big
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elder
20 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2085 | little, small | → | young | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | kabīr- | |
| Meaning 1 | big | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | old, advanced in age | wa-lil-kabīr-in rayaṯāt-un ʔarbaʕ-un ʔar-rukbatān-i wan-nasā wal-ʔaḫdaʕ-u (Wagner 1958:111) 'and the old one has four weaknesses – in the [two] knees and in the sciatic vein and the occipital artery' |
| Reference | Lane: 2586 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | ʕabiy | |
| Meaning 1 | big, huge, great, large, considerable, tremendous | ḥadä ʕabiy betäkrəstiyan 'a big church' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | elder, adult | ʕabbay ḥawtäy 'elder sister' |
| Reference | TED: 1876 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | grand | |
| Meaning 1 | big | Ce lac est grand 'This lake is big' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | grown-up | Tu pourras faire ce que tu veux quand tu seras grand 'When you become grown-up, you'll be able to do anything you want' |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | Tuebingen team | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| Lexeme | gādōl | |
| Meaning 1 | big, tall | wa-yyəbrāʔ ʔĕlōhīm ʔet-ha-ttannīnim ha-ggədōlīm (Gen 1:21) 'and God made big snakes' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | old, elder | wa-yyiḳrāʔ ʔet-ʕēŝāw bənō ha-ggādōl (Gn 27:1) 'and he called Esaw, his eldest son' |
| Reference | HAL: 170 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | rabû | |
| Meaning 1 | large | 1 kirri kaspim rabīm-ma leḳe-ma 'take 1 large silver vessel' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | full-grown, adult; elder, eldest | aplūtum ṣeḫertum u rabītum ina Sippar ul ibašši 'there is no right to inheritance for daughters in Sippar, be they the eldest or be they small in age' |
| Reference | CAD | |
| Comment | CAD r 26-27 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | č’eχi | |
| Meaning 1 | big, large | чIехи къван 'big stone' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | elder; adult | чIехи гада 'elder son / grown up youth' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LezgRus 378) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Komi | |
| Lexeme | ыджыд | |
| Meaning 1 | big, large | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | elder | ыджыд вок, ыджыд чой 'elder brother, elder sister' |
| Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000: 752 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | büyük | |
| Meaning 1 | big, large | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | elder | büyük oğul 'elder son' |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 138 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Aghul | |
| Lexeme | aʜaf | |
| Meaning 1 | big, large | aʜa χal 'big house' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | elder | aʜa ruš 'the elder daughter' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Sulejmanov 2003). Cf. also the Tabassaran АЬХЮ 'big, elder, grown-up' (TabRus 71). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | μέγας | |
| Meaning 1 | big, large | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | adult | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ḳiršabb- | |
| Meaning 1 | (a man) corpulent, or bulky, and tall | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | advanced in years (a man) | |
| Reference | Lane: 2514 | |
| Comment | The meaning B is given as the main one. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | təlləḳ | |
| Meaning 1 | big, great (in size, in importance); adult, grown-up, senior, older | təlləḳ bet wəsṭ yənorallu 'they live in a big house (Leslau 1973:113)' |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | big, great (in size, in importance); adult, grown-up, senior, older | ləǧǧoččwa ahun tələlləḳočč honäwal 'her children are big now' (Leslau 1973:113)' |
| Reference | AED: 957 | |
| Comment | Perhaps to be compared to Gez. ləhḳa 'to grow old' (CDG 309). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Komi | |
| Lexeme | гырысь | |
| Meaning 1 | large, big (about many subjects or about something collective) | гырысь керкаяс, гырысь гыяс 'big houses, big waves' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | elder | гырысьджык чой-вок 'older brothers and sisters' |
| Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme | бадӟым | |
| Meaning 1 | big | бадӟым чорыг 'big fish' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | elder | бадӟымез нылы ужа ини, пичиез дышетске на 'my elder daughter is already working, the youngest is still studying' |
| Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Meadow Mari | |
| Lexeme | кугу | |
| Meaning 1 | big | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | elder | Тойбатын тиде кугу эргыже улмаш (Никандр Лекайн) 'It was Toybat's eldest son' |
| Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hill Mari | |
| Lexeme | кого | |
| Meaning 1 | big | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | elder | |
| Reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme | зӧк | |
| Meaning 1 | (dialect) big | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (dialect) elder | зӧкез пие армиын 'eldest son in the army' |
| Reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme 1 | periya | |
| Lexeme 2 | periyappā | |
| Meaning 1 | big | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | father's elder brother | |
| Reference | Cre-A Tamil: 760 | |
| Comment | Also the same pattern: periyammā ‘mother's elder sister’ (lit. ‘elder mother’). | |
| NEW Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Selkup | |
| Lexeme | варг ~ варӷ | |
| Meaning 1 | big | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | elder | |
| Reference | Consolidated Selkup | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mansi | |
| Lexeme | яныг | |
| Meaning 1 | big | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | elder | |
| Reference | Afanas'eva, Sobjanina 2012 | |
| Comment | ||