little, small
→
detailed, thorough
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | minute | |
Meaning 1 | two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | an exact and minute report | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tigrinya | |
Lexeme | däḳḳiḳ̆ | |
Meaning 1 | small | däḳḳiḳ̆ fəṭrät 'animalcule, microscopic creature' (KT 2108) |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | thorough, detailed, intimate or exhaustive (knowledge of s.th.) | zəsäggər säb kədawəntu ʔawṣiʔom bədäḳiḳ̆ yəfəttəšəwo səlläzənäbäru 'since they were thoroughly searching people passing through by making them take off their clothes...' (KT 2108) |
Reference | ||
Comment | (KT 2108) |