flower
→
fire
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Serbian | |
Lexeme | цвет (cvet) | |
Meaning 1 | flower | ружин цвет, јабуков цвет rose flower, apple flower |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | candle flame | цветови воштаних свећа flames of wax candles |
Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1480 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tibetan | |
Lexeme | shugs-dog | |
Meaning 1 | flower | |
Meaning 2 | flame, tongue of flame | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Рерих VIII, 81. |
Compare 'Red Flower' as a metaphor of fire in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.