sum size adjs quantifiers month ago posted following query looking examples language quantifiers formally related size adjectives far familiar following three examples english little little lao nohy5 nohy5 neu ng2 little little one little little minangkabau ketek saketek little onelittle little little anybody familiar examples spite typological geographical diversity three languages constructions strikingly similar raises following questions 1 analogous examples many derived big 2 examples derivation direction ie size adjective eg little derived quantifier eg query triggered numerous interesting responses grateful following residents global virtual village robert beard steven berbeco jonathan david bobaljik john cowan jane edwards f gladney arthur holmer knut lambrecht pierre larrivee ann lindvall edith moravcsik geoffrey nathan chris pountain ines shaw nancy stenson frits stuurman cynthia vakareliyska 0ystein alexander vangsnes peansiri vongvipanond person wished remain anonymous nutshell responses one provided data european languages know enough say whether areal patterning phenomenon question rather respondents query languages familiar however data suggested formal relationships quantifiers size adjectives indeed widespread provided affirmative answer first specific query examples derivation many big follows provide selection typical responses anybody wants responses entirety contact directly examples little little swedish liten lite little little irish beag beaga n little little french petit un petit little little russian mal malo mala malo little little short predicate forms polish maly malo little little bulgarian maluk malko malka malko little little respondents offered interesting diachronic comments latin adjectives little parvus paulus replaced often seen onomatopoeic creation pittinnus spanish adverb parum morphologically related parvus replaced form paucu existed classical latin plural pauci meaning medieval romance languages old spanish _ poco _ old catalan _ poc _ old occitan _ pauc _ however attested meaning little chris pountain latin root ie pou pau gives english foal well latin english pauper poverty mention greek paed child paediatrician etc small meanings intermingled throughout ie etyma geoffrey nathan response question 1 examples big many quebec french gros gros gros big lot irish mo r mo ra n big lot negative polarity polish duzy duzo big lot general diachronic comment slavic _ comparative _ quantifier root bol adj big old church slavonic bolii modern russian bol hoj many much mnogo mnogi slavic languages root minog short etymologically related adj meaning big root comparative shows bolj comparative quantifier adjs assuming j suffix think russian modern language root still shows adj big though except modern bulgarian probably macedonian still comparative quantifier bol vasmer etymological dictionary russian language relates root sanskrit baliyan acute accent first long mark second stronger balisthas acute first dot first strongest balam acute first strength russian two different comparative forms root addition adj big bol hoj comparative quantifier bol money adverb bolee interesting cynthia vakareliyska question 2 pertaining derivations opposite direction quantifier size adjective evidence still less clear one respondent ann lindvall suggested possible examples swedish greek fact slavic examples directionality immediately clear may perhaps appropriately characterized nondirectional identity neuterform adjective quantifier however still nt encountered uncontroversial examples size adjectives derived quantifiers finally two interesting comments related phenomena hungarian little omewhat little late somewhat overripe pear lying table _ kicsit _ consists _ kicsi _ predicative form adjective mall plus _ _ accusative marker extremely sentences little somewhat replaced extremely _ nagyon _ consists _ nagy _ big _ _ de adjectival adverbializer adverbal adadjectival quantifiers adnominal quantifiers many size adjectives edith moravcsik suspect thai lao adverb nak great deal lot adjective nak heavy derivatives one another strange grammaticalization verbal quantifier prevalent lao lanna thai dialect isan dialect geographically historically related bangkok thai peansiri vongvipanond