high (location)
→
high (size), tall
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme | elû | |
| meaning 1 | high, exalted | ina birīt ... šadê elūti ḫuršāni šaḳûti between high mountains, high mountain ranges |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | tall, high | eḳlam ša... ana mê elû-ma lā imkuru they have not irrigated the field, which is too high for getting water |
| reference | ||
| comment | CAD e 110-111. In Akkadian two protoforms have merged - eliu and elû. This is why this is marked as derivation, not as polysemy. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Syncretism | |
| language | Azerbaijani | |
| lexeme | yuxarı | |
| meaning 1 | high (location) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | tall | |
| reference | Azərbaycanca-rusca lüǧet 2006 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Syncretism | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | visok | |
| meaning 1 | high (location) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | high (size), tall | |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Syncretism | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | high | |
| meaning 1 | high (location) | a high plateau |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | high (size), tall | a high building |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Syncretism | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | haut | |
| meaning 1 | high (location) | de haute taille tall |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | high (size), tall | haut plafond high ceiling |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Syncretism | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | высокий | |
| meaning 1 | high (location) | высокое дерево high tree |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | high (size), tall | высокий потолок high ceiling |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Syncretism | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | висок (visоk) | |
| meaning 1 | high (location) | високо небо, висок облак, висока таваница, високо плато high sky, high cloud, high ceiling, high plateau |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | high (size), tall | високо дрво, висока планина, висок човек tall tree, tall mountain, tall man |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 151-152 | |
| comment | ||