grandfather
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ancestor
17 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Belarusan | |
| lexeme 1 | дзед | |
| lexeme 2 | дзяды | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ancestors | |
| reference | Slounik.org | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Brahui | |
| lexeme | pīra | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ancestor | |
| reference | Bray_Brahui dictionary: 237 | |
| comment | Variants: pīra (perī) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hill Mari | |
| lexeme | тьотя | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | Тьотям доно коктын араваш кузен шӹцнӓ I sat down on the cart with my grandfather. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ancestor | Пӓшӓжӹмӓт, тьотявлӓ перви кыцелӓ ӹштенӹт, тенгелӓок ӹштӹкӓленӹт. They worked the same way as their ancestors in the old days. |
| reference | Marij jylme muter | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme 1 | nonno | |
| lexeme 2 | nonni | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ancestors | al tempo dei nostri nonni at the time of our grandparents |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme 1 | avo | |
| lexeme 2 | avi | |
| meaning 1 | (archaic) grandfather | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ancestors | |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kui | |
| lexeme | ake | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | ancestor | |
| reference | Winfield Kui Vocabulary: 3 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lao | |
| lexeme | ay ɲā kaː | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | ancestor | |
| reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Manda | |
| lexeme | aku | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ancestor | |
| reference | Ramakrishna Manda: 9 | |
| comment | Meaning 2: grandfather (mother's father) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Pengo | |
| lexeme | ako | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather (maternal) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ancestors (maternal) | |
| reference | Burrow-Bhattacharya's Pengo: 193 | |
| comment | Second meaning usually is in Plural. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme 1 | avô | |
| lexeme 2 | avós | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ancestors | |
| reference | Feerštejn, Starec 2005 | |
| comment | Second meaning in plural. | |
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme 1 | bunic | |
| lexeme 2 | bunici | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ancestors | |
| reference | MDA2 | |
| comment | plural |
|
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme 1 | moș | |
| lexeme 2 | moși | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ancestor | |
| reference | DEX98 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | дед | |
| lexeme 2 | деды | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ancestor | Наши деды не знали картофеля. Our ancestors (lit. grandfathers) did not know potatoes. |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme 1 | abuelo | |
| lexeme 2 | abuelos | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ancestors | |
| reference | Narumov 1995 | |
| comment | only in pl. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | dede | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | each of the ancestors, starting from the grandfather, backwards. | |
| reference | TDKS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ukrainian | |
| lexeme 1 | дід | |
| lexeme 2 | діди | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ancestors | |
| reference | SUM-11 | |
| comment | Only plural | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Welsh | |
| lexeme | taid | |
| meaning 1 | grandfather | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | forefather, ancestor | |
| reference | GPC | |
| comment | ||
Also Russian Деды, Belarusan Дзяды, Ukrainian Діди, Polish Dziady - Forefathers' Eve, the feast of the deceased, in the Slavic tradition calendar period for rituals and customs that were dedicated to the spirits of the ancestors. Usually was celebrated at least twice a year (so-called Dziady wiosenne 'spring dziady' and Dziady jesienne 'autumn dziady'). + Romanian Moși lit. 'old men, grandfathers' - 'several religious feasts in which services and memorials are held for the dead'