arc
→
rainbow
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2411 | arc | → | bow (weapon) | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | Bogen | |
| lexeme 2 | Regenbogen | |
| meaning 1 | arc | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | rainbow | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Also the Eng. bow and rainbow | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | arcus | |
| meaning 1 | arc | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | rainbow | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Thus the Engl. arc 'arch' and 'rainbow', Span. arco 'curve, arch' and arco iris 'rainbow', Ital. arco 'curve' and arcobaleno 'rainbow', Fr. arc and arc-en-ciel 'rainbow' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Russian | |
| language 2 | Czech | |
| lexeme 1 | duga | |
| lexeme 2 | duha | |
| meaning 1 | arch | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | rainbow | |
| reference | Pavlovič 1976: 95 | |
| comment | Serb. дуга has only the meaning B. The Bulg. дъга has both meanings. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swahili | |
| lexeme | upinde | |
| meaning 1 | bend, arc | upinde wa njia; upinde wa mto road curve, river curve |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | rainbow | upinde wa mvua rainbow |
| reference | ||
| comment | Polikanov | |
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Veps | |
| lexeme | bembüu | |
| meaning 1 | arc | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | rainbow | |
| reference | Zajceva, Mullonen 1972: 43 | |
| comment | ||