lotus
→
beautiful
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lao | |
| Lexeme | sǎːlôːt (sā1-lōt6) | |
| Meaning 1 | lotus | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | beautiful | |
| Reference | Morev et al. 1982: 273 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | lián (莲) | |
| Meaning 1 | lotus | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | beautiful | |
| Reference | BKRS: 11160 | |
| Comment | Also 'lotus as the seat of Buddha; Buddhist paradise, Sukhāvatī, western pure land of Amitābha in Mahayana Buddhism' | |