tail
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comet
25 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | zibbatu | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet's tail | kakkabu ša ina panīšu ṣipra ina arkīšu KUN šaknu (Bab. 4 110:32 astrological) a star which has a beak in front, a tail behind |
| Reference | CAD: z 102 AHw.: 1523 | |
| Comment | From the Proto-Semitic root *ḏanab- - tail (cf. SED I No. 64). | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Buriat | |
| Lexeme 1 | hуул | |
| Lexeme 2 | hуултэй одон | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | Čeremisov 1973: 699-700 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Lexeme 1 | staart | |
| Lexeme 2 | staartster | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | Mironov 1987 | |
| Comment | 'tail' + 'star'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Finnish | |
| Lexeme 1 | pyrstö | |
| Lexeme 2 | pyrstötähti | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007 | |
| Comment | tähti 'star' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Gujarati | |
| Lexeme 1 | pū̃chḍiyo (પૂંછડિયો) | |
| Lexeme 2 | pū̃chḍiyo tāro (પૂંછડિયો તારો) | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Hill Mari | |
| Lexeme 1 | пач | |
| Lexeme 2 | пачан шӹдӹр | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
| Comment | 'tailed star' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Hindi | |
| Lexeme 1 | pucchal (पुच्छल) | |
| Lexeme 2 | pucchal tārā (पुच्छल तारा) | |
| Meaning 1 | tailed | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | tārā (तारा) 'star' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme 1 | hali | |
| Lexeme 2 | halastjarna | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Indonesian | |
| Lexeme 1 | berekor | |
| Lexeme 2 | bintang berekor | |
| Meaning 1 | tailed | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (colloquial) comet | |
| Reference | KBBI | |
| Comment | 'tailed star'. Probably calque from Dutch. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Komi | |
| Lexeme 1 | бӧжа | |
| Lexeme 2 | бӧжа кодзув | |
| Meaning 1 | tailed | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
| Comment | 'tailed star' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Lao | |
| Lexeme 1 | hāng (ຫາງ) | |
| Lexeme 2 | dāo hāng (ດາວຫາງ) | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| Comment | 'star' + 'tail' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Malak-Malak | |
| Lexeme 1 | wumu | |
| Lexeme 2 | numurulwumuyen | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | Lindsay et al. 2017: 104 | |
| Comment | numurulwumuyen = numurul 'star' + wumu 'tail' + suff. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Mangareva | |
| Lexeme 1 | vero | |
| Lexeme 2 | ʔetuvero | |
| Meaning 1 | tail of dog | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
| Comment | Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *waelo 'tail of animal or bird; long thin appendage' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Marquesan | |
| Lexeme 1 | veʔo | |
| Lexeme 2 | hetu veʔo | |
| Meaning 1 | queue d'un animal. d'un poisson, d'une comète | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comète | |
| Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
| Comment | Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *waelo 'tail of animal or bird; long thin appendage' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Meadow Mari | |
| Lexeme 1 | почан | |
| Lexeme 2 | почаншӱдыр | |
| Meaning 1 | tailed | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | Почан шӱдыр нигунамат порым ок сӧрӧ. (Александр Юзыкайн) A comet never bode well. |
| Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Modern Written Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | ذَنَب ḏanab- | |
| Lexeme 2 | مُذَنَّب muḏannab- | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | رأس المُذَنَّب nucleus comet |
| Reference | Wehr | |
| Comment | Derived from the passive participle of ذَنَّبَ /ḏannaba/ "to punish smb.; to tail (a kite)" (II-stem). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| Lexeme 1 | сүүл (sü:l) | |
| Lexeme 2 | сүүлт од (sü:lt od) | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| Comment | sü:lt od lit. with-tail star | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Slovenian | |
| Lexeme 1 | rep | |
| Lexeme 2 | repatíca | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | SSKJ2 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tai Lue | |
| Lexeme 1 | ḣaang | |
| Lexeme 2 | ḋaawḣaang | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ḋaaw 'star' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tai Nuea (Dehong) | |
| Lexeme 1 | háang | |
| Lexeme 2 | láawhaang | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | laaw 'star' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Telugu | |
| Lexeme 1 | tōka | |
| Lexeme 2 | tōkacukka | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | Brown Telugu dictionary: 563 | |
| Comment | 'tail' + 'star' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Thai | |
| Lexeme 1 | hǎang (หาง) | |
| Lexeme 2 | daao-hǎang (ดาวหาง) | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tho (Tày) | |
| Lexeme 1 | hang | |
| Lexeme 2 | đao hang | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | đao 'star'. Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme 1 | kuyruk | |
| Lexeme 2 | kuyrukluyıldız | |
| Meaning 1 | tail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar'ın klâsiği olan "Kuyruklu yıldız altında bir izdivaç" romanını iki kez okudu. He / She read Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar's classic novel "A marriage under a comet" twice. |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977 | |
| Comment | kuyrukluyıldız lit. wıth-tail star | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme 1 | быжо | |
| Lexeme 2 | быжокизили | |
| Meaning 1 | tailed | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | comet | |
| Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| Comment | 'tailed star' | |
Usually 'star with tail'.