forearm unit of length 17 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Amharic
Lexeme kənd
Meaning 1 arm, forearm ḳäññ kənd 'right forearm'
Direction
Meaning 2 cubit (approx. 48 cm) kənd käsənzər 'a cubit and a span'
Reference
Comment (K 1445)
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme πῆχυς
Meaning 1 forearm
Direction
Meaning 2 a length unit
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme cubit
Meaning 1 elbow bone
Direction
Meaning 2 length unit
Reference
Comment Also the Ital. cubito 'elbow bone' and 'elbow (length unitn)'. All words stem from the Lat. cubitus, that had both meanings.
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Erzya
Lexeme кенере
Meaning 1 elbow
Direction
Meaning 2 cubit (=historical length unit) авась кодась комсь кенере коцт
The woman wove twelve elboews of canvas
Reference
Comment ЭрзРС 253
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Gagauz
Lexeme dirsek
Meaning 1 elbow
Direction
Meaning 2 cubit (=length unit) бир дирсек без
a cubit of canvas
Reference
Comment ГРМС 148.
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Geez
Lexeme ʔəmmat
Meaning 1 elbow (part of the arm) ʔədawihā təsaffəḥ diba za-yəbaḳḳʷəʕ wa-ʔəmatā tāṣannəʕ la-fatil 'she stretches her hands over what is profitable and she makes her elbows strong in order to spin' (Prov. 29:37)
Direction
Meaning 2 measure nuḫu ʕəśrā ba-ʔəmat 'his height is twenty in cubits' (Zach. 5:2)
Reference
Comment (LLA 728)
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language German
Lexeme Brazze
Meaning 1 forearm
Direction
Meaning 2 cubit (=length unit)
Reference
Comment (Swiss German)
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language German
Lexeme Elle
Meaning 1 elbow bone
Direction
Meaning 2 cubit (=historical length unit)
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Karaim
Lexeme локот
Meaning 1 elbow (anat.)
Direction
Meaning 2 cubit (=length unit)
Reference
Comment КРПС 400. The polysemic word has been borrowed from the Slavic languages.
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Lao
Lexeme sɔ̄k5
Meaning 1 elbow
Direction
Meaning 2 sok (length unit ≃ 50 cm )
Reference
Comment Morev et al. 1982, 311
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Latin
Lexeme ulna
Meaning 1 lower part of the arm, elbow
Direction
Meaning 2 cubit (=length unit)
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme zhŏu (肘)
Meaning 1 elbow
Direction
Meaning 2 length unit = 2 or 1.5 chi (尺)
Reference BKRS: 5284
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Middle Persian (Pahlavi)
Lexeme ārišn, arešn
Meaning 1 forearm
Direction
Meaning 2 length unit
Reference
Comment ЭСИЯ 1, 213
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Old English
Lexeme 1 eln
Lexeme 2 ell
Meaning 1 elbow
Direction
Meaning 2 length unit
Reference
Comment Bosworth, Toller 247
ACCEPTED Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme bāhú
Meaning 1 the fore-arm , the arm between the elbow and the wrist
Direction
Meaning 2 measure of length
Reference MW
Comment MW 730, Кочергина 465
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Spanish
Lexeme codo
Meaning 1 elbow
Direction
Meaning 2 length unit
Reference
Comment Narumov 1995: 199
NEW Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Tofa
Lexeme билек
Meaning 1 forearm
Direction
Meaning 2 unit of length
Reference Rassadin 2016: 73
Comment