eye
→
spring, fountain
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | īnu | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | appu īnu uznu īkimšunūti I deprived them of (their) nose, eye and ear |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | source of a spring | kirêti īnu ša mê ... ṣarpu laqiū the gardens and the water source were bought in accordance with payment |
| Reference | CAD | |
| Comment | CAD i 153 The Protosemitic root has both meanings. See SED I No. 28. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Armenian | |
| Lexeme | акн | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | well, source | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 129, 133) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ʕayn- | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | well, source | |
| Reference | BK: II 425 | |
| Comment | Murzaev 1974: 133 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme 1 | چشم češm/čašm | |
| Lexeme 2 | چشم češme/čašme | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | به چشم خود be čašm-e xod with my own eyes |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | spring, stream | چشمه آب گرم čašme āb-e garm hot spring |
| Reference | Rubinčik 1970: 468 | |
| Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 133) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hausa | |
| Lexeme | ido | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | well, source | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Somali | |
| Lexeme | il(-sha) | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spring, fountain | |
| Reference | Alejnikov 2012 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | göz | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | spring, fountain | |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 353 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udi | |
| Lexeme | pul | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | source (spring) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Uzbek | |
| Lexeme | кўз | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | source of a spring | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Cf. Turkmen, Azeri гёз 'eye' + 'spring, stream, (sometimes) river' (Murzaev 1974: 130, 133). | |
Cf. Kogan - Militarev 2003, with examples from Semitic, Berber, Beja, Middle and New Persian, Spanish (ojo de agua), Basque (urbegi).