thigh / hip
—
back (body part)
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandaic | |
| Lexeme | halṣa | |
| Meaning 1 | hip | uata lhalṣa ʕlẖ and there is a mark on her hip |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | back | humarta ḏ-halṣai his, my spine, backbone |
| Reference | MD: 122 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Russian | |
| Language 2 | Czech | |
| Lexeme 1 | bedro | |
| Lexeme 2 | bedra | |
| Meaning 1 | thigh, hip | |
| Meaning 2 | back (only in pl.) | [Павлович 1976: 27] [Павлович 1976: 27 |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The Serb. бедро, Bulg. бедро, Mac. бедро, Pol. biodro have the same meanings as the Russian cognate. | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Selti | |
| Lexeme | č̣ən | |
| Meaning 1 | back (of body) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | thigh, hip | |
| Reference | EDG: 183 | |
| Comment | From the Proto-West-Semitic root *ḥVṣ̂n- - lap, bosom (cf. SED I No. 129; Kogan 2011b: 218) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | ḥəḳo, ḥəḳḳʷä | |
| Meaning 1 | loins, hip(s) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | back | ḥəḳḳʷey yäḥəmmänni My back aches |
| Reference | TED: 213 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Zway | |
| Language 2 | Wolane | |
| Lexeme | č̣ən | |
| Meaning 1 | thigh | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | back, back of the body | |
| Reference | EDG I: 1141, 1204 EDG: 183 | |
| Comment | ||