to praise
→
grandfather
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme 1 | pōṟṟu | |
| lexeme 2 | pōtti (from pōṟṟi) | |
| meaning 1 | to praise | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | grandfather | Lexeme 2 "pōtti" is a colloqial variant of "pōṟṟi" with a standart change ṟṟ > tt. |
| reference | Winslow Tamil: 830 | |
| comment | The meaning "grandfather" is registered only in the 19 c. dictionary by Winslow; more recently compiled Tamil Lexicon doesn't support the meaning. | |