eye
→
spot, stain
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | eye | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | eye shaped pattern on the peacock plumage, speculum in the insect marking | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | szem | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | a fragment of eye shaped ornament | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | ochi | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | spot of light; fat drop; each of the colored dots on the dice; (regional) colored spot on the peacock's tail | |
| reference | MDA2 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | glaz | |
| lexeme 2 | glazok | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | round spot, sometimes with a colourful edge (in insects) | Др. значение: кружок в узоре, в рисунке ткани, вышивке и т.п. АЗ: (Что значит "др." - другое? Тогда может убрать?). Ср. "глазки да лапки" (= об узоре на ткани) ("Мертвые души", разговор двух дам о нарядах) |
| reference | ||
| comment | Another meaning: a circle in a pattern, on fabric, embroidery etc. Cf. the Russian глаз or глазок (diminutive) ‘a spot of light produced by a lighting unit’ (the light of the traffic lights, the red light of the lighthouse, the lights of the computing machines). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Udmurt | |
| lexeme | чимы | |
| meaning 1 | eye (in nursery language) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | white spot on cows', horses', sheep's skin | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
Сюда же(?): румын. óchiu ‘прогалина’ (= “глаз леса”), молд. окь ‘островок (зелени, снега и т.п.)’