only
↔
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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| 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 (Eccl. 7:30) This only I have found. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | at, sed, autem, attamen | wa-yəbe saʔol ʔabbasku wa-bāḥəttu sabbəḥanni ḳədma liḳāwəntihomu la-ʔəsrāʔel wa-ḳədma ḥəzbəya (1 Reg. 15:30) And Saol said: “I have sinned; but please, glorify me befor the people of Israel and before my people” |
| reference | LLA: 496 | |
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| 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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