paper letter (text) 20 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Aghul
Lexeme k'eǯ
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter
Reference
Comment (Sulejmanov 2003)
NEW Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Albanian
Lexeme letër
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment from Italian lettera, ultimately from Latin littera
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Archi
Lexeme kaʁəra
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment From Farsi. In Kibrik et al. (eds.) 1977 only 'paper'
NEW Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Batsbi
Lexeme kaɣald
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 367
Comment
NEW Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Classical Armenian
Lexeme tʿułtʿ (թուղթ)
Meaning 1 paper tʿułtʿ uruagrutʿean (թուղթ ուրուագրութեան)
drawing-paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text) tʿułtʿ aṙakʿel (թուղթ առաքել)
to send a letter
Reference Ačaṙean
Comment According to Ačaṙyan, derived by metathesis from earlier *թութղ (*tʿutʿł), from Latin titulus 'inscription, title, label'. Thus, the sense of 'letter, epistle' is the original one; the meaning 'paper' developed later. In Modern Armenian tʿułtʿ (թուղթ) 'paper', '(rare) letter, epistle'.
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Farsi
Lexeme كاغذ kāġaz
Meaning 1 paper كاغذ خطدار kāġaz-e xatdār
ruled paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text) كاغذ فرستادن kāġaz ferestādan
To send a letter
Reference Rubinčik 1970: 297
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Gagauz
Lexeme kiyat
Meaning 1 paper йазмак кийады
writing paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter кийат каблетмää
to get a letter
Reference
Comment ГРМС 268.
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Gurindji
Lexeme mirlimirli
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment CLICS-3 Also 'book'. From Jaru mirlimirli 'paper', Tharrgari mirli 'paperbark tree'
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Hani
Lexeme so³¹ɣa³¹
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference Sūn 1991
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Hup
Lexeme cug’æ̌t
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment CLICS-3 Also 'book'. historically the same as 'leaf'. Possibly from j’ug-g’æt 'forest-leaf'
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Jinuo (Jino)
Lexeme a³³pjo³³
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference Sūn 1991
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Kali'na (Carib)
Lexeme kaleta
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment CLICS-3 Also 'book', 'birth certificate', 'postcard', 'newspaper', 'government document'. From Spanish carta 'letter'
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Lezgian
Lexeme čar
Meaning 1 paper; sheet of paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter; document
Reference
Comment (LezgRus 367)
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Lezgian
Lexeme kaʁɨz
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter; document
Reference
Comment (LezgRus 147). The same in Tabassaran (КАГЪАЗ), cf. (TabRus 188).
ACCEPTED Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Malagasy
Lexeme taratàsy
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment CLICS-3 From Arabian qartās 'paper'
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Q'eqchi'
Lexeme hu
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment CLICS-3 Also 'book'
NEW Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Selkup
Lexeme на́гыр ~ на́гэр
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference Consolidated Selkup
Comment
NEW Realization 18
Type Polysemy
Language Somali
Lexeme warqad(-da)
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference Alejnikov 2012: 335
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 19
Type Polysemy
Language Tzotzil
Lexeme vun
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment CLICS-3 Also 'book', 'document', from the Proto-Mayan word for 'a type of bark (amate)'
ACCEPTED Realization 20
Type Polysemy
Language White Hmong (Hmong Daw)
Lexeme ntawv
Meaning 1 paper
Direction
Meaning 2 letter (text)
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment CLICS-3 Also 'book', 'postcard'; ‘book’ requires stack classifier phau, ‘letter’ and ‘postcard’ require message classifier tsab