grey
→
humble, modest
3 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khamnigan Mongol | |
| lexeme | борохон | |
| meaning 1 | greyish | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | humble, modest | борохоноор күндэлбэ бидэ we gave him a very modest meal |
| reference | Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 65 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | бор (bor) | |
| meaning 1 | grey | бор болжмор grey bird |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | humble, modest | бор ажил modest work |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | серый | |
| meaning 1 | grey | серое платье grey dress |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | humble, modest | серая жизнь modest unremarkable life |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||