old (vs. young)
→
rotten
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | star | |
| meaning 1 | old | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | stale | stari kruh stale bread |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Jarawara | |
| lexeme | boto | |
| meaning 1 | to be old | 1) Awa botokare. 1) It's not an old tree. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | rotten | 1) Koba ka na botote amake, bari ya. 1) If you chop a piece out of a koba tree (lit., if a koba tree is chopped) with an ax, it will rot. |
| reference | ||
| comment | JED 68. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | стар (star) | |
| meaning 1 | old | стара песма, стара рана old song, old wound |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | stale | старе јаје, стар хлеб stale eggs, stale bread |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 266 | |
| comment | ||