servant → I 11 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Semantic evolution
language Acehnese
lexeme ulon
meaning 1 slave
direction →
meaning 2 I, me
reference
comment Babaev 2009, 122
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Burmese
lexeme чундо
meaning 1 royal slave
direction →
meaning 2 I, me (male)
reference
comment about a woman - чунмá 'slave', 'me'
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Burmese
lexeme taymaq
meaning 1 female slave
direction →
meaning 2 I, me
reference
comment Babaev 2009, 125
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Burmese
lexeme dabeqdov
meaning 1 royal obedient
direction →
meaning 2 I, me
reference
comment Babaev 2009, 122
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Farsi
lexeme بنده bande
meaning 1 slave بندۀ خدا bande-ye xodā
servant of god
direction →
meaning 2 I, me (epistolary) بندۀ خانه bande-ye xāne
my house
reference Rubinčik 1970: 222
comment ПРС 128.
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Semantic evolution
language Indonesian
lexeme 1 sahaya
lexeme 2 saya
meaning 1 servant
direction →
meaning 2 I, me
reference
comment Lander, Yury A. [Rev.:] Wischer, Ilse; Diewald, Gabriele (eds.) New reflections on grammaticalization. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2002 // LINGUIST List 13.2236, Sep 7, 2002.
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme khŋum
meaning 1 slave
direction →
meaning 2 I, me
reference
comment Babaev 2009, 122
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme xiăo-guān
meaning 1 inferior officer, junior servant
direction →
meaning 2 I, me (clerk, officer)
reference
comment Also means 'waiter (in an inn)'. БКРС 14177, с. 773
ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Old Japanese
language 2 Japanese
lexeme boku
meaning 1 servant, slave
direction →
meaning 2 I, me (male)
reference
comment Babaev 2009, 122
NEW Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme kà-yǒm (ขยม)
meaning 1 (archaic) servant, slave
direction →
meaning 2 (archaic) I, me
reference SEAlang Thai
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Semantic evolution
language Vietnamese
lexeme tŏi, tố
meaning 1 servant
meaning 2 I, me
reference
comment Babaev 2009, 122

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