how many?
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several
15 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme 1 | kʿani (քանի) | |
| lexeme 2 | mi kʿani (մի քանի) | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | several | |
| reference | Galstjan 1984 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Bashkir | |
| lexeme 1 | нисә | |
| lexeme 2 | бер нисә | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | Нисә баш һыйыр аҫрайһығыҙ? How many cows do you keep? |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | several | Мостай Кәримдең әҫәрҙәре бер нисә тиҫтә телдәргә тәржемә ителгән. Хәҙерге ваҡытта тоташтырыуһыҙ сысҡандарҙың ғына бер нисә төрө бар, шул иҫәптән инфраҡыҙыл порт, Bluetooth аша эшләгән һ.б. Mustai Karim's works have been translated into several dozens of languages. These days, there are several types of wireless mice alone, including (those) operating via infrared port, Bluetooth etc. |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Batsbi | |
| lexeme 1 | melʻ | |
| lexeme 2 | melʻmi | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | several | |
| reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 142-143 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Belarusan | |
| lexeme 1 | колькі | |
| lexeme 2 | некалькі | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | several | |
| reference | Slounik.org | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme | ко́лко е часъ́т? | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | колко е часът? what’s the time? |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | several | Той страда от няколко здравословни проблеми. He suffers from multiple health problems. |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme 1 | koliko | |
| lexeme 2 | nekoliko | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | Кoliko puta? How many times? |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | several | nekoliko ljudi, nekoliko muškaraca, nekoliko djece several people, several men, several children |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Estonian | |
| lexeme | mitu | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | several | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Georgian | |
| lexeme 1 | ramdeni (რამდენი) | |
| lexeme 2 | ramdenime (რამდენიმე) | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | several | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme 1 | hány | |
| lexeme 2 | néhány | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | Hány kiló ez? How many kilos is that? |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | several | néhány év several years |
| reference | Juhász, Szőke et al. 1972: 513, 993 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Khamnigan Mongol | |
| lexeme 1 | kedı | |
| lexeme 2 | kedün | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | several | |
| reference | Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 190,191 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | xeden | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | several | |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | сколько | |
| lexeme 2 | несколько | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | several | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme 1 | колико (koliko) | |
| lexeme 2 | неколико (nekoliko) | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | Колико имаш деце? How many children do you have? |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | several | U nekoliko prethodnih članaka pisao sam o fenomenalnom novom američkom višenamenskom vazduhoplovu. In several previous articles, I wrote about America's phenomenal new multi-role aircraft. |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 553, 815 CLARIN.SI | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | gìi (กี่) | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | several, not too many | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Ukrainian | |
| lexeme 1 | скільки | |
| lexeme 2 | кілька | |
| meaning 1 | how many? | А скільки їй літ? — знов перебила пані (Леся Українка; — Скільки ще годин їхати? — поцікавився Дорош (Григорій Тютюнник) |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | several | Іноді тікав [Тарас] на кілька день аж у друге село до своєї заміжньої сестри Катрі (Панас Мирний); Кілька парубків скочило до танцю, потягши за собою дівчат (Михайло Коцюбинський) |
| reference | SUM-11: 4, 160; 9, 268 | |
| comment | In colloquial language скільки 'several' is used: Громада знову розсипалась на скільки куп (Панас Мирний); Надходить [Зет] з величезною брилою камінною, гучно кидає її на землю .. і розбиває великим клевцем на скільки куснів (Леся Українка); Люба мамочко! .. Як приїхала пані Броніслава, то скільки днів не можна було ні до чого прийнятись (Леся Українка) | |