light (of weight)
→
lung
17 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Alabama | |
| Lexeme 1 | sokpa | |
| Lexeme 2 | iⁿsokpa | |
| Meaning 1 | to be light, lightweight, agile (as a gymnast) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lungs | |
| Reference | Alabama dictionary | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Arabela | |
| Lexeme 1 | namaca | |
| Lexeme 2 | pa namaca | |
| Meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | our lungs | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Rich R.G. Diccionario Arabela-Castellano Serie Lingüística Peruana, 1999. 239 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Breton | |
| Lexeme 1 | skañv | |
| Lexeme 2 | skevent | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | Gonidec 1860: 126, 127 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Digor Ossetian | |
| Lexeme 1 | рæу | |
| Lexeme 2 | рæуæг | |
| Meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | Abaev: 2, 388-389 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | light | |
| Lexeme 2 | lights | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | lungs (of an animal) | |
| Reference | ODE | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | English | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | lung | |
| Lexeme 2 | лёгкий | |
| Meaning 1 | lung | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | light | |
| Reference | Walde-Pokorny: II 426 f | |
| Comment | from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- 'light, not heavy' | |
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Galician | |
| Lexeme | livián | |
| Meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | DDDDLG | |
| Comment | From Old Galician-Portuguese livião (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *leviānus, from Latin levis. |
|
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Gamilaraay | |
| Lexeme 1 | gabanbaa | |
| Lexeme 2 | gaban | |
| Meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | Ash et al. 2003: 73 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Iron Ossetian | |
| Lexeme 1 | рог | |
| Lexeme 2 | рæуæг | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | Abaev: 2, 388-389 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Kaingang | |
| Lexeme 1 | kãnhvy | |
| Lexeme 2 | fe kãnhvy | |
| Meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | Gojtéj Wiesemann 2011: 17, 43 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Ket | |
| Lexeme 1 | bejiŋ | |
| Lexeme 2 | beńśiŋ | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | beńśiŋ - composition of bejiŋ + seŋ 'liver' | |
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malak-Malak | |
| Lexeme | labarr | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | lungs | 1) labarr yide matjan
2) labarrgatj cov 1) he is light on his feet 2) make lighter |
| Reference | Lindsay et al. 2017: 82 | |
| Comment | Not sure, that the word means exactly "light of weight". | |
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Malak-Malak | |
| Lexeme 1 | labarr | |
| Lexeme 2 | labarra | |
| Meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | Lindsay et al. 2017: 63 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | лёгкий (lёgkij) | |
| Lexeme 2 | лёгкое (lёgkoe) | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | Fasmer 1986: 2,474 | |
| Comment | Belarusian лёгкае (from лёгкі 'light'), Ukrainian легеня, легке (from легкий) | |
| NEW Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | liviano | |
| Meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | DRAE | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Welsh | |
| Lexeme 1 | ysgafn | |
| Lexeme 2 | ysgyfaint | |
| Meaning 1 | light | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lungs | |
| Reference | Lewis 1991: 174-175 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Yir Yoront | |
| Lexeme 1 | lolt | |
| Lexeme 2 | ngerr-lolt | |
| Meaning 1 | light (of weight) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | lung | |
| Reference | Alpher 1991: 267 | |
| Comment | ngerr 'belly', 'front part of a body' |
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