brain (cerebrum)
—
head
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||