little, small
→
young
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 5129 | little, small | → | younger | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| Lexeme | ḳāṭān | |
| Meaning 1 | small | lo-yəhye ləkā bə-kīsəkā ʔeben wā-ʔāben gədolā ū-ḳəṭannā 'you will not have in your bag a stone, a stone big and small' (Dt 25:13) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | young | naʕar ḳāṭān; 'a young boy' (2K 11:17); |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | HALAT 1021 | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme | žomẽ | |
| Meaning 1 | small, little, short | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | young | |
| Reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 235 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ṣaġīr- | |
| Meaning 1 | 'small, little' | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'small in age, in years' | ṣāḥib-u hāḏihi l-baġlat-i šāb-un ṣaġīr-un 'the owner of this female mule is a young man small in years' (Alf layla wa-layla vol. 1, 128) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Lane 1692 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | dogo | |
| Meaning 1 | small, little | meza ndogo a small table |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | young, younger | baba mdogo, ndugu mdogo father's younger brother, uncle (paternal); younger brother |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Polikanov | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | nəʔus | |
| Meaning 1 | 'small, little, minute' (KT 1337) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | 'baby, small child, young boy, chick, junior (in age), young' (KT 1337) | nəʔus wädi ʕəsran šämmontän ʕamät ʔəyyu (KT 1337) 'he is a young man, 28 years old' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Cf. also nəʔsənnät 'childhood, adolescence' (KT 1338) | |