Number of realizations
12
mouth
→
mouth (of a river)
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Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Evenki
Lexeme
amnga
Meaning 1
mouth
Direction
—
Meaning 2
river mouth
Reference
Vasilevič 1958 page 28
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Comment
Realization
Type
Derivation
Language
Tigrinya
Lexeme 1
ʔaf
Lexeme 2
ʔaf may
Meaning 1
'mouth'
Direction
→
Meaning 2
'river mouth, outfall' (lit. 'mouth of water')
Reference
KT page 1546-47
Related Languages
Comment
cognate to Akk.pû(m) (see SED I No. 223
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Selkup
Lexeme
анг
Meaning 1
mouth
Direction
—
Meaning 2
river mouth
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
(Murzaev 1974: 129)
Realization
Type
Derivation
Language
Russian
Lexeme 1
уста (usta)
Lexeme 2
устье (ust'e)
Meaning 1
mouth, lips
Direction
—
Meaning 2
river mouth
Reference
Fasmer 1986 page 4
173
Related Languages
Comment
(Murzaev 1974: 133)
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Ancient Greek
Lexeme
στόμα
Meaning 1
mouth
Direction
—
Meaning 2
river mouth
Reference
LSJ page 1648-1649
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Comment
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Latin
Lexeme
os, oris
Meaning 1
mouth
Direction
→
Meaning 2
river mouth
Reference
Glare page 1272-1273
Related Languages
Comment
Murzaev 1974: 133.
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
English
Lexeme
mouth
Meaning 1
the opening and cavity in the lower part of the human face, surrounded by the lips, through which food is taken in and vocal sounds are emitted
Direction
—
Meaning 2
the place where a river enters the sea
Reference
ODE
Related Languages
Comment
(Murzaev 1974: 133)
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme
kŏu (口)
Meaning 1
mouth
Direction
—
Meaning 2
river mouth
Reference
BKRS page 1735
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Comment
The same in Vietnamese, cf. khau 'river mouth, port, mountain passage' (Murzaev 1974: 130, 133).
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
French
Lexeme
bouche
Meaning 1
mouth
une bouche large "a big mouth"
Direction
—
Meaning 2
river mouth
la bouche d'un fleuve "the mouth of a river"
Reference
CNRTL
Related Languages
Comment
(Murzaev 1974: 133)
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Armenian
Lexeme
beran (բերան)
Meaning 1
mouth
Direction
—
Meaning 2
river mouth
geti beran (գետի բերան) "river mouth"
Reference
Galstjan 1984 page 124
151
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Comment
also a complex word getaberan (գետաբերան) 'river mouth, estuary'. From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-ano-, from *bʰerH- ‘to bore, pierce’; cognates include Lithuanian burnà ‘mouth’, Ancient Greek φάρυγξ ‘throat’, Latin frūmen ‘larynx, throat’, Old Norse barki ‘throat, windpipe’, Bulgarian бърна ‘lip’ Ačaṙyan 1, 40-41, Murzaev 1974: 129, 133.
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Tuvan
Lexeme
аас
Meaning 1
mouth, chaps
Meaning 2
creek
Reference
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Comment
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Akkadian
Lexeme
pû(m)
Meaning 1
mouth
puk edil "shut up!"
Direction
→
Meaning 2
creek
ina pí-i nārim-ma "in the river mouth"
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
AHw 872-73