foot/leg
—
stem (of a plant)
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | agäda | |
| Meaning 1 | leg (of a man), hind leg (of a cow) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stalk (of sugar cane, sorgum, maize, etc.); stem (of a plant) | |
| Reference | K: 1331 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme | koḳ | |
| Meaning 1 | foot/leg | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stem, stalk | |
| Reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 384 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | pes, pedis | |
| Meaning 1 | a foot of man or beast | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | the stalk or pedicle of a fruit | |
| Reference | Lewis, Short | |
| Comment | Glare 1367. Also pedunculus 'little foot', the foot-stalk of a fruit or leaf', Vulgar Latin, New Latin pedīcellus > English pedicel French pédicelle, Italian pedicello, Portuguese pedicelo, Spanish pedicelo 'a stem that attaches a single flower to the inflorescence'; Late Latin petiolus > French pétiole, English petiole 'stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Tamil | |
| Language 2 | Kannada | |
| Lexeme 1 | tāḷ | |
| Lexeme 2 | tār̤ | |
| Meaning 1 | leg, foot | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | stem or stalk of corn, flowers, etc. | |
| Reference | DEDR: 277 | |
| Comment | DEDR: 3185 Ta. tāḷ leg, foot, foot of a tree or mountain, stem, pedicle, stalk. Ma. tāḷ stalk, stem (chiefly of edible plants), the foot. Ko. ta·ḷ stem, trunk, slope of hill. To. to·ḷ thigh of animal's hind leg, trunk of tree, slope of hill. Ka. tār̤ stem or stalk of corn, flowers, etc. Koḍ. ta·ḷï stem. ? Te. tālu empty ears of corn [i.e. straw after threshing; so K.]. DED 2603. | |