Number of realizations
12
boy
—
son
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Avar | |
| Lexeme | was | |
| Meaning 1 | boy | |
| Meaning 2 | son | |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | The polysemy in general is typical for Nakh-Daghestanian languages and their different groups (i.e. the words that do not necessarily go back to the same proto-root) (Kibrik, Kodzasov 1990: 57). | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | gada | |
| Meaning 1 | boy, young man | |
| Meaning 2 | son | |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | (LezgRus 80). The same in Agul ГАДА, Tabassaran ГИДИ. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chaha | |
| Lexeme | ärč | |
| Meaning 1 | boy | mamo wäxe ärču 'Mamo is a good boy' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | son | yäbəru nəḳ ärč mamo 'Biru's oldest son Mamo' |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | (LGur. 19). | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | kumārá | |
| Meaning 1 | child , boy , youth | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | son | |
| Reference | MW | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | MW 292, Кочергина 166. Ku-māra (from mṛ 'to die') 'easily dying' | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tabassaran | |
| Lexeme | baj | |
| Meaning 1 | boy | бицIи бай "young boy" |
| Meaning 2 | son, young man | аьхюну бай "elder son" |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | (TabRus 74) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | dāraka | |
| Meaning 1 | boy | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | son | |
| Reference | MW | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | MW476, Кочергина 265 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | fiú | |
| Meaning 1 | boy | kisfiú "a little boy" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | son | apja fia "his father's son" |
| Reference | Гальди 1974 page 243 | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | κόρος | |
| Meaning 1 | boy | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | son | |
| Reference | Sakhno 2009 page 303 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malto (Sauria Paharia, references do not distinguish from Kumarbhag Paharia) | |
| Lexeme | maqe | |
| Meaning 1 | son | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | boy | |
| Reference | Mahapatra 1987 page 102 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kui | |
| Lexeme | āpo | |
| Meaning 1 | boy | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | son | |
| Reference | Winfield Kui Vocabulary page 6 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Manda | |
| Lexeme | kaḍde | |
| Meaning 1 | boy | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | son | |
| Reference | Ramakrishna Manda page 23 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Telugu | |
| Lexeme | biḍḍaḍu | |
| Meaning 1 | boy | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | son | |
| Reference | Brown Telugu dictionary page 889 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||