Number of realizations
72
moon
→
month
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Burmese | |
Lexeme | la̰ | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | Novikov et al. 1976 page 489 | |
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Comment |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Japanese | |
Lexeme | tsuki (月) | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | calendary month | |
Reference | ||
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Comment | . |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
Lexeme | ḥōdeš | |
Meaning 1 | new moon | ḥōdeš māḥār 'tomorrow is the new moon' (1S 20:5) |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | ḥōdeš bəšānā ‘one month in the year’ (1K 4:7) |
Reference | ||
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Comment | (HALOT 294). From the PS *ḥdṯ 'to be new' (> 'new moon' > 'moon' > 'month'), cf. Kogan 2010a:27. |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Erzya | |
Lexeme | ков | |
Meaning 1 | moon | ковось ещё эзь лисне ды менелесь чоподаль "the moon had not risen yet and the sky was dark" |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | несэнть кемгавтово ковт "There are twelve months in a year" |
Reference | ||
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Comment | ЭрзРС 273 |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Swahili | |
Lexeme | mwezi | |
Meaning 1 | moon | mwezi uliliwa na joka "lunar eclipse" |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | kila mwezi "every month" |
Reference | ||
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Comment | Polikanov |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Nganasan | |
Lexeme | кичеʒəə | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | ||
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Comment | НМС 821 |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Jarawara | |
Lexeme | abariko | |
Meaning 1 | moon | Abariko wene kitaka. "The moon is shining brightly." |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | Abariko ohari ota nabiyaro ota amake, ota kobo towitiyabani ota sorowaha me tabori ya "We travelled a month to arrive at the Sorowaha village" |
Reference | ||
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Comment | JED 49 |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Thai | |
Lexeme 1 | dɯ̄an | |
Lexeme 2 | dʉan | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEAlang Thai | |
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Comment | Morev 1964, 270 |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Adyghe | |
Lexeme | maze | |
Meaning 1 | moon | мазэр къыкъокIыгъ "the moon rose" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | январь мазэм "in the month of January" |
Reference | ||
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Comment | АдРС 200 |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Aghul | |
Lexeme | waz | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | ||
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Comment | The same polysemy in Lezg., Tab., Rut., Tsakh., Kryz, Budukh, Archi. |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Sanskrit | |
Lexeme | masah | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | ||
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | mesjac | |
Meaning 1 | moon, month | Светит месяц, светит ясный "The clear moon is shining" |
Meaning 2 | moon | |
Reference | ||
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Comment |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tuvan | |
Lexeme | ай | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Meaning 2 | calendary month | бир ай "January" |
Reference | ||
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Comment | Cf. also Karaim., Gagauz. ай 'moon; calendary month'. (КРПС 50, ГРМС 30) |
Realization | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme 1 | moon | |
Lexeme 2 | month | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Meaning 2 | calendary month | |
Reference | ||
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Comment |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Akkadian | |
Lexeme | arḫu | |
Meaning 1 | moon | šâtu kīma arḫim annaṭālim "'she is like the moon to look upon'" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | šalšam arḫam "'during the third month'" |
Reference | ||
Related Languages | The same polisemy in the majority of reflexes of this root in Semitic languages. Cf. Fronzaroli (CLCS III) 1965, Kogan in preparation, 2.3.3. | |
Comment | (CAD AII 259-61) |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tibetan | |
Lexeme | zla-ba | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | ||
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Comment | Рерих VIII, 160. |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kashub | |
Lexeme | ksąžëc | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | ||
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Comment | СД 3, 236 |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tagalog | |
Lexeme | buwán | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | Krus Ignašev 1959 page 69 | |
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Comment | SEALang Tagalog |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romani | |
Lexeme | čhon | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | ||
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Comment | Lithuanian Romani and other varieties |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Evenki | |
Lexeme | аткиқāн | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | ||
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Comment | ТМС 1, 58 |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme | lună | |
Meaning 1 | moon | Lună a ieşit de la nori "the moon came out from the clouds" |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | Anul are douăsprezece luni. "There are twelve months in a year" |
Reference | DEX98 | |
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Comment | DEX98, DER 477-478. The second meaning possibly emerged under the Slavic influence. |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme | σελήνη | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | moon (poet.) | |
Reference | ||
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Comment |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Khmer | |
Lexeme | khae | |
Meaning 1 | moon | khae rɔnouk "decrescent moon" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | khae lə̣:k "a month with an extra day, february in a leap year" |
Reference | ||
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Comment | Gorgoniev 1984, 118 |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Evenki | |
Lexeme | bēga | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | ||
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Comment | Василевич 1958, 52 |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Seri | |
Lexeme | iizax | |
Meaning 1 | moon | iizax quij |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | iizax cap |
Reference | Zhivlov 2019 | |
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Comment | This word is used with different definite articles. Combined with the article quij ‘compact’, it means ‘the moon’; with cop/cap ‘vertical; abstract’ — ‘the month’. |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kubachi | |
Lexeme | бац | |
Meaning 1 | moon | бацла шшала "moon light" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | Рамадан бац "month of ramadan" |
Reference | Magomedov Saidov-Akkutta 2017 page 72 | |
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Comment |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Udmurt | |
Lexeme | толэзь | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Cham | |
Lexeme | pìlà̠n | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | Alieva Bùi Khán Thế 1999 page 132 | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Modern Greek | |
