uncle (mother's brother)
—
father-in-law
8 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Brahui | |
Lexeme | māmā | |
Meaning 1 | uncle (mother's brother) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | father-in-law | |
Reference | Bray_Brahui dictionary: 199 | |
Comment | Not exactly the meaning, but "mode of address of a son-in-law to his father-in-law" |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kannada | |
Lexeme | māma | |
Meaning 1 | uncle (mother's brother) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | father-in-law | |
Reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 777 | |
Comment | Also "wife's or husband's father, father-in-law"; Also māva (p. 779) |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kolami | |
Lexeme | māmak | |
Meaning 1 | uncle (mother's brother) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | father-in-law | |
Reference | Emeneau Kolami language: 215 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Parji | |
Lexeme | māma | |
Meaning 1 | uncle (mother's brother) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | father-in-law | |
Reference | Parji dictionary: 189 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tamil | |
Lexeme | mātulan̠ | |
Meaning 1 | uncle (mother's brother) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | father-in-law | |
Reference | Tamil lexicon | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tamil | |
Lexeme | māmaṉ | |
Meaning 1 | uncle (mother's brother) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | father-in-law | |
Reference | Tamil lexicon: 3162 | |
Comment | Второе значение также māmaṉār. |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Tamil | |
Language 2 | Gadaba (Kondekor- Mudhili) | |
Lexeme 1 | māman̠ | |
Lexeme 2 | māme | |
Meaning 1 | uncle (mother's brother) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | father-in-law | |
Reference | Bhaskararao Konekor Gadaba language: 124 | |
Comment | Also DEDR etc, many examples. But interesting that in Gadaba dictionary main meaning "mother's brother" is not mentioned. |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Telugu | |
Lexeme 1 | māma | |
Lexeme 2 | māma | |
Meaning 1 | uncle (mother's brother) | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | father-in-law | |
Reference | DEDR: 427 | |
Comment | māma father-in-law, maternal uncle; māmakũḍu maternal uncle. |
Cf. Malak-Malak kagang n 1. uncle kagang degud yu-yu=wa uncle showed that 2. father-in-law [Lindsay 2017, 72]