navel centre 20 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme ὀμφαλός
Meaning 1 belly button
Direction
Meaning 2 center, focus
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Burmese
Lexeme чхэ'мá
Meaning 1 belly button
Direction
Meaning 2 core, heart
Reference
Comment Novikiv et al. 1976, 102
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Geez
Lexeme ḥənbərt
Meaning 1 navel salām laḥənbərtəki məsla fəḥuḳ māʔkak 'peace be with your navel, the image of a well-shaped bowl'; ḥənbərta karśu 'the navel of his belly' (Job 40:11)
Direction
Meaning 2 middle, center ḥənbərta mədr 'the center of the earth' (Jud. 9:37)
Reference
Comment (LGz. 236, LLA 108)
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Indonesian
Lexeme puser
Meaning 1 navel
Direction
Meaning 2 centre
Reference SEALang Indonesia
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Javanese
Lexeme pungser
Meaning 1 navel
Direction
Meaning 2 centre
Reference SEAlang Javanese
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Khmer
Lexeme niepʰii
Meaning 1 navel
Direction
Meaning 2 center of a circle
Reference SEAlang Khmer
Comment Royal language. From Sanskrit, Pali nābhi 'navel'
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Khmer
Lexeme pcət, psət
Meaning 1 navel
Direction
Meaning 2 cleared / empty space in the center of something; center, exact middle; nucleus
Reference SEAlang Khmer
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Lao
Lexeme sā1-dɯ̄2
Meaning 1 navel
Direction
Meaning 2 centre
Reference Morev et al. 1982: 231
Comment SEALang Lao (sá dìː)/ From Thai
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Lao
Lexeme bɨ̀ː
Meaning 1 navel
Direction
Meaning 2 centre; hub
Reference SEAlang Lao
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Lao
Lexeme náːpʰíː
Meaning 1 navel
Direction
Meaning 2 center, middle; hub (of a wheel)
Reference SEAlang Lao
Comment From Sanskrit, Pali nābhi 'navel'
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Malay
Lexeme pusat
Meaning 1 navel
Direction
Meaning 2 centre
Reference SEALang Malay
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Romanian
Lexeme buric
Meaning 1 belly button
Direction
Meaning 2 center (colloq.) buricul oraşului
city center
Reference DEX98
Comment DRRS 1, 292, DEX98
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme nābhi
Meaning 1 navel
Direction
Meaning 2 centre, central point
Reference MW: 535
Comment
NEW Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Somali
Lexeme xuddun(-ta)
Meaning 1 navel
Direction
Meaning 2 centre
Reference Alejnikov 2012: 357
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Tagalog
Lexeme pusod
Meaning 1 belly button
Direction
Meaning 2 center
Reference
Comment Таг 250
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Thai
Lexeme nā-phǐ
Meaning 1 belly button
Direction
Meaning 2 center, mid-point; hub, nave (cart wheel)
Reference
Comment Morev 1964, 372
ACCEPTED Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Thai
Lexeme sâ-dɯ̄
Meaning 1 belly button
Direction
Meaning 2 center, central (fig.)
Reference Morev 1964: 754
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 18
Type Polysemy
Language Tibetan
Lexeme lte-ba
Meaning 1 belly button lte-ba-ba-la-con
spider (lit. The one having fur in the belly button)
Direction
Meaning 2 center, mid-point
Reference
Comment Рерих 3, 388-389.
NEW Realization 19
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme göbek
Meaning 1 navel, belly button
Direction
Meaning 2 centre kubbenin göbeği
the center of cupola
Reference Baskakov 1977: 342
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20
Type Polysemy
Language Yakut
Lexeme киин
Meaning 1 belly button; umbilical cord
Direction
Meaning 2 center; central 1) оройуон киинэ
1) the center of the district 2) the principal task
Reference
Comment ЯРС 164.