to shine, glitter
→
to boast
7 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 44135) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Cantonese Chinese | |
| lexeme | jyun6 / jyun4 (炫) | |
| meaning 1 | to shine, glitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to boast | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 44139) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Chinese | |
| lexeme | *ɡʷeːn (炫) | |
| meaning 1 | to shine, glitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to boast | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 1639) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | xuàn (炫) | |
| meaning 1 | to shine, to glitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to boast, to put on air | |
| reference | BKRS: 15136 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 44138) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Middle Chinese | |
| lexeme | hwenH (炫) | |
| meaning 1 | to shine, glitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to boast | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 44136) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Puxian Min | |
| lexeme | hoeng5 / hyoeng5 (炫) | |
| meaning 1 | to shine, glitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to boast | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 44137) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Southern Min (Min Nan) | |
| lexeme | hiang5 / hiêng5 (炫) | |
| meaning 1 | to shine, glitter | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to boast | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 39446) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | perdahlamak | |
| meaning 1 | to polish, to make shine | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to boast (argo) | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 718 | |
| comment | ||