Number of realizations
5
head
→
money
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | ḳaḳḳadu | |
| Meaning 1 | head | šamna ḳaḳḳassuni pašiš 'their heads are anointed with oil' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | original amount, principal | ḳaḳḳad kaspim ana tamkarim utar ‘he will return the original amount of silver to the merchant’; "‘the interest of 16 shekels of silver was recapitalized’ (lit. was returned to the capital, to the principal amount)" |
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| Comment | (CAD Q 100) | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | caput | |
| Meaning 1 | head | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | capital | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Modern Hebrew | |
| Lexeme | rosh | |
| Meaning 1 | head | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | capital | |
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| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme 1 | κεφαλή | |
| Lexeme 2 | κεφάλαιον | |
| Meaning 1 | head | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | money, capital | πολλοῦ κεφαλαίου "for big money" |
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| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | raʔs- | |
| Lexeme 2 | raʔs-u l-māl-I | |
| Meaning 1 | head | rumiya fulān-un minhu fī r-raʔs-I ‘such a one was shot by him in the head’ |
| Meaning 2 | the capital, or principal, of property (lit. 'head of money') | ʔaḳraḍatnī ʕašarat-an bi-ruʔūs-i-hā ‘she lent me ten (pieces of money) as a loan whereof the principal was to be repaid without interest’ |
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| Comment | (Lane 995) | |