belly
—
womb, uterus
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | karšu, karašu | |
| Meaning 1 | stomach, belly | [in]a karšīšina limēṣu šammū let there be too little food (lit. grass) in their (f) stomacks |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | womb | DN īzib riḫīssu ik-ka-ar-ši Enlil left his seed in the womb |
| Reference | CAD | |
| Comment | CAD k 223 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Cebuano | |
| Language 2 | Palauan | |
| Lexeme 1 | tiyan | |
| Lexeme 2 | diil | |
| Meaning 1 | stomach | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | womb | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The meaning of 'belly' is widely present in the Austronesian languages. Сирк 2008, 143-144 | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hindi | |
| Lexeme | peṭ (पेट) | |
| Meaning 1 | belly | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | womb | |
| Reference | Bahri 1989 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | jaṭhára (जठर) | |
| Meaning 1 | belly | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | womb | |
| Reference | MW | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sranan Tongo | |
| Lexeme | bere | |
| Meaning 1 | belly | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | womb | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | from English belly |
|
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Telugu | |
| Lexeme | garbhamu (గర్భము) | |
| Meaning 1 | belly | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | womb | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | from Sanskrit garbha 'womb' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Tigrinya | |
| Language 2 | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | rəḥəm | |
| Lexeme 2 | raḥim- | |
| Meaning 1 | belly | rəḥmu ‘prone, face down’: |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | womb | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (KT 540; Lane 1056), from Proto-Semitic *raḥ(i)m-, *riḥm- 'womb', cf. SED I No. 231). | |