little, small
→
quiet (vs. loud)
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | small | |
| Meaning 1 | small | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | quiet (vs. loud) | Better? I say, in a small voice (V.Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale) "I promise", she said in a small voice |
| Reference | OED | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Khamnigan Mongol | |
| Lexeme | ǯa:la | |
| Meaning 1 | little, small | ǯa:la ɢol a small river |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | quiet (vs. loud) | ǯa:la:r kelükedemini oilɢono beši ta gü? Do you understand me when I talk quietly? |
| Reference | Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 140 | |
| Comment | ||