narrow (vs. wide)
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difficult
25 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 19115) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | ṭäbab | |
| meaning 1 | narrow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | in difficulties | |
| reference | Hayward 2000: 637 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 757) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| lexeme | ṣrr | |
| meaning 1 | to be tight, cramped, narrow (of space, dwelling, blanket) | hinnē-nā ha-mmāḳōm ʔăšer ʔănaḥnū yōšəbīm šām lə-panēkā ṣar mimmennū (2K 6:1) There, the place which we live in became too narrow for us. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be in low circumstances, depressed, worried; to have problems | ṣar-lī məʔōd ū-pəlištīm nilḥāmīm bī (1Sa 28:15) I am in great distress, and the Philistines are warring against me. |
| reference | HALOT: 990 | |
| comment | Cf. also Hbr. ṣar 'narrrow; distress' (HALOT 984). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 20234) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Batsbi | |
| lexeme | koṭჾĩ | |
| meaning 1 | narrow, close | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | hard. heavy (about life) | |
| reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 384 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 10946) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | trang | |
| meaning 1 | tight | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | difficult | trange kår; trange tider difficult living conditions; hard times |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 2656) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Farsi | |
| lexeme | تنگ tang | |
| meaning 1 | narrow, tight | راه تنگ rāh-e tang narrow road |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | tight | به تنگ آمدن be tang āmadan to reach the extreme; to be in great distress |
| reference | Rubinčik 1970: 402 | |
| comment | ПРС 219. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 19117) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gamo | |
| lexeme | ʕún’e | |
| meaning 1 | narrow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | in difficulties | |
| reference | Hayward 2000: 637 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 (ID: 51384) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme 1 | ṣabba | |
| lexeme 2 | maṣbəb | |
| meaning 1 | to be narrow, be compressed (for) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | narrow pass, narrow place; difficult situation, straits | |
| reference | CDG: 545 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 (ID: 51383) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | knapp | |
| meaning 1 | scarce, insufficient; narrow; close | Der Anzug sitzt ziemlich kurz und knapp, ich bin beim Kommiß gewachsen. (Remarque, Im Westen, 166) The suit is rather tight and short, I have grown in the army. (Eng. trans., 182) |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | a close call, a narrow escape | Das war knapp. Wir wären fast abgestürzt! Ich bin etwas knapp (bei Kasse) (= habe nicht viel Geld). That was close. We nearly crashed! I make ends meet (= I don't have much money). |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 10948) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Icelandic | |
| lexeme | þröngur | |
| meaning 1 | narrow, close | þröngur gangur a narrow passage |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | difficult | fjárhagur fyrirtækisins er þröngur núna the firm is in a diffucult economic situation now |
| reference | ISLEX | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 7319) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme 1 | angustus | |
| lexeme 2 | angustia | |
| meaning 1 | narrow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | awkward situation, difficult sitation | |
| reference | Lewis, Short | |
| comment | Бурсье 66. Ital. angoscia, Fr. angoisse | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 10945) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | trang | |
| meaning 1 | tight | trange bukser tight trousers |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | difficult | trange kår difficult living conditions |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 19116) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Oromo | |
| lexeme | d'ip'p'aa | |
| meaning 1 | narrow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | in difficulties | |
| reference | Hayward 2000: 637 | |
| comment | In Gragg 1982:127, only meaning 2 is adduced as 'difficult'. Note also derivatives such as d'ip'p'uu 'trouble' etc., ibid. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 10947) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | trang | |
| meaning 1 | tight | skorna var för trånga the shoes were too tight |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | difficult | de sitter så trångt att de inte kan betala räkningarna they are in such a difficult situation that they cannot pay the bills |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 18819) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tibetan | |
| lexeme 1 | ku dog (ཀུ་དོག་) | |
| lexeme 2 | ku dog ( (ཀུ་དོག་) | |
| meaning 1 | narrow, tight | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | deficiency, shortage | |
| reference | Ives Waldo | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 (ID: 9832) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | ṣäbäbä | |
| meaning 1 | to be narrow, tight, not to be commodious, e.g., a room or a house | səlläzərägʷädku kullu kədawəntäy ṣäbibuni Since I got fat, all my clothes are [too] tight for me. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bring into distress, straits | lämzämän zäläḳaḥkani gänzäb kəmalsälka ʔay k̲əʔələn; bəzuḥ ṣäbibuni ʔallommo I cannot return you this year the money you lent me since I am in great straits. |
| reference | TED: 2578 | |
| comment | Cf. also ṣäbäba 'distress, straits, adversity, tribulation, anxiety, trouble, ordeal, woe' (AED 2578). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 22752) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | dar | |
| meaning 1 | narrow, close | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | difficult, restricted, in hard circumstances | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 209 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 22 (ID: 42044) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | sıkı | |
| meaning 1 | narrow, close | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hardship, difficulties | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 770 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 (ID: 26247) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Veps | |
| lexeme | ahtaz | |
| meaning 1 | narrow, close | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | difficult | |
| reference | Zajceva, Mullonen 1972: 22 | |
| comment | ||
See Hayward 2000:637: 'narrow, constricted' - 'in difficulties'
Cf., also Eng. narrow circumstances.