Number of realizations
3
brain (cerebrum)
—
head
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language | Yakut | |
| Lexeme | мэйии | |
| Meaning 1 | brain | сүөhү мэйиитэ "animal brain" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | head (dialect) | мэйиитэ эргийэр "He feels dizzy" |
| Reference | Slepcov 1972 page 247 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | They are cognates because there is a relationship between the dialect and the standard froms. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Buriat | |
| Lexeme | тархи | |
| Meaning 1 | brain | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | head | тархи сагаан "grey-headed (lit. white-headed)" |
| Reference | Čeremisov 1973 page 415-416 | |
| Related Languages | Mongolian (Khalkha) тархи 'brain' | |
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Evenki | |
| Language 2 | Manchu | |
| Lexeme 1 | иргэ | |
| Lexeme 2 | uǯu | |
| Meaning 1 | brain (cerebrum) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | head | |
| Reference | SSTM page 1 326 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | Also Even иргъ, Negidal иггэ, ийгэ, Ulcha иǯэ, Orok ӣдэ, Nanai ӣгэ, Oroch иггэ, Udighe иги, Solon иггэ, иргэ ‘brain’, Jurchen: (h)u(i)ǯew ‘head’. | |