Number of realizations
7
eye
→
spring, fountain
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udi | |
| Lexeme | pul | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | source (spring) | |
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ʕayn- | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | well, source | |
| Reference | BK page II 425 | |
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| Comment | Murzaev 1974: 133 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Uzbek | |
| Lexeme | кўз | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | source of a spring | |
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| Comment | Cf. Turkmen, Azeri гёз 'eye' + 'spring, stream, (sometimes) river' (Murzaev 1974: 130, 133). | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Armenian | |
| Lexeme | акн | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | well, source | |
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| Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 129, 133) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | īnu | |
| Meaning 1 | eye [CAD i 153] | appu e-nu uznu kimunti "I deprived him of his nose, eye and ear" |
| Meaning 2 | source of a spring | kire^ti e-nu a me^ ... sarpu laqiu "the gardens and the water source were bought in accordance with payment" |
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| Comment | The Protosemitic root has both meanings. See SED I No. 28. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme 1 | چشم češm/čašm | |
| Lexeme 2 | چشم češme/čašme | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | به چشم خود be čašm-e xod " with my own eyes" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | spring, stream | چشمه آب گرم čašme āb-e garm " hot spring" |
| Reference | Rubinčik 1970 page 468 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 133) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hausa | |
| Lexeme | ido | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | well, source | |
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