big
↔
elder
17 realizations
Multi-area
-
Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 1847) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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: R 26-27 | |
| comment | Cf. rabû (v.) 'to become large in size; to be large' and 'to grow, to grow up (said of children)' (CAD R 37). The same meanings has Hbr. rbh (v.) 'to be big, numerous', for example wa-ttēreb mim-maśʔot kullām (Gen 43:34) 'And it was bigger than the tribute of all of them' and 'to grow', as in wa-ttirbī wa-ttigdəlī (Ezra 16:7) 'And you grew and became older.' (HALOT 1097) |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 9176) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 5 (ID: 15074) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hill Mari | |
| lexeme | кого | |
| meaning 1 | big | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | elder | |
| reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 2195) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 7 (ID: 15054) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 9 (ID: 26744) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mansi | |
| lexeme | яныг | |
| meaning 1 | big | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | elder | |
| reference | Afanas'eva, Sobjanina 2012 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 15066) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| NEW Realization 11 (ID: 48933) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | mare | |
| meaning 1 | big | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | elder | frate mai mare elder brother |
| reference | Andrianov, Mixalchi 1954: 521 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 18794) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Selkup | |
| lexeme | варг ~ варӷ | |
| meaning 1 | big | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | elder | |
| reference | Consolidated Selkup | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 16644) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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’). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 512) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 15 (ID: 2893) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 16 (ID: 15060) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 17 (ID: 15081) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||