
type Derivation
language Rengao
lexeme 1 kanhèʹ ranŏh
lexeme 2 kanhèʹ
meaning 1 long (size)
direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall
reference Gregerson & Gregerson 2026: 172
comment
NEW Realization 20 (ID: 34265)
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme lung
meaning 1 long
direction
meaning 2 tall
reference MDA2
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 10438)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme длинный (dlinnyj)
meaning 1 long a. Длинная улица 'Long street'. b. Длинный забор 'Long fence'. c. Длинное платье 'Long dress'. d. Длинный путь 'Long way'.
direction
meaning 2 tall Смотри, какой Петя длинный вымахал!
Just look how Petya has grown up, he is so tall!
reference
comment colloquial use
NEW Realization 22 (ID: 32225)
type Polysemy
language Rutul
lexeme χuˁlʲaˁχdɨ
meaning 1 long (size)

heti rɨšed χuˁlʲaˁχdɨ č'arbɨr ʁa


this girl has long hair

direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall

 izdi šu χuˁlʲaˁχdɨ bɨj kid jiʔi


my brother is tall

reference Alekseeva et al. 2023 Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019: 386
comment

In (Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019) there is no such shift (Mukhad dialect). This word means only 'long'

Data given for Kina Rutul (filed data)

ACCEPTED Realization 23 (ID: 9013)
type Cognates
language 1 Tigre
language 2 Ancient Hebrew
lexeme 1 rayim
lexeme 2 rām
meaning 1 long
direction
meaning 2 high ʕal-hehārīm hā-rāmīm wə-ʕal-ha-ggəbāʕot wə-taḥat kol-ʕēṣ raʕănān (Dt 12:2); (Ps. 113:4)
On the high mountains and on the hills and under each green tree; the God is high above all the peoples, his might is above the heaven.
reference WTS: 161 HALOT: 1122
comment The meaning in the Proto-Semitic is difficult to reconstruct; the meaning B can be original. Cf. Jibbali rihm 'tall, long' (JJ 219).
NEW Realization 24 (ID: 23873)
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme näwiḥ
meaning 1 long (size)
direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall
reference TED: 1346
comment


NEW Realization 25 (ID: 51397)
type Polysemy
language Ts'ixa
lexeme káò
meaning 1 long (size)
direction
meaning 2 high (size), tall
reference Comparative Khoe-Kwadi
comment