horse
→
cow
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tlingit | |
| Lexeme | xaas | |
| Meaning 1 | horse (Equus caballus) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | cow | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Edwards Keri. Dictionary of Tlingit Sealaska Heritage Institut, 2009 404 Borrowed to Eyak (obsolete) xa:s 'cow' (attested only in Rezanov Хассъ 'Корова Kuh' (corresponding Tlingit entry Хассъ), and Хассъ-ка 'Быкъ' (corresponding Tlingit entry Хассъ-хохъ xàs 'cow's male, husband') to be read xa:sqa' bull < cow's male, husband; not known to modern informants) Krauss Michael E. Eyak Dictionary University of Alaska, 2012 141 perhaps from English 'horse' |
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