house wife 17 realizations
NEW Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Indonesian
Lexeme gerha
Meaning 1 building, office, house
Direction
Meaning 2 (archaic) wife
Reference SEALang Indonesia
Comment

For sense of 'wife' from Malay gerha 'wife, queen consort', from Sanskrit gṛha (गृह) 'house, family, wife'. Doublet of graha, garwa, greha and griya.
For sense of house/building, learned borrowing from Old Javanese gerha, greha, from the same Sanskrit word.

ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Japanese
Lexeme kari (家里)
Meaning 1 (obsolete) one's hometown, one's native village
Direction
Meaning 2 (obsolete) one's wife
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment 家 'house, one's own home, a home, household, a family' + 里 'village'. Does not appear to be used in modern Japanese.
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Japanese
Lexeme kanai (家内)
Meaning 1 the inside of the house
Direction
Meaning 2 (humble) (one's own) wife
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment Compare okusama (奥様) '(honorific) wife', literally 'inside' + 'honorable'
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Derivation
Language Japanese
Lexeme 1 oku (奥)
Lexeme 2 okusan (奥さん)
Meaning 1 inside [the house]
Direction
Meaning 2 (honorific) wife (referring to someone else's wife, not one's own)
Reference Alpatov 2008: 127
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Derivation
Language Kannada
Lexeme 1 mane
Lexeme 2 maneyāke
Meaning 1 house
Direction
Meaning 2 wife
Reference Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 762
Comment
NEW Realization 6
Type Derivation
Language Khmer
Lexeme 1 khɔɔ (ឃរ)
Lexeme 2 khɔnəy (ឃរណី)
Meaning 1 house
Direction
Meaning 2 wife
Reference SEAlang Khmer
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Korean
Lexeme daek (댁)
Meaning 1 house, home
Direction
Meaning 2 wife
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
NEW Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Malayalam
Lexeme mana (മന)
Meaning 1 house, particularly the house of a Brahmin
Direction
Meaning 2 Brahmin's wife
Reference Gundert Malayalam dictionary
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme shèxià (舍下)
Meaning 1 (respectful, modest) my residence; my home
Direction
Meaning 2 (epistolary) my wife
Reference BKRS
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme jiāli (家裡, 家里)
Meaning 1 in house; home, family Jiālǐ bùzhǐ yī ge rén. (家裡不止一個人。 / 家里不止一个人)
There is more than one person (living) in the household
Direction
Meaning 2 (dated or regional) wife (humble, about own wife) Cǐ yuānchóu shí yǔ wǒ wúgān, rúhé chánrǎo zhe wǒ jiālǐ. (此冤讎實與我無干,如何纏擾著我家裡)
I am essentially unrelated to this enmity (associated with being wronged), why is my wife embroiled? [From: the Ming Dynasty-era short story collection Slap the Table in Amazement (初刻拍案驚奇, Chu Ke Pai An Jing Qi) by Ling Mengchu, vol. 14.]
Reference BKRS
Comment 家 'home' + 裡/裏 'inside, within, in'
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Derivation
Language Mongolian (Khalkha)
Lexeme 1 гэр
Lexeme 2 гэргий
Meaning 1 yurt; house
Direction
Meaning 2 wife
Reference BAMRS 2001-2002
Comment The etymology is generally accepted, but doubtful due to the non-obviousness of derivation
NEW Realization 12
Type Derivation
Language Pali
Lexeme 1 ghara
Lexeme 2 gharaṇī
Meaning 1 house
Direction
Meaning 2 wife
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
NEW Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme gṛha (गृह)
Meaning 1 house
Direction
Meaning 2 wife
Reference MW: 361
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Tamil
Lexeme il
Meaning 1 house, home
Direction
Meaning 2 wife
Reference Tamil lexicon: 336
Comment Other derivatives: ilavarasi 'the queen of the house'; illāḷ, illakkiẓatti 'the mistress of the house' Other roots: maṉai "house, dwelling" > maṉai-k-kiḻatti "wife, as mistress of the house"; man̠aivi 'one who belongs to the house'- main word describing wife; akam "house, inner part" > akavāṭṭi "wife, mistress of the house"
NEW Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Tamil
Lexeme maṉai (மனை)
Meaning 1 house
Direction
Meaning 2 wife
Reference Fabricius Tamil
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Cognates
Language 1 Telugu
Language 2 Tamil
Lexeme 1 illu (adj. iṇṭi)
Lexeme 2 illāḷ
Meaning 1 house, dwelling
Direction
Meaning 2 wife
Reference DEDR: 48
Comment
NEW Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Telugu
Lexeme gr̥hamu (గృహము)
Meaning 1 house
Direction
Meaning 2 wife
Reference Brown Telugu dictionary
Comment