martedì 19 ottobre 2010

LARGE&SMALL in the world


Indo-European languages:
-Hellenic languages:
Greek: μεγάλο / μικρό
-Germanic languages:
German: Groß / klein
Deutsch: Groot / klein
English: Large / Small
-North Germanic languages:
Danish: Stor / lille
Swedish: Stor / liten
Norwegian: Stor / liten
-Slavic lenguages:
Russian: Большой / маленький
Bulgarian: Големи / малки
-Baltic languages:
Lithuanian: didelis / mažas
-Indo-Iranian languages:
Hindi: बड़े / छोटे
-Romance languages:

Italian: Grande / Piccolo
Franch: Grande / Petit
Spanish: Grande / Pequeno
Portuguese: Grande / Pequeno
Romanian: Mari / Mici
In the biggest part of Romance languages, the ethimology of the word "grande" begin from latin. Latin: grandis
grandis, grandis grande
agg. II cl.|adj. II cl.|adj. II cl.
grandis natu old (adj.)
large, big (adj.)
extended (adj.)
In all Romances Languages "grande
" from the latin word "grandis" has the same meaning:

Large = Grande
1. A big, big, large.
2. (about a person) growth, developed, high.
3. adult, elderly, old.
4. (about a space) large, spacious, extended.
5. (about force) strong, powerful, violent.
6. (obout a thing, a person or act) grand, important, extraordinary, significant.
7. (about style and orator) sublime, elevated, solemn.
8. great things, lofty concepts, high subjects.
While the ethimology of the adjective "small" in the most part of Romance Languages take is origin from celtic-gaelic word "picc<pitt<pett"
Small = Piccolo, Petit, Pequeno, Pequenas
     1.(about a thing or a person, quantity, power, intensity) less than the ordinary measure.
ex. a small head, a small group of followers, he lives in a small apartment.
     2. (about stature or size) which is smaller than one thing of the same species.
ex. a small man, a small dog.
     3. of a few years.
     4. Petty
     5. baby, child.
     6. Poppy of an animal.
     7. In particular, something that is much less than assumed as an implicit standars of comparison.
ex. the small industrial area, the small screen (an expression used for the first time in 1957 by Popo Pius XII to indicate the television and its programs.)
     8. by extension, poor, small.
     9. to have a small sum, short-lived: a short break

Semitic-Afroasiatic languages:
-Hebrew: גדול / קטן
-Aramenian: մեծ / փոքր
-Arabic: كبير/  صغير

Sino-Tibetan languages:
-Chinese:  小 / 大

Japonic Languages:
-Japanese: 大 / 小

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