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22 realizations found in Soninke

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ID	Shift	Language	Lexeme	Meaning 1	Dir	Meaning 2
#18	to hear / to listen ↔ to understand	Soninke	mùgú/mukku	to hear	→	to understand	Open realization
#366	heavy (vs. light) → difficult	Soninke	xote	heavy (vs. light)	→	difficult	Open realization
#387	mud → faeces	Soninke	botoxa / boroki	mud	—	excrement, dung	Open realization
#1774	wing → edge, border	Soninke	kánpi	wing	→	edge, border	Open realization
#1985	silver ↔ money	Soninke	xaalisi	silver	—	money	Open realization
#2031	cold → slow (adj.)	Soninke	mùllê	cold (adj.)	—	slow (adj.)	Open realization
#3929	glass (material) ↔ mirror	Soninke	dùnŋàrê	glass (material)	—	mirror	Open realization
#3939	middle, centre → waist	Soninke	nàxàani	middle	—	waist	Open realization
#4779	foot — time (instance)	Soninke	tâ ~ tàa-	foot	—	time, an instance of something happening	Open realization
#4789	hair ↔ feather	Soninke	yìntê	hair	—	feather	Open realization
#4790	skin (of a person) → body	Soninke	hàtê	skin (of a person)	—	body	Open realization
#4795	to lose (an object) → to make a mistake, be wrong	Soninke	sá nkú	to lose	—	to mistake	Open realization
#4795	to lose (an object) → to make a mistake, be wrong	Soninke	sámú	to lose	—	to mistake	Open realization
#4796	to go down — to give birth, to deliver (a baby)	Soninke	gòró	to go down	—	to give birth	Open realization
#4800	to lie (posture) → to believe in	Soninke	sáxú	to lie (posture)	—	to believe	Open realization
#6248	to catch ↔ to find	Soninke	kìtá/kíttá	to catch	—	to find	Open realization
#10224	to help, aid — to defend	Soninke Bamana	faasaa / lá-fàsá, lá-pàsá	to help, rescue	—	to protect	Open realization
#10394	sand → dust	Soninke	sèyíŋè, saye	sand	→	dust	Open realization
#10399	to become → to happen	Soninke	ɲáa/ɲaana	to become	—	to happen	Open realization
#10517	grass, herb → straw	Soninke	sókki	grass, herb	→	straw	Open realization
#10534	waist — kidney	Soninke	nàxàani	waist	—	kidney	Open realization
#4844	bull → elephant	Lele (Guinea) Soninke	kàma / wun-gaN/wun-gaame	bull	→	elephant	Open realization