eye
→
spring, fountain
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme | īnu | |
| meaning 1 | eye | appu īnu uznu īkimšunūti I deprived them of (their) nose, eye and ear |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | source of a spring | kirêti īnu ša mê ... ṣarpu laqiū the gardens and the water source were bought in accordance with payment |
| reference | CAD | |
| comment | CAD i 153 The Protosemitic root has both meanings. See SED I No. 28. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | ʕayn- | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | well, source | |
| reference | BK: II 425 | |
| comment | Murzaev 1974: 133 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Farsi | |
| lexeme 1 | چشم češm/čašm | |
| lexeme 2 | چشم češme/čašme | |
| meaning 1 | eye | به چشم خود be čašm-e xod with my own eyes |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | spring, stream | چشمه آب گرم čašme āb-e garm hot spring |
| reference | Rubinčik 1970: 468 | |
| comment | (Murzaev 1974: 133) | |
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Somali | |
| lexeme | il(-sha) | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | spring, fountain | |
| reference | Alejnikov 2012 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | göz | |
| meaning 1 | eye | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | spring, fountain | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 353 | |
| comment | ||
Cf. Kogan - Militarev 2003, with examples from Semitic, Berber, Beja, Middle and New Persian, Spanish (ojo de agua), