high (size), tall
→
deep
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | nawāḫ, nawiḫ | |
| meaning 1 | deep | gəbb nawāḫ a deep pit |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | high, tall | dabr nawiḫ a high mountain (Hen 25:3) |
| reference | LLA: 674 | |
| comment | The original meaning is ‘long’ (in size). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | hoch | |
| meaning 1 | deep | hohe See deep sea |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | high | hohe Mauer high wall |
| reference | ||
| comment | The same in English: high seas | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | altus | |
| meaning 1 | deep | altissima flumina the deepest rivers |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | high | sub ramis arboris altae under the branches of a high tree |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tuvan | |
| lexeme | терең | |
| meaning 1 | deep (water) | |
| meaning 2 | high (e.g. Grass) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Возможно, глубокая вода - это как вода при разливе реки, когда она поднимается. тут не простой случай. | |