brave
↔
tiger
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | hǔ (虎) | |
| meaning 1 | brave | hǔ jiāng (虎将) brave general |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | tiger | hǔ wěi (虎尾) tiger's tail |
| reference | BKRS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tibetan | |
| lexeme | brtul-phod-can | |
| meaning 1 | brave, hero | brtul-phod-khang the hero's home |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | tiger | brtul-phod-khang toger's den |
| reference | ||
| comment | Рерих 3, 423. | |