apple
→
pineapple
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Armenian | |
| Lexeme 1 | xnjor (խնձոր) | |
| Lexeme 2 | arkʿayaxnjor (արքայախնձոր) | |
| Meaning 1 | apple | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (formal) pineapple | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | arkʿa (արքա) 'king, monarch' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Motivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | apple | |
| Lexeme 2 | pineapple | |
| Meaning 1 | apple | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pineapple | |
| Reference | OED | |
| Comment | From Middle English pinappel 'pinecone', literally 'pine-apple/pine-fruit'. Later applied to the fruit of the pineapple plant due to its resemblance to a pinecone. |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Navajo | |
| Lexeme 1 | bilasáana | |
| Lexeme 2 | bilasáana diwozhí | |
| Meaning 1 | apple | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pineapple | Bilasáana diwozhí éí hosh łikaní wolyéego chʼil bineestʼąʼ átʼé |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | diwozh 'thorny' | |