boyfriend/girlfriend
→
wife
2 realizations
GROUP: South Dravidian
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 16576) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kannada | |
| lexeme | ramaṇi | |
| meaning 1 | sweetheart | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | wife | |
| reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 828 | |
| comment | Also: nīṟe | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 16615) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | kātali | |
| meaning 1 | sweetheart | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wife | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 862 | |
| comment | ||