uncle
→
term of address to a man
11 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hiligaynon | |
| lexeme | tíyo | |
| meaning 1 | uncle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | espect form for older male persons | |
| reference | SEAlang Hiligaynon | |
| comment | From Spanish | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | bátya | |
| meaning 1 | uncle | Bátyám és nagynénim. My uncle and my aunt. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | term of address to a man | Sokat emlegettünk, Géza bátyám. Ha szépen megkérem kendet, öreg bátya, Átszállít-e engem tenger más[ik] partjára? (Petőfi Sándor) We talked a lot about you, uncle Géza. If I ask you nicely, old uncle, will you transport me to other shores of the sea? (Sandor Petofi) |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Indonesian | |
| lexeme | oom | |
| meaning 1 | uncle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 1 term of address or reference for one's own uncle or an adult friend of the family. 2 term of address or reference to a male person of higher status or education or an older foreigner, e.g., a bécak driver to his passenger, younger man to slightly older man in a higher status, a salesperson to a prospective customer, wife to husband, prostitute to customer. 3 term of address or reference used by children to any male person to whom they wish to show respect. 4 humorous term of address to a male person | |
| reference | SEALang Indonesia | |
| comment | From Dutch | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Indonesian | |
| lexeme | uak, uwak, wak | |
| meaning 1 | aunt or uncle older than father or mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | polite form of address to elders | |
| reference | SEALang Indonesia | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khmer | |
| lexeme | puu | |
| meaning 1 | uncle (younger brother of the mother or father) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | respectful term of address to older men | |
| reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
| comment | Thai pùu 'paternal grandfather.' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khmer | |
| lexeme | mie | |
| meaning 1 | uncle (younger brother of one's mother or father) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | erm used to address a nonrelative who is younger than one's father | |
| reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khmer | |
| lexeme | ʔrum ~ ʔom | |
| meaning 1 | elder sibling of one's parent; uncle, aunt | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | you / your (to uncle or aunt older than one's parent or to older non-relatives in one's parents' generation) | |
| reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lao | |
| lexeme | lúŋ | |
| meaning 1 | uncle (older brother of father or mother) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | form of politeness used in regard to an older unknown man | |
| reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | дядя (djadja) | |
| meaning 1 | uncle (mother's or father's brother) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Володька, схватив машиниста за липкий рукав куртки, приподнялся к уху:—Дядя... дядя, ты его слушай... это Кочубей. Volodka, grabbing the driver by the sticky sleeve of his jacket, raised himself to his ear: "Uncle ... uncle, listen to him ... this is Kochubey". |
|
| reference | BAS: 3, 1216 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tagalog | |
| lexeme | mamà | |
| meaning 1 | uncle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | term of address to an unfamiliar elder man | |
| reference | Krus, Ignašev 1959: 213 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | luŋ | |
| meaning 1 | elder uncle (older brother of father or mother) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | you, Uncle (speaking to elder uncle or other older man) | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||