ridgepole
→
middle finger
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Cantonese Chinese | |
| Lexeme | dung3 loeng4 (棟樑) | |
| Meaning 1 | ridgepole | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Zengcheng district of Guangzhou. Also 棟指 'middle finger' (dung3 'roof beam' and zi2 'finger') in Dongguan Cantonese, Shenzhen (Shatoujiao), Conghua (Lütian), Miaoli (N. Sixian), Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian), Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu), Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu), Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping) and Singkawang varieties of Hakka. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Meixian Hakka Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | dung4 (棟) | |
| Lexeme 2 | dung4 su3 zi3 (棟手指) | |
| Meaning 1 | ridgepole | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | middle finger | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | 手指 'finger' from 'hand' + 'finger' | |