family
→
wife
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kannada | |
| lexeme | kuṭuṃba | |
| meaning 1 | family | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wife | |
| reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 253 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Romanian | |
| lexeme 1 | familia | |
| lexeme 2 | femeie | |
| meaning 1 | family | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wife | |
| reference | DER MDA2 | |
| comment | The old meaning was preserved in the Old Romanian: Lot, ieși cu muiarea ta și cu fămeaia ta afară din cetate 'Lot, exit with your wife and your family outside the city' (Floarea Darurilor, 1693) |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Somali | |
| lexeme | xaas(-ka) | |
| meaning 1 | family | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | wife | |
| reference | Alejnikov 2012 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme 1 | kuṭumpam | |
| lexeme 2 | kuṭumpiṉi | |
| meaning 1 | family | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wife | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 974 | |
| comment | Also: polysemy "kuṭumpam": Household; family including husband, wife and children; Relations, kindred, connections; Caste, family; Wife. | |