tree
→
coffin
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yakut | |
| Lexeme | мас | |
| Meaning 1 | tree | манна араас мас үүнэр various trees grow here |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | coffin | |
| Reference | Slepcov 1972: 236 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | mù (木) | |
| Meaning 1 | tree, wood | cǎomù (草木), mù xiāngzi (木箱子) grass and trees, wooden box |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | coffin | jiù mù (就木), mù zàng (木葬) to lie in a coffin, die; burial in a coffin |
| Reference | BKRS: 8850 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tofa | |
| Lexeme | неш | |
| Meaning 1 | tree | өбүс hыйыында бедik неш үндү near our house there was a tall tree |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | coffin | Өскүс-оол киши неҷин аъшқаш көөрдэ, - қыс киши чыътқан when Өskүs-ool opened the coffin and looked, [there] was a girl |
| Reference | Rassadin 2016: 295-296 | |
| Comment | ||
Эвфемизм.