book (n.)
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letter (text)
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme | žagnô | |
| Meaning 1 | book (n.) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | letter (text) | |
| Reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 233 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chukchee | |
| Lexeme | кэликэл | |
| Meaning 1 | book (n.) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | letter (text) | |
| Reference | Moll, Inènlikèj 1957: 60 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Armenian | |
| Lexeme | gir (գիր) | |
| Meaning 1 | (often in the plural - girkʿ (գիրք)) book, volume, manuscript | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | letter, epistle; writing, document, something written | |
| Reference | Petrosean, Matatʿeay 1879 | |
| Comment | Also (often in the plural) 'holy scripture, Bible' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Armenian | |
| Lexeme | taṙ (տառ) | |
| Meaning 1 | book (n.) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | letter, epistle | astuacełēn taṙkʿ (աստուածեղէն տառք); taṙkʿ kanonakankʿ (տառք կանոնականք) the Holy Scriptures; canons, constitutions, statutes, written laws |
| Reference | Petrosean, Matatʿeay 1879 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Koryak | |
| Lexeme | каликал | |
| Meaning 1 | book (n.) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | letter (text) | |
| Reference | Žukova 1990: 44 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | shū (书, 書) | |
| Meaning 1 | book (n.) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | letter (text) | |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Nivkh | |
| Lexeme | питɧы | |
| Meaning 1 | book (n.) | ӄлай диф питɧы dictionary |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | letter (text) | иф п’ӈафӄух питɧы he received a letter from a friend |
| Reference | Savel'eva, Taksami 1970: 261 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Oroqen | |
| Lexeme | bitə: | |
| Meaning 1 | book (n.) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | letter (text) | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Thai | |
| Lexeme | naŋˈsʉ̌ʉ | |
| Meaning 1 | book (n.) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | letter (text) | |
| Reference | Morev 1964: 804 SEAlang Thai | |
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