bone
→
needle (sewing)
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ixil | |
Lexeme | b'ak | |
Meaning 1 | bone | Kat ic'apu el txoo u tx'i' u b'ak the dog carried the bone in his mouth |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | needle | Kat tosca u vinak txij tixe' u tz'isb'al b'ak the man put the thread into the needle hole |
Reference | Jewett, Willis 1996: 16 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Rapanui | |
Lexeme | ibi | |
Meaning 1 | bone | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | needle | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
Comment | 'bone' in other Polynesian languages |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tongan | |
Lexeme | hui | |
Meaning 1 | bone | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | needle, pin | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
Comment | 'bone' in Anuta, East Uvea, Emae, Fijian, Niue, Rotaman languages. |