brave
↔
tiger
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | hǔ (虎) | |
| Meaning 1 | brave | hǔ jiāng (虎将) brave general |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | tiger | hǔ wěi (虎尾) tiger's tail |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | brtul-phod-can | |
| Meaning 1 | brave, hero | brtul-phod-khang the hero's home |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | tiger | brtul-phod-khang toger's den |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Рерих 3, 423. | |