door
—
window
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Abaza | |
| Lexeme 1 | шва / ŝa | |
| Lexeme 2 | хъышв / qəŝ | |
| Meaning 1 | door | швгьи хъышвгьи гьлам - азна уагIа гIвнапI / ŝg’əj qəŝg’əj g’lam - azna əwaʕa ʕʷnaṗ No windows, no doors, but [the house] is full of people (riddle) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | window ("upper door") | хъышв тыбгIа / qəŝ təbʕa a wide window |
| Reference | Tugov 1967 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hup | |
| Lexeme | mɔyɔ́ | |
| Meaning 1 | door | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | window | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | Probably from mɔy-nɔ house-mouth | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Malagasy | |
| Lexeme 1 | varavàrana | |
| Lexeme 2 | varavarankèly | |
| Meaning 1 | door | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | window | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | kèly ‘small’ | |