old (vs. young)
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4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme 1 | ləhiḳ | |
| lexeme 2 | liḳ | |
| meaning 1 | grown-up, adult, old, old man, senior | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | chief, senior, elder | liḳa ḥamar captain of a ship |
| reference | CDG: 309, 317 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | стар (star) | |
| meaning 1 | old (vs. young) | стар човек old man |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | chief, senior | стар официр senior officer |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1266 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Tigre | |
| lexeme 1 | šangala | |
| lexeme 2 | šəmāgalle | |
| meaning 1 | 'to become of age' | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | 'nobleman (opposite to vassal)' | |
| reference | ||
| comment | LH 210, 220-221; cp. Amh. šəmagəlle ''elder, old man, old gentleman, respectable person; arbiter, conciliator' (K 615), Tna. šəmagəllä 'elder, person advanced in age; counselor, arbitrator' (KT 818) | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Wanman (Warnman) | |
| lexeme | yatilpa | |
| meaning 1 | old man | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | boss | |
| reference | Burgman 2010: 59 | |
| comment | ||