big
→
numerous
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
Lexeme | rbh (qal) | |
Meaning 1 | 'to be many, to multiply' | wə-hā-ʕōp yireb bā-ʔāreṣ 'and the birds became numerous on the earth' (Gn 1:22) |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | 'to be big' | wa-ttēreb mim-maśʔot kullām; ‘and it was bigger than the tribute of all of them’ (Gn. 43:34); |
Reference | ||
Comment | HALAT 1097 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Meadow Mari | |
Lexeme | кугу | |
Meaning 1 | numerous | кугу тӱшка, кугу погынымаш, кугу контингент. Арсланыште Микайлан ешыже кугуак огыл. (Алексей Эрыкан) large group, large gathering, numerous contingent. Mikayla's family in Arslan is not very big. |
Direction | ← | |
Meaning 2 | big | |
Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | большой | |
Meaning 1 | big | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | numerous | большая семья |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment |