bone
→
kinship
4 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Amharic | |
Lexeme | aṭənt | |
Meaning 1 | bone | läwəššaw aṭənt səṭṭäw 'give the dog a bone!' (Leslau 1973:128) |
Meaning 2 | origin, family | aṭənt yasfälləgal; 'descent from a good family (lit. 'bone') is necessary' (K 1339) |
Reference | ||
Comment | (K 1339). Cf. also Tigre ʕaṣəm 'bone; kinsman' (LH 491) |
NEW Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Buriat | |
Lexeme | яhа(н) | |
Meaning 1 | bone | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | nation, tribe, clan | |
Reference | Čeremisov 1973: 802 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
Lexeme 1 | yas | |
Lexeme 2 | yastan | |
Meaning 1 | bone | |
Meaning 2 | nationality | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tuvan | |
Lexeme | сөөк | |
Meaning 1 | bone | |
Meaning 2 | tribe, clan, nationality, people | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Possibly a Mongolian calque. |
Ср. рус. белая кость.