breathing
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life
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | ψυχή (psūkhē) | |
| Meaning 1 | breath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | somebody's life | […] αἰεὶ ἐμὴν ψυχὴν παραβαλλόμενος πολεμίζειν. (Homer, Iliad 9.322) […] ever staking my life in fight. |
| Reference | François 2008: 194 LSJ | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karelian | |
| Lexeme | henki | |
| Meaning 1 | breathing | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | life | |
| Reference | Zajkov, Rugoeva 1999: 27 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| Lexeme 1 | амь | |
| Lexeme 2 | амьсгал | |
| Meaning 1 | breathing | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | life | |
| Reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tundra Yukaghir | |
| Lexeme | аҕарэ | |
| Meaning 1 | breathing | аҕарэн ваарэйл, аҕарэн пулгэрэйл inhale, exhale |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | life | аҕарэпулдаҕанэ чалаҕан let them live longer (lit. 'make their life longet') |
| Reference | Kurilov 2001: 26 | |
| Comment | Also аҕараану- 'to breath', 'to be alive'. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Yaqui (Hiaki) | |
| Lexeme 1 | hiavihtei | |
| Lexeme 2 | hiapsiwame | |
| Meaning 1 | breath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | life | |
| Reference | Dictionary Yaqui | |
| Comment | ||