stick (n.) unit of length 12 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme perch
Meaning 1 perch
Direction
Meaning 2 length unit (= 5,03 m)
Reference
Comment From the Lat. Pertica (q.v.)
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme rod
Meaning 1 rod
Direction
Meaning 2 length unit (= 5 m)
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme pole
Meaning 1 pole, perch,
Direction
Meaning 2 length unit (= 5,029 m)
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language German
Lexeme Rute
Meaning 1 cane, whip
Direction
Meaning 2 ancient German length unit = 3-5 m and square unit = 14 m2
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Italian
Lexeme canna
Meaning 1 cane
Direction
Meaning 2 length unit (about 2 m)
Reference
Comment Also the Fr. canne obs. 'a length unit equal to 1,71-2,98 м'
NEW Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Khamnigan Mongol
Lexeme modo(n)
Meaning 1 tree modonoi xoltoso
bark of a tree
Direction
Meaning 2 kilometer Deliu:n 150 modo boloxu
There are 150 kilometeres to Deliu:n
Reference Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 202
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Latin
Lexeme pertica
Meaning 1 perch, pole, stick
Direction
Meaning 2 length unit (5 feet)
Reference
Comment Glare 1359
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme batog
Meaning 1 stick, cane
Direction
Meaning 2 length unit (usually half of a running fathom)
Reference
Comment The second meaning is dialectal СРНГ 2, 145. Also the Komi батöг obs. 'length unit' КомиРС 36
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme çāmyá
Meaning 1 stick, cane
Direction
Meaning 2 length unit (= 1,5 cubit)
Reference
Comment Кочергина 636
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme daṇḍa
Meaning 1 stick , staff , rod , pole
Direction
Meaning 2 measure of length (appr. = 2 m)
Reference
Comment MW 466 Кочергина 257
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Spanish
Lexeme vara
Meaning 1 rod, cane, pole
Direction
Meaning 2 length unit
Reference
Comment Narumov 1995: 779
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme arış
Meaning 1 shaft
Direction
Meaning 2 cubit (=length unit)
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Comment