brain (cerebrum)
—
head
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Buriat | |
| lexeme | тархи | |
| meaning 1 | brain | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | head | тархи сагаан grey-headed (lit. white-headed) |
| reference | Čeremisov 1973: 415-416 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Evenki | |
| language 2 | Manchu | |
| lexeme 1 | иргэ | |
| lexeme 2 | uǯu | |
| meaning 1 | brain (cerebrum) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | head | |
| reference | SSTM: 1, 326 | |
| 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’. | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malak-Malak | |
| lexeme | pundu | |
| meaning 1 | brain (cerebrum) | ei
wuwunduny-nen pundu-wuna lak wuwunduny he shoots it and only eats the brain |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | head | pundumet punduwerrktatjyurr cover head, wear hat |
| reference | Lindsay et al. 2017: 16 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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: 247 | |
| comment | They are cognates because there is a relationship between the dialect and the standard froms. | |