genuine, true
→
very, of high degree
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Baka (Cameroon, Gabon) | |
| lexeme | ko | |
| meaning 1 | truly, really | ʔé ko lɛ̀-ɓáka! He is a true Baka! |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | very | wósɛ́ ʔé ko jókò! The woman is very pretty |
| reference | Heine, Kuteva et al. 2019: 443 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Itelmen | |
| lexeme | љви | |
| meaning 1 | (as prefix) genuine, true | љвиʔитәнмән true Itelmen |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | very | мама љви тәлфталатәсчэн I love my mom very much |
| reference | PIRS: 154 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Middle English | |
| lexeme 1 | verrei | |
| lexeme 2 | verrei | |
| meaning 1 | true | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | very | |
| reference | MED: 50985, 50986 | |
| comment | From Old French verai, verrai(e), varai, vrai and Anglo-Norman ver(r)ei, ver(r)i, verrae “true” (Modern French vrai), from Vulgar Latin *vērācus, alteration of Latin vērāx “truthful”, from vērus “true” | |
American Sign Language TRUE > INTENSIVE