stone (material)
→
glass (material)
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Navajo | |
| lexeme | tsésǫʼ | |
| meaning 1 | mica (hydrous aluminosilicate mineral) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glass (material) | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | tsé 'stone' + sǫʼ 'star' |
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| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | kācaka (काचक) | |
| meaning 1 | stone (material) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | glass (material) | |
| reference | MW: 268 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Walmajarri | |
| lexeme | jimpirla | |
| meaning 1 | quartz (used for making spearheads) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | glass ("from which more modern spearheads were sometimes made") | |
| reference | Cataldi 2011: 74 | |
| comment | https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/kimberley-spear-points/ https://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/weapons/index.php/tour-by-region/oceania/oceania/arms-and-armour-oceania-219/index.html https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-14/glass-spearhead-found-on-rottnest-island-off-perth/6854618 |
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