head mind (n.) 21 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Abaza
Lexeme qa
Meaning 1 head qa zqw ʕʷətʃ’ʕʷəs
smart person, a person with a head
Direction
Meaning 2 mind (n.)
Reference Tugov 1967
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Borrowing
Language 1 Buriat
Language 2 Russian
Lexeme 1 толгой
Lexeme 2 talagoj
Meaning 1 head
Meaning 2 head, mind, intelligence, smart person
Reference
Comment in the Russian idioms of Buryatiya Аникин 2000, 529
NEW Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Croatian
Lexeme glava
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 mind (n.)

pametna glava, šuplja glava


smart person, hollow head (stupid person)

Reference HJP
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Danish
Lexeme hoved
Meaning 1 head løfte hovedet
to raise one’s head
Direction
Meaning 2 mind, memory tankerne flyver/farer gennem hovedet
throughts are running through one’s head
Reference DDO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Dutch
Lexeme kop
Meaning 1 head
Meaning 2 intelligence
Reference
Comment Similarly the Germ. Kopf (Аркадьев 2002, 64-65)
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme head
Meaning 1 to move one's head
to shake one's head
Meaning 2 accounts which he kept in his head
accounts which he kept in his head
Reference
Comment The Germanic lexeme has the polysemy of this type in: Dutch, Swedish, Danish; in derived words also in Old Icelandic (Аркадьев 2002, 64-65)
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme tête
Meaning 1 head lever la tête
to raise one’s head
Direction
Meaning 2 mind, intellectual faculty (avoir, être) une bonne tête; grosse tête
to have a good head; an intellectual
Reference CNRTL
Comment
NEW Realization 8
Type Semantic evolution
Language Irish Gaelic
Lexeme ceann
Meaning 1 head

Mo cheann


Ta ceann maith aige

Direction
Meaning 2 mind (n.)

My head


He has a good head, he is clever

Reference Ó Dónaill 1977: 204
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Japanese
Lexeme atama (頭)
Meaning 1 head 私は頭を数回振った
I shook my head a few times.
Direction
Meaning 2 intelligence, brain 今日は頭がさえません
My brain doesn't seem to be working well today.
Reference
Comment EDICT.
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Kildin Saami
Lexeme вуэййв
Meaning 1 head выгклэ вӯйвэнѣ
to shake one's head
Direction
Meaning 2 mind (n.) тэдт олма лӣ вӯйвэнѣ; вуэйвлесьт воаррад
This person is smart (has a head), has a calculating mind
Reference Kuruč 1985: 60
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Lak
Lexeme bak'
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 head (mind) бакI бусса инсан
smart person, a person with a brain
Reference
Comment (Khajdakov 1962: 50)
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Lezgian
Lexeme q’il
Meaning 1 head
Meaning 2 intelligence, mind кьил авай инсан
intelligent, wise person (=having a head)
Reference
Comment (LezgRus 203). The same in Tabassaran (КIУЛ), cf. (TabRus 214).
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Lezgian
Lexeme kelle
Meaning 1 head
Meaning 2 intelligence ам гзаф келле авайди я
He has a brain, he is intelligent.
Reference
Comment (LezgRus 155)
NEW Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Meadow Mari
Lexeme вуй
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 mind (n.)
Reference Marij jylme muter
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Mongolian (Khalkha)
Lexeme gaval
Meaning 1 skull гавалд чинь гараа угаамз
I will wash my hands in your skull
Meaning 2 wise head, ckever cookie
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Norwegian
Lexeme hode
Meaning 1 head ha vondt i hodet
to have a headache
Direction
Meaning 2 mind (n.) ha hodet fullt av planer; bruke hodet
to have a head full of plans; to think
Reference BO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme golova
Meaning 1 head
Meaning 2 intellect, mind У этого парня хорошая голова
This guy is clever.
Reference
Comment Cf. also Х - это голова (=intelligent, knowledgeable)
NEW Realization 18
Type Polysemy
Language Serbian
Lexeme глава (glava)
Meaning 1 head

Uvek me boli glava kad je ovakvo vreme.


I always get a headache when the weather is like this.

Direction
Meaning 2 mind (n.)

имати добру главу


to be clever

Reference CLARIN.SI Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 194
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 19
Type Polysemy
Language Swahili
Lexeme kichwa
Meaning 1 head ninaumwa nа kichwa
my head is aching
Meaning 2 intelligence kichwa baridi
a clear head, a lucid mind
Reference
Comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 20
Type Polysemy
Language Swedish
Lexeme huvud
Meaning 1 head ha ont i huvudet
to have a headache
Direction
Meaning 2 mind, memory hon har ett gott huvud; han har huvudet fullt av idéer
she has a good head; is head is full of ideas
Reference SAO
Comment
NEW Realization 21
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme kafa
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 mind (n.)

kafasıyla çalışmak


to do an intellectual labour

Reference Baskakov 1977: 495
Comment