thin (of a flat object)
→
delicate, subtle (person, question etc.)
6 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1435 | fat (adj., of a person) | → | rude, impolite | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 2328) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | ḳäč̣č̣ən | |
| meaning 1 | thin (person, voice, cloth) | ḳäč̣č̣ən ləbs thin, gauzy cloth |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | refined (person) | ḳäč̣č̣ən geta a real lord |
| reference | AED: 839 | |
| comment | Cf. Tna. ḳäṭṭin/ḳäč̣č̣in 'thin, fine, slender'; ḳäṭṭin zəbahru 'temperamental, sensitive person' [TED 1048]. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 11328) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | fin | |
| meaning 1 | thin (of an object) | elle a les doigts fins she has thin fingers |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | delicate, subtle (person, question etc.) | une remarque très fine a very suble observation |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 2711) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | räḳḳiḳ̆ | |
| meaning 1 | thin, fine | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | delicate, subtle, refined | räḳḳiḳ̆ säb frail (person); subtle (person); shrewd |
| reference | TED: 560 | |
| comment | ||
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