child
→
term of address with endearment
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | baby | |
| meaning 1 | very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | a term of endearment used to refer to or address one's girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse; (informal) a form of address to a person considered to be attractive | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Komi-Permyak | |
| lexeme 1 | кага | |
| lexeme 2 | кагу | |
| meaning 1 | child | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dear, darling | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | https://dict.fu-lab.ru/term?tid=1287614 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Greek | |
| lexeme | μωρό | |
| meaning 1 | child | Το μωρό θέλει τάισμα. The baby needs feeding. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (colloquial, informal, usually followed by μου) baby (term of address for partner) | Σ’ αγαπώ, μωρό μου. I love you, baby. |
| reference | DSMG English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Rutul | |
| lexeme | бала' | |
| meaning 1 | child, baby | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dear, darling | |
| reference | Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019 | |
| comment | ||