big grown-up, adult 16 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme rabû
meaning 1 large 1 kirri kaspim rabīm-ma leḳe-ma
Take 1 large silver vessel!
direction
meaning 2 full-grown, adult; elder, eldest aplūtum ṣeḫertum u rabītum ina Sippar ul ibašši
There is no right to inheritance for daughters in Sippar, be they the eldest or be they small in age.
reference CAD: R 26-27
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Cf. rabû (v.) 'to become large in size; to be large' and 'to grow, to grow up (said of children)' (CAD R 37). The same meanings has Hbr. rbh (v.) 'to be big, numerous', for example wa-ttēreb mim-maśʔot kullām (Gen 43:34) 'And it was bigger than the tribute of all of them' and 'to grow', as in wa-ttirbī wa-ttigdəlī (Ezra 16:7) 'And you grew and became older.' (HALOT 1097)

ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Ancient Hebrew
lexeme gādōl
meaning 1 big, tall wa-yyəbrāʔ ʔĕlōhīm ʔet-ha-ttannīnim ha-ggədōlīm (Gen 1:21)
And God made big snakes.
direction
meaning 2 old, elder wa-yyiḳrāʔ ʔet-ʕēŝāw bənō ha-ggādōl (Gen 27:1)
And he called Esaw, his eldest son.
reference HALOT: 170
comment Cf. gdl (v.) 'to be big, great', for example rāʔū kī gādal ha-kkəʔēb məʔod (Job 2:13) 'They saw that the grief was very great.', and 'to grow, to grow up', as in wa-yyigdal ha-yyeled wa-yyiggāmal (Gen 21:8) 'And the child grew up and was weaned.' (HALOT 171)
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme kabīr-
meaning 1 big
direction
meaning 2 old, advanced in age wa-lil-kabīr-in rayaṯāt-un ʔarbaʕ-un ʔar-rukbatān-i wan-nasā wal-ʔaḫdaʕ-u (Wagner 1958:111)
And the old one has four weaknesses – in the [two] knees and in the sciatic vein and the occipital artery.
reference Lane: 2586
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme ḳiršabb-
meaning 1 (a man) corpulent, or bulky, and tall
direction
meaning 2 advanced in years (a man)
reference Lane: 2514
comment The meaning B is given as the main one.
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme velik
meaning 1 big
direction
meaning 2 grown-up, adult

veliko dijete


adult child

reference HJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme grand
meaning 1 big Ce lac est grand
This lake is big
direction
meaning 2 grown-up Tu pourras faire ce que tu veux quand tu seras grand
When you become grown-up, you'll be able to do anything you want
reference CNRTL
comment Tuebingen team
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme nagy
meaning 1 big

nagy asztal, nagy hegy, nagy híd, nagy könyv


big table, big mountain, big bridge, big book

direction
meaning 2 grown-up, adult

Mi leszel, ha nagy leszel?


What will you be when you grow up?

reference MEK 1978
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ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme гырысь
meaning 1 large, big (about many subjects or about something collective) гырысь керкаяс, гырысь гыяс
big houses, big waves
direction
meaning 2 grown-up, adult гырыськӧд рад уджавны
to work on a par with adults
reference Beznosikova et al. 2000
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ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme ыджыд
meaning 1 big ыджыд керка
big house
direction
meaning 2 grown-up, adult пиыс ыджыд нин
his son is already an adult
reference Beznosikova et al. 2000
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ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Lezgian
lexeme č’eχi
meaning 1 big, large чIехи къван
big stone
direction
meaning 2 elder; adult чIехи гада
elder son / grown up youth
reference
comment (LezgRus 378)
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Malagasy
lexeme lehibé
meaning 1 big
direction
meaning 2 grown-up, adult
reference Korneev 1966: 299
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ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Meadow Mari
lexeme кугу
meaning 1 big
direction
meaning 2 grown-up, adult Изыеҥлан огыл, кугуланат куштылго огыл. (Сергей Чавайн)
It's not easy not only for children, but also for adults
reference Marij jylme muter
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme mare
meaning 1 big
direction
meaning 2 grown-up, adult
reference MDA2
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ACCEPTED Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme velik (велик)
meaning 1 big

велика кућа, велики камен


big house, big stone

direction
meaning 2 grown-up, adult

велика девојка, велики момак


adult girl, adult guy
reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 137
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ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme ʕabiy
meaning 1 big, huge, great, large, considerable, tremendous ḥadä ʕabiy betäkrəstiyan
a big church
direction
meaning 2 elder, adult ʕabbay ḥawtäy
elder sister
reference TED: 1876
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ACCEPTED Realization 16
type Polysemy
language Udmurt
lexeme бадӟым
meaning 1 big бадӟым чорыг
big fish
direction
meaning 2 grown-up, adult нылпиоссы бадӟымесь ини
they already have grown children
reference Kirillova 2008
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