elder
→
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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