wide, broad
→
big
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 | Amharic | |
Lexeme | säffi | |
Meaning 1 | 'broad, wide, extended, spacious, widespread' | säffi təkäšša alläw; 'he has broad shoulders' (Leslau 1973:143); |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | 'large' | säffi bet särra 'he built a large house' (Leslau 1973:696) |
Reference | ||
Comment | (K 594) |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Borrowing | |
Language 1 | French | |
Language 2 | English | |
Lexeme | large | |
Meaning 1 | wide, vast, broad | rue large a broad street |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | big | He has a large collection of stamps. |
Reference | CNRTL | |
Comment |