elder
→
chief, boss
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Finnish | |
| lexeme | vanhempi | |
| meaning 1 | comparative degree of vanha 'old' | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | senior | vanhempi konstaapeli senior constable |
| reference | Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Georgian | |
| lexeme | uprosi (უფროსი) | |
| meaning 1 | elder | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | boss | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kazakh | |
| lexeme | аға | |
| meaning 1 | elder | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | superior in position | |
| reference | Syzdykova, Xusain (eds.) 2008: 22 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Koryak | |
| lexeme | мэйӈычгʼын | |
| meaning 1 | elder | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | boss | |
| reference | Žukova 1990: 59 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kubachi | |
| lexeme | хвалел | |
| meaning 1 | elder | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | boss | |
| reference | Magomedov, Saidov-Akkutta 2017: 377 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Medieval Latin | |
| lexeme | senior | |
| meaning 1 | elder | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | lord, sir | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nivkh | |
| lexeme | пилаӈ | |
| meaning 1 | oldest in family | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hunter group leader | |
| reference | Savel'eva, Taksami 1970: 259 | |
| comment | From пиладь 'to be adult' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | старший | |
| lexeme 2 | старшой | |
| meaning 1 | elder | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dated) foreman, leader of a work team | |
| reference | BAS | |
| comment | Also староста 'village elder', 'churchwarden', 'class monitor', старшина '(military) sergeant major', '(dated, prerevolutionary Russia) foreman' |
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