younger brother
→
term of address to a man
7 realizations
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Balinese | |
| Lexeme | cahi | |
| Meaning 1 | younger brother | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | thou, thee; found offensive now except among equals, formerly used by higher to lower persons | |
| Reference | SEALang Balinese | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Balinese | |
| Lexeme | haḍi | |
| Meaning 1 | younger brother or sister | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | you | |
| Reference | SEALang Balinese | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Burmese | |
| Lexeme | maun | |
| Meaning 1 | brother of a woman (according to current usage the term refers to the younger brother) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | term of endearment used by a woman to address her husband or lover; term of address used when addressing a male younger than oneself | |
| Reference | SEAlang Burmrse | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kannada | |
| Lexeme | tamma | |
| Meaning 1 | younger brother | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | an address term with affection for any junior male | |
| Reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 446 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malay | |
| Lexeme | adek | |
| Meaning 1 | younger brother or sister | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | a term of endearment to one slightly younger than oneself | |
| Reference | SEALang Malay | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malay | |
| Lexeme | adinda | |
| Meaning 1 | younger brother | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | more courteous variant of adek (term of endearment to one slightly younger than oneself) | |
| Reference | SEALang Malay | |
| Comment | Also ading (in Malayo-Javanese literature) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme | tampi | |
| Meaning 1 | younger brother | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | term of endearment applied to a younger male | |
| Reference | Tamil lexicon: 1753 | |
| Comment | Also (Winslow): 'A term of respect from an older to a younger person implying kindness' (551) | |