trunk (body part)
→
person
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Malayalam |
| Lexeme |
mai |
| Meaning 1 |
body |
|
| Meaning 2 |
person |
|
| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
There is the polysemy also in the language of Tulu. It goes back to the Proto-Dravidian *may 'body', in some languages there is only the word only with the meaning А (Wilkins 1996: 277). |
| Realization |
| Type |
Cognates |
| Language 1 |
Pitjantjatjara |
| Language 2 |
Kukatja |
| Lexeme |
puntu |
| Meaning 1 |
body |
|
| Meaning 2 |
person |
|
| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
There are similar cognate in othe Australian languages (Wilkins 1996: 286). |