aunt (mother's brother's wife)
—
mother-in-law
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kannada | |
| lexeme | atte | |
| meaning 1 | aunt (mother's brother's wife) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | mother-in-law (husband's or wife's mother) | |
| reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 29 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | tantuvai | |
| meaning 1 | aunt (mother's brother's wife) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | mother-in-law | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 1748 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Telugu | |
| lexeme | atta (అత్) | |
| meaning 1 | aunt (mother's brother's wife) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | mother-in-law | |
| reference | Brown Telugu dictionary | |
| comment | ||