eye
→
opening, hole
37 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | īnu | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | appu enu uznu ēkimšunūti I deprived him of his nose, eye and ear |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | hole | ša šētišu in-šá piḳatumma; which has very small net cells; you put it into a clod stove with four holes and space between the holes |
| Reference | CAD | |
| Comment | Meanings А and B are present also in Arabic and Amharic as cognates of the lexeme. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Arosi | |
| Lexeme 1 | maa-(na) | |
| Lexeme 2 | maa | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | hole, opening | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bilba (Rotinese) | |
| Lexeme | mata | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | opening, hole | fufue deək mata-na dibble holes for planting seeds |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Cebuano | |
| Lexeme | matá | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | eyelet in shoes | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chamorro | |
| Lexeme | mata | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | hole for planting | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chuvash | |
| Lexeme | чу‡ | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | mesh (net, honeycombs), eye (needle) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Cf. Uzbek кўз ‘cell (e.g. fishing net), eye (needle), hole (e.g. wound)’. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | øje | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | brune øjne brown eyes |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | hole | nåleøje eye of a needle |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | eye | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | needle's eye |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | eye | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Cf. the German Auge ‘hole (e.g. in cheese), eye (technical term)’. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | چشم češm/čašm | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | به چشم خود be čašm-e xod |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | hole (sieve etc) | چشم سوزن čašm-e suzan needle's eye |
| Reference | Rubinčik 1970: 468 | |
| Comment | ПРС 265-266. | |
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Fijian | |
| Lexeme 1 | mata | |
| Lexeme 2 | mata ni tavuto | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | a hole through a rock, forming a kind of eyelet through which a rope may be threaded to fasten a canoe | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Finnish | |
| Lexeme | silmä | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | net stitch, needle ear | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Cf. the Hungarian szem ‘(dial.) hole, dimple (in bread)’. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | œil | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | avoir les yeux bleus to have blue eyes |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | hole; ear (needle), nostril, cave (cheese) | |
| Reference | Larousse online | |
| Comment | Cf. Italian occhio ‘hole, eye (e.g. in cheese, stocking)’, Rumanian ochiu ‘hole, eye’, ‘eye (needle)’,‘cell (honeycomb)’, ‘cave (cheese)’, Moldovian окь ‘cell (net), arm (chain)’. | |
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gilbertese | |
| Lexeme | mata | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | opening, opening of insects’ nest; eyelet hole | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | auga | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | hole, opening, ear | |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
| Comment | Берков | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Komi | |
| Lexeme | син | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | куньса син closed eye |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | hole | дöра син a hole in the cross-stich cavas |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | cf. also the meanings of "nostril", "net cell" | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latvian | |
| Lexeme | acs | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | eye (needle), eye, lugworm (techn.) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lezgian | |
| Lexeme | wil | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | pore, hole (stone, cheese), cell (net) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lithuanian | |
| Lexeme | akís | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | mesh of a net | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | LRŽ 21 | |
| NEW Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Makassarese | |
| Lexeme | mata | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | round hole in a rice block; opening in plaitwork or weaving | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malay | |
| Lexeme | mata | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | orifice | |
| Reference | SEALang Malay | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Manggarai | |
| Lexeme | mata | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | hole | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Marshallese | |
| Lexeme | māj/meja | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | opening of any container, hole | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | øye | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | hun hadde store, brune øyne she had big brown eyes |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | opening, hole | øyet på en kvernstein, en nål eye of a millstone, eye of a needle |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Polish | |
| Lexeme | oko | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | mesh, cell | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Cf. Russian глазок ‘cell, net cell’ (Dal'). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Portuguese | |
| Lexeme | olho | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | hole; ear (needle), nostril, cave (cheese) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Rennellese | |
| Lexeme | mata | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | tiny aperture or hole, as in the top of a can | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 27 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Rotuman | |
| Lexeme | mafa | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | hole, opening, aperture | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 28 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sa'a (South Malaita, Apae'aa | |
| Lexeme | maa | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | hole, opening, outlet | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 29 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Sundanese | |
| Lexeme 1 | mata | |
| Lexeme 2 | ma-mata | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | knot-hole in wood | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 30 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | jicho | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | hole | jicho lа wavu net mesh |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Polikanov | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | öga | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | hennes ärliga blå ögon her honest blue eyes |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | opening | kvarnstensöga, nålsöga eye of a millstone, eye of a needle |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 32 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tolai (Kuanua) | |
| Lexeme | mata | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | opening, socket, hole through anything | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 33 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Toʼabaita (Toqabaqita) | |
| Lexeme | maa | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | hole, opening | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 34 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | göz | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | opening, hole | ağın gözleri fisher net's openings |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 353 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 35 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tuvan | |
| Lexeme | карах | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | mesh, cell | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 36 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udi | |
| Lexeme | pul | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Meaning 2 | aperture, hole | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 37 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yaqui (Hiaki) | |
| Lexeme | puusim (puh-) | |
| Meaning 1 | eye | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | hole (in flute) | |
| Reference | Dictionary Yaqui: 128 | |
| Comment | ||