black cloud
→
many, much
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | νέφος | |
| meaning 1 | cloud | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | abundance | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | nuée | |
| meaning 1 | thundercloud | nuée d'orage a storm cloud |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | abundance, plenty | une nuée d'insectes a cloud of insects |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | yún (雲) | |
| meaning 1 | cloud | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (figurative) many; numerous | |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | meghá (मेघ) | |
| meaning 1 | cloud | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | mass , multitude | |
| reference | MW | |
| comment | MW 831, Кочергина 520 From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás 'cloud', from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰ-ós, from *h₃meygʰ- 'fog, cloud'. Cognate with Avestan maēγa 'cloud', Persian miğ (میغ) 'cloud, fog', Old Armenian mēg (մէգ), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη 'mist, fog', Russian мгла (mgla), Albanian mjegull, English mist. |
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