grandfather ancestor 20 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 16994)
type Derivation
language Belarusan
lexeme 1 дзед
lexeme 2 дзяды
meaning 1 grandfather
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference Slounik.org
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 17318)
type Polysemy
language Brahui
lexeme pīra
meaning 1 grandfather
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Bray_Brahui dictionary: 237
comment Variants: pīra (perī)
NEW Realization 3 (ID: 40030)
type Polysemy
language Finongan
lexeme afa
meaning 1 grandfather
direction
meaning 2 ancestor

Afaniin te been nanak telen toot naimihong taagung asinin adeng.


This is how the ancestors first gave yams to the children

reference Rice 2015: 25-26
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 16972)
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 5 (ID: 16981)
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 6 (ID: 16984)
type Derivation
language Italian
lexeme 1 avo
lexeme 2 avi
meaning 1 (archaic) grandfather
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference Vocabolario Treccani
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 17139)
type Polysemy
language Kui
lexeme ake
meaning 1 grandfather
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Winfield Kui Vocabulary: 3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 17007)
type Polysemy
language Lao
lexeme ay ɲā kaː
meaning 1 grandfather
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference SEAlang Lao
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 17170)
type Polysemy
language Manda
lexeme aku
meaning 1 grandfather
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Ramakrishna Manda: 9
comment Meaning 2: grandfather (mother's father)
NEW Realization 10 (ID: 48139)
type Polysemy
language Nheengatu
lexeme amunha
meaning 1 grandfather
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Avila 2021
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 17155)
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 12 (ID: 16986)
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 13 (ID: 34228)
type Derivation
language Romanian
lexeme 1 bunic
lexeme 2 bunici
meaning 1 grandfather
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference MDA2
comment

plural

NEW Realization 14 (ID: 36802)
type Derivation
language Romanian
lexeme 1 moș
lexeme 2 moși
meaning 1 grandfather
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference DEX98
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 16979)
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 16 (ID: 16978)
type Derivation
language Spanish
lexeme 1 abuelo
lexeme 2 abuelos
meaning 1 grandfather
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference Narumov 1995
comment only in pl.
NEW Realization 17 (ID: 41015)
type Polysemy
language Sumerian
lexeme pa-bil₂-ga /pabilga/
meaning 1 grandfather
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference ePSD2
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 16989)
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 19 (ID: 16991)
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 20 (ID: 17019)
type Polysemy
language Welsh
lexeme taid
meaning 1 grandfather
direction
meaning 2 forefather, ancestor
reference GPC
comment