long (size)
→
high (size), tall
15 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1186 | long (size) | ↔ | long (period of time) | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | τᾰνᾰός | |
| meaning 1 | long | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | high | ἀστάχυες τᾰνᾰός high corn heads |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Chaha | |
| lexeme | gänäfä- | |
| meaning 1 | be long | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | be tall | |
| reference | EDG I: 56 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Fula | |
| lexeme | juunta | |
| meaning 1 | to be long | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to be tall | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ФРФС 281 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gosiute | |
| lexeme | kɨpata | |
| meaning 1 | long (size) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | high (size), tall | |
| reference | Miller 1996: 719 GLD | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Komi | |
| lexeme | кузь | |
| meaning 1 | long | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | tall | |
| reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | lung | |
| meaning 1 | long | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | tall | |
| reference | MDA2 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | 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 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | näwiḥ | |
| meaning 1 | long (size) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | high (size), tall | |
| reference | TED: 1346 | |
| comment | |
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