elder brother
→
uncle
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 3702 | elder brother | — | uncle (mother's brother) | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Even | |
| lexeme | акан | |
| meaning 1 | elder brother | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | uncle (younger brother of father or mother) | |
| reference | Robbek, Robbek 2005: 38 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Evenki | |
| lexeme | акӣн | |
| meaning 1 | elder brother | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | uncle (younger brother of father or mother) | |
| reference | Boldyrev 2000: 1, 23 | |
| comment | Also акā with both meanings | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | bátya | |
| meaning 1 | elder brother | Már rég nem láttam bátyádat. I haven't seen your (elder) brother in a while. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | uncle | Bátyám és nagynénim. My uncle and my aunt. |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
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