only, just
↔
but, however
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | but | |
| Meaning 1 | only, just | he is but fifteen; he is but fifteen; |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | however | that is a rule, but there are many exceptions |
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| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | only | |
| Meaning 1 | without others or anything further; exclusively. | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | but, however | You're welcome to borrow my bicycle, only please take care of it. I would enjoy running, only I have this broken leg. She would get good results only she gets nervous. |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | bāḥəttu | |
| Meaning 1 | only | bāḥəttu zanta rakabku 'this only I have found' (Eccl. 7:30) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | at, sed, autem, attamen | wa-yəbe saʔol ʔabbasku wa-bāḥəttu sabbəḥanni ḳədma liḳāwəntihomu la-ʔəsrāʔel wa-ḳədma ḥəzbəya 'and Saol said: I have sinned; but please, glorify me befor the people of Israel and before my people' (1 Reg. 15:30) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | LLA 496 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | tol'ko | |
| Meaning 1 | only | Только тебе я верю 'I trust only you' 'I trust only you' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | but, however | Я принес вам посылку, только я ее не отдам 'I have brough a post package for you, but I am not going to give it to you' |
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