little, small → young 6 realizations
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
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Komi-Permyak
lexeme поснит
meaning 1 little, small
direction →
meaning 2 young
reference <personally collected data>
comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 5
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 6
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)

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