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21 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Akkadian | |
Lexeme | rabû | |
Meaning 1 | large | 1 kirri kaspim rabīm-ma leḳe-ma take one large silver vessel |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | majestic, grand, important | [d Ni]ntu bēltum rabītum Nintu, the great lady |
Reference | ||
Comment | CAD r 26-27 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Amharic | |
Lexeme | təlləḳ | |
Meaning 1 | big (size) | təlləḳ bet wəsṭ yənorallu 'they live in a big house' (Leslau 1973:113) |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great (in importance) | yäzzih ṭäḳlay gəzat gäžži təlləḳ säw näw 'The governor of this province is a great man' (Leslau 1973:535); |
Reference | ||
Comment | (K 957). |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme | μέγας | |
Meaning 1 | big, large | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great | μέγας Ζεύς, μεγάλαι θεαί; μέγας βασιλεύς; οἱ μεγάλοι Δαναοί grand Zeus, grand godesses (i.e. Demetra and Persephone), grand king (generally Xerxes), Danaos leaders |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
Lexeme | gādōl | |
Meaning 1 | big, tall | wa-yyəbrāʔ ʔĕlōhīm ʔet-ha-ttannīnim ha-ggədōlīm 'and God created the big snakes' (Gn 1:21) |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | mighty, important | ʔēnnennū gādōl ba-bbayit hazzē mimmennī 'he is not bigger in this house than I' (Gn. 39:9), |
Reference | ||
Comment | (HALAT 170). |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Azerbaijani | |
Lexeme | zorba | |
Meaning 1 | big | zorba kişi, zorba daş, zorba it hefty man;big stone; big dog |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | outstanding; eminent; distinguished | Zorba adamır He is an outstanding man |
Reference | Azərbaycanca-rusca lüǧet 2006: 977 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme | kabīr- | |
Meaning 1 | big | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Lane 2586). |
NEW Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Croatian | |
Lexeme | velik | |
Meaning 1 | big | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great | veliki umjetnik, veliki nogometaš great artist, great football player |
Reference | HJP | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | grand | |
Meaning 1 | big, large | grande foule a big crowd |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great | grand poète a great poet |
Reference | CNRTL | |
Comment | Tuebingen team (ID 2) |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme | gross | |
Meaning 1 | big, large | grosses Passagierflugzeug big passenger plane |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | great | Peter der Grosse Peter the Great |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Hill Mari | |
Lexeme | кого | |
Meaning 1 | big | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great | |
Reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 11 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mansi | |
Lexeme | яныг | |
Meaning 1 | big | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great | |
Reference | Afanas'eva, Sobjanina 2012 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Meadow Mari | |
Lexeme | кугу | |
Meaning 1 | big | Кугу вуйым изи уш ырыктен ок керт. A small cap will not protect a big head from the cold. |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great | кугу писатель great writer |
Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 13 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Nganasan | |
Lexeme | анiка"а | |
Meaning 1 | big | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | great | |
Reference | Kosterkina, Momde, Ždanova 2001: 17 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
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Type | Semantic evolution | |
Language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
Language 2 | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | великий | |
Lexeme 2 | velikij | |
Meaning 1 | big, large | Привалиша камень великъ къ двьремъ гробу. (Срезневский 1: 235) They closed the entrance to the tomb with a huge stone. (Sreznevsky 1: 235) |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great | Великий человек a great man |
Reference | ||
Comment | In Old Russian the meaning 'great' was already present. In modern Russian the meaning 'big' is practically lost. |
ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Osetin | |
Lexeme | styr | |
Meaning 1 | big, large | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | great | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Абаев 3, 158-159 |
ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme | mare | |
Meaning 1 | big, large | Literă mare capital (letter) |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great | Ştefan cel mare Stephen the Great |
Reference | DEX98 | |
Comment | DEX98 |
NEW Realization 17 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Selkup | |
Lexeme | варг ~ варӷ | |
Meaning 1 | big | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great | варӷ ӄэ́дэӽэл ӄуп great shaman |
Reference | Consolidated Selkup | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 18 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Serbian | |
Lexeme | велики (veliki) | |
Meaning 1 | big | велика кућа, велики камен big house, big stone |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great | велики научник, велики уметник great scientist, great artist |
Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 137 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tigrinya | |
Lexeme | ʕabiy/ʕabi | |
Meaning 1 | 'big, huge, large' | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | 'great' | ʕabi säb 'gentleman, personage, bigwig, big shot' (KT 1876) |
Reference | ||
Comment | (KT 1876) |
ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Turkish | |
Lexeme | büyük | |
Meaning 1 | big, large, massive | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great, mighty, important | büyük duka grand duke |
Reference | ||
Comment |
NEW Realization 21 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Turkish | |
Lexeme | koca | |
Meaning 1 | big | Ve o koca evde yalnız kaldım. And I'm all alone in that huge house. |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | great | koca şair great poet |
Reference | Baskakov 1977: 554 | |
Comment |