elbow
↔
corner
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Bagvalal | |
Lexeme | sːunč'al | |
Meaning 1 | elbow | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | corner | |
Reference | ||
Comment | БРС 329 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Semantic evolution | |
Language 1 | French | |
Language 2 | Latin | |
Lexeme 1 | coude | |
Lexeme 2 | cubitus | |
Meaning 1 | elbow | se soulever sur un coude to rise oneself on one’s elbow |
Direction | ← | |
Meaning 2 | reclined | |
Reference | CNRTL | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tigrinya | |
Lexeme | kʷərnaʕ | |
Meaning 1 | elbow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | street corner; angle (direction); side (direction) | kʷərnaʕ täṯäwyä ‘to round a corner, to turn a corner’ ; ʔəmni kʷərnaʕ ‘cornerstone’ ; bälliḥ kʷərnaʕ ‘salient (neol)’ |
Reference | ||
Comment | (KT 1599) |