together
→
sibling
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kannada | |
| lexeme 1 | sa- | |
| lexeme 2 | sahajāta | |
| meaning 1 | together | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brother | |
| reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 922 | |
| comment | Borrowed from Sanskrit. Meaning lit. "born with". Similar situation for sahōdari "sister". | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme 1 | ca | |
| lexeme 2 | cakōtaraṉ | |
| meaning 1 | "with" | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brother, (parallel) cousin | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 1221 | |
| comment | 1) Another example: uṭaṉpiṟantavaṉ "together-born", with Dravidian morphemes, and the same meaning.
2) Also: cakacaṉ 'brother' ( | |