wide, broad
→
big
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||