The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2
4086	aunt	—	<term of address to a woman>	Open
3868	father	→	<term of address to a man>	Open

ACCEPTED Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Tamil
Lexeme		ammā
Meaning 1	mother
Direction	→
Meaning 2	<term of address to a woman of lower social status or age>
Reference		Tamil lexicon page 99
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Comment		Meanings according to Cre-A Tamil: 1) a term of respect to refer mostly to a married woman; 2) a term of address by elders or superiors for younger woman (p 30).

ACCEPTED Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Brahui
Lexeme		ammā
Meaning 1	mother
Direction	→
Meaning 2	term of respectful address to a woman
Reference		Bray_Brahui dictionary page 53
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Comment		Also: polysemu āī 'mother'; (occas.) ‘daughter’; 'respectful term of address to any woman’. (51)

ACCEPTED Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Yaqui (Hiaki)
Lexeme		maala
Meaning 1	mother
Direction	→
Meaning 2	title of respect used by a man to a woman
Reference		Dictionary Yaqui page 94
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ACCEPTED Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Shughni
Lexeme		nān
Meaning 1	mother
Direction	→
Meaning 2	<term of address to a woman>
Reference		Karamshoev Shughni page 297
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Comment		Может быть обращением к старшей женщине или обращением матери к дочери

ACCEPTED Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Farsi
Lexeme		ننه nane
Meaning 1	mother
Direction	→
Meaning 2	<term of address to an elderly woman>
Reference		Rubinčik 1970 page 668
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Comment		Разговорное, может толковаться как "мамаша"

ACCEPTED Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Kurux
Lexeme		ayang
Meaning 1	mother
Direction	→
Meaning 2	<term of address to a woman of elder age>
Reference		Oraon-English Dictionary page 43
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Comment		Another variant of lexeme, ayō, is used as a term of endearment address.

ACCEPTED Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Russian
Lexeme		мать (mat')
Meaning 1	mother
Direction	→
Meaning 2	<term of address to a woman>
Reference		<personally collected data>
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Comment		Also мамаша

ACCEPTED Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Kannada
Lexeme		amma
Meaning 1	mother
Direction	→
Meaning 2	word used for calling a woman with respect (which has replaced by “Madam” in cities)
Reference		Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary page 51
Related Languages
Comment		Also: abbe, tāy, etc.

ACCEPTED Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Kui
Lexeme 1		ia
Lexeme 2		ia
Meaning 1	mother
Direction	→
Meaning 2	term of respect for married and elderly woman
Reference		Winfield Kui Vocabulary page 48
Related Languages
Comment		ia, pl. iaska

ACCEPTED Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Telugu
Lexeme		talli
Meaning 1	mother
Direction	→
Meaning 2	form of address to a woman of any age
Reference		Gwynn Telugu Dictionary page 231
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