mistress of a house
→
wife
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2989 | owner (female) | → | wife | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kannada | |
| lexeme | oḍati | |
| meaning 1 | wife | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | mistress, proprietress | |
| reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 174 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malto (Sauria Paharia, references do not distinguish from Kumarbhag Paharia) | |
| lexeme | ḍāni | |
| meaning 1 | mistress | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | wife | |
| reference | Mahapatra 1987: 64 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | talaivi | |
| meaning 1 | mistress | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wife | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 1788 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Telugu | |
| lexeme | wallabha | |
| meaning 1 | wife | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | mistress | |
| reference | Gwynn Telugu Dictionary: 475 | |
| comment | Another transliteration (Brown Telugu dictionary): vallabhamu | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Telugu | |
| lexeme | gṛihamu | |
| meaning 1 | a mistress of a house | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wife | |
| reference | Brown Telugu dictionary: 384 | |
| comment | ||