bone marrow
→
core (of plant)
10 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Motivation | |
Language | Chechen | |
Lexeme | ṭum | |
Meaning 1 | marrow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | core, centre | |
Reference | Matsiyev, 1961: 428 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Motivation | |
Language | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme | مُخّ | |
Meaning 1 | marrow (of a bone) | مخّخ العَظْمَ He extracted the marrow from the bone. |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | the purest, choicest part | هٰؤُلَآءُ مُخُّ القَوْمِ These are the best of the people. |
Reference | Lane: 2692 | |
Comment | The shift is motivated by the cooking practice in Arabic countries, and throughout the world: the bone marrow of animals is widely used by people as food (hence, brain -> middle). |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | moelle | |
Meaning 1 | marrow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | core (of a plant) | |
Reference | NFRS | |
Comment | Also Portuguese medula, Italian midollo, Spanish médula |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme | Mark | |
Meaning 1 | marrow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | core (of a plant) | |
Reference | BNRSOL | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Motivation | |
Language | Ingush | |
Lexeme | ṭum | |
Meaning 1 | marrow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | heart, core | |
Reference | Bekova et al. 2009: 674 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Khmer | |
Lexeme | mɨɲcie | |
Meaning 1 | marrow (of the bone) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | medulla (botany) | |
Reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Khmer | |
Lexeme | saa ~ saaraʔ | |
Meaning 1 | marrow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | medula , pith , heartwood of a tree | |
Reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
Lexeme | suǐ (髓) | |
Meaning 1 | marrow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | center, mid-point, core, heart | mù suǐ (木髓) the tree core |
Reference | BKRS: 11184 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Nanaj | |
Lexeme | хоман | |
Meaning 1 | marrow | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | core (of tree) | |
Reference | Onenko 1989 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | tuétano | |
Meaning 1 | marrow | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | core (of a plant, tree) | |
Reference | Narumov 1995 | |
Comment |