hump (of a person or camel)
—
back (body part)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 410 | shoulder-blade, scapula | — | hump (of a person or camel) | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | k’ul | |
| Meaning 1 | hump; shoulder blade | кIул экъисай hunchbacked |
| Meaning 2 | back | кIул акьадарун to put on one's back |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LezgRus 217-218). The meaning 'back' is given as the last (third) meaning. Cf. also кIулац 'hunchback'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Russian | |
| Language 2 | Bulgarian | |
| Lexeme 1 | gorb | |
| Lexeme 2 | grăb | |
| Meaning 1 | hunch | |
| Meaning 2 | back [Бернштейн 1986: 101] | лежа по гръб to lie supine, to pat smn on his/her back |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The Pol. garb, Serb. грба, Czech. hrb, like in Rus., mean only 'hunch'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | mgongo | |
| Meaning 1 | back | geuka mgongo to turn one's back |
| Meaning 2 | hunch | ngamia wa migongo miwili Bactrian camel |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Polikanov | |
Ср. русск. "И я всё это должен еще переть на своём горбу!"