how many?
—
when
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malak-Malak | |
| Lexeme | amaneli | |
| Meaning 1 | how many, how much, how old | dunyu -warra amaneli nuen-de? How old are you? lit. How many rainy seasons did you be in? |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | when | 1)warr amanelima tjed
2) ya amaneli-malak tjurrk-a 1) when were you born? 2) I don't know when we will bury him |
| Reference | Lindsay et al. 2017: 3 | |
| Comment | This pronoun can mean also "what" in contexts like amaneli yi-de what person is that? what kind of person? | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme 1 | kaç | |
| Lexeme 2 | kaçan (obsolete) | |
| Meaning 1 | how many? | kaç paran var how many money do you have? |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | when | |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 492 | |
| Comment | ||