eye jewel, precious stone 9 realizations
NEW Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Acehnese
Lexeme mata
Meaning 1 eye
Direction
Meaning 2 gemstone
Reference ACD
Comment
NEW Realization 2
Type Derivation
Language Batak Toba
Lexeme 1 mata
Lexeme 2 mata intan
Meaning 1 eye
Direction
Meaning 2 jewel, precious stone
Reference ACD
Comment
NEW Realization 3
Type Derivation
Language Fordata
Lexeme 1 mata
Lexeme 2 sita-na mata-n
Meaning 1 eye
Direction
Meaning 2 stone setting in a finger-ring
Reference ACD
Comment
NEW Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Iban
Lexeme 1 mata
Lexeme 2 mata tincin
Meaning 1 eye
Direction
Meaning 2 stones set in finger ring
Reference ACD
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NEW Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Javanese
Lexeme mata
Meaning 1 eye
Direction
Meaning 2 jewel in its setting
Reference ACD
Comment
NEW Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Kawi (Old Javanese)
Lexeme mata
Meaning 1 eye
Direction
Meaning 2 stone (set in a ring, etc.)
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Polish
Lexeme oko
Meaning 1 eye
Meaning 2 gem, cameo (in a ring)
Reference
Comment Cf. the Russian глазок ‘о перстне и о подобной вещи: одиночный камешек, жемчужинка’ (a ring or a similar thing: a pebble, a pearl) (Dal').
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Cognates
Language 1 Polish
Language 2 Russian
Lexeme 1 głaz
Lexeme 2 glaz
Meaning 1 rock, boulder
Meaning 2 eye
Reference
Comment Most probably it goes back to the Slav. *gl-a-zъ, which is a suffixal derivation from the I.-E. *g(h)el «pebble», «round», «ball-like». The etymology: the Rus. глаз < ‘ball, stone’ (cf. Pol. glaz «boulder», «sandstone», Old Czech. Hlazec «gem»).
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Uzbek
Lexeme кўз
Meaning 1 eye
Meaning 2 jewel (in a ring)
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