Lexeme | φεγγάρι | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | lunar month (about 28 days) | |
Reference | DSMG | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment | From Byzantine Greek φεγγάριν, from φεγγάριον; diminutive of Ancient Greek φέγγος 'moonlight'. |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lithuanian | |
Lexeme | mėnuo | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | šeši mėnesiai "six months" |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Polish | |
Lexeme | miesiąc | |
Meaning 1 | (archaic) moon | Świec nie zapalajcie, Bo wam miesiąc osrebrzy łagodnie świetlice. (Julian Tuwim Dziewczynom) "Do not light the candles, for the month will gently silver the clubs for you." |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
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Comment |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Bashkir | |
Lexeme | ай | |
Meaning 1 | moon | Сәскәләргә ҡунған ысыҡ ай яҡтыһына ялтырай. "The dew that fell on flowers glistens in the moonlight." |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | Ҡыҙыбыҙ ҡаланан айына бер ҡайтып тора "Our daughter comes home from the city once a month." |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
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Comment |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kazakh | |
Lexeme | ай | |
Meaning 1 | moon | Жер мен Ай арасындағы орташа қашықтық 384 500 км. "The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is 384,500 km." |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | Наурыз жылдың әрі көктемнің бірінші айы. "Nawryz (March) is the first month of the year and spring." |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
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Comment |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kyrghyz | |
Lexeme | ай | |
Meaning 1 | moon | Ай өзүнөн жарык чыгарбайт. "The moon does not emit light." |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | Жыл айлары "Months of the year" |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Waray | |
Lexeme | búlan | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEAlang Waray | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Vietnamese | |
Lexeme | giăng | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Shan | |
Lexeme | lɤn1 | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEAlang Shan | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Modern Mon | |
Lexeme | hətaoˀ | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEAlang Mon | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Maranao | |
Lexeme | olan | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEAlang Maranao | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Malay | |
Lexeme | bulan | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEALang Malay | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Malay | |
Lexeme | pĕrnama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEALang Malay | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment | From Sanskrit |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lao | |
Lexeme | dɨ̀an | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEAlang Lao | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Khmer | |
Lexeme | mieh | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Javanese | |
Lexeme | candra | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEAlang Javanese | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Javanese | |
Lexeme | sasi | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEAlang Javanese | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Javanese | |
Lexeme | wulan | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEAlang Javanese | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Indonesian | |
Lexeme | sasi | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEALang Indonesia | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Indonesian | |
Lexeme | syahru | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEALang Indonesia | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment | From Arabian |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Indonesian | |
Lexeme | bulan | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEALang Indonesia | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ilocano | |
Lexeme | bulan | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEAlang Ilocano | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Hiligaynon | |
Lexeme | búlan | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEAlang Hiligaynon | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Balinese | |
Lexeme | bulan | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEALang Balinese | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment | Low register. Also wulan |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Balinese | |
Lexeme | sa-sangka | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEALang Balinese | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Balinese | |
Lexeme | sasih | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | SEALang Balinese | |
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Comment | High register |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language 1 | Komi | |
Language 2 | Meadow Mari | |
Lexeme | тӧлысь | |
Meaning 1 | moon | тыр тӧлысь "full moon" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | тӧлысь сайын "month ago" |
Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
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Comment |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Meadow Mari | |
Lexeme | тылзе | |
Meaning 1 | moon | тичмаш тылзе "full moon" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | Август тылзе – тургым пагыт, тӱредме жап. (Вениамин Иванов) "The month of August is a time of reaping, a time of harvest" |
Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
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Comment |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Hill Mari | |
Lexeme | тӹлзӹ | |
Meaning 1 | moon | тошты тӹлзӹ "full moon" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | тӹлзӹ йӹде "every month" |
Reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
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Comment |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | West Futuna (Futuna-Aniwa) | |
Lexeme | mrama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tuamotu | |
Lexeme | marama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tikopia | |
Lexeme | marama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | lunar month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Takuu | |
Lexeme | marama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Sikaiana | |
Lexeme | malama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
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Comment |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) | |
Lexeme | marama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Rapa | |
Lexeme | marama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Penrhyn | |
Lexeme | marama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Nukuoro | |
Lexeme | malama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Maori | |
Lexeme | marama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Marquesan | |
Lexeme | meʔama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Rakahanga-Manihiki | |
Lexeme | marama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | lunar month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mangareva | |
Lexeme | marama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kapingamarangi | |
Lexeme | malama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Hawaiian | |
Lexeme | malama | |
Meaning 1 | moon | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | month | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
Related Languages | ||
Comment |