uncle (father's brother)
→
term of address to a man
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 3870 | uncle (mother's brother) | → | term of address to a man | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Buriat | |
| lexeme | abɢa | |
| meaning 1 | uncle (father's brother) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ||
| reference | Šagdarov, Čeremisov 2010: 27 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Burmese | |
| lexeme | ba̰ ʤí | |
| meaning 1 | uncle (father's brother) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ||
| reference | SEAlang Burmrse | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khmer | |
| lexeme | cək | |
| meaning 1 | paternal uncle | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | you (form of address used in speaking to an older Chinese man) | |
| reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
| comment | From Hakka choûc 'father's younger brother' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lao | |
| lexeme | ʔàːu | |
| meaning 1 | uncle (father's younger brother) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | form of address to an older male | |
| reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | emmi | |
| meaning 1 | uncle (father's brother) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | term of address to a man | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 271 | |
| comment | Turkish dialectal form. | |