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ACCEPTED
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Lezgian
Lexeme
qːuža
Meaning 1
old man
Meaning 2
husband
Reference
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Comment
(LezgRus 191). The same in Tabassaran (ГЪУЖА), cf. (TabRus 114).
ACCEPTED
Realization
Type
Cognates
Language 1
Yugh
Language 2
Kott
Lexeme 1
xa-čit
Lexeme 2
hat-kīt
Meaning 1
old man
Direction
—
Meaning 2
husband
Reference
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Comment
Старостин 1995, 214
ACCEPTED
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Nganasan
Lexeme
бǝйкаʔа
Meaning 1
old man
Meaning 2
husband
Reference
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Comment
НМС 169
ACCEPTED
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Tuvan
Lexeme
ашак
Meaning 1
an aged man, an old man
Meaning 2
husband
ашак-кадай болчур "to be married"
Reference
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Comment
ACCEPTED
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Yakut
Lexeme
оҕонньор
Meaning 1
old man
Direction
—
Meaning 2
husband
Reference
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Comment
Аникин 2000, 508
ACCEPTED
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Udihe
Lexeme
мафа
Meaning 1
old man
Meaning 2
husband
Reference
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Comment
Кормушин 1998, 259
ACCEPTED
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Erzya
Lexeme
атя
Meaning 1
old man
Direction
—
Meaning 2
husband
Reference
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Comment
ЭрзРС 63
ACCEPTED
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik
Lexeme
aŋun
Meaning 1
old man
Direction
—
Meaning 2
husband
Reference
Fortescue et al. 2010 page 38
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Comment
ACCEPTED
Realization
Type
Derivation
Language
Tamil
Lexeme 1
kiẓavan̠
Lexeme 2
maṉaikkiẓavaṉ
Meaning 1
old man
Direction
—
Meaning 2
husband
"Husband, as master of the house", literary "the old man of the house"
Reference
Tamil lexicon page 3318
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Comment
Also: posssibly, the same semantic shift is realised in polysemy "kiẓavaṉ" (Tamil lexicon, 936): there are meanings (1) 'owner, lord, husband' and (2) 'old man'. However, the dictionary considers it as homonymy.
ACCEPTED
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Pengo
Lexeme
ḍokra
Meaning 1
old man
Direction
—
Meaning 2
husband
Reference
Burrow-Bhattacharya's Pengo page 210
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Comment
ACCEPTED
Realization
Type
Derivation
Language
Manda
Lexeme 1
buṛa
Lexeme 2
buṛa-buḍya
Meaning 1
old man
Direction
→
Meaning 2
husband (in the compound form "husband and wife")"
Reference
Ramakrishna Manda page 107
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Comment
compound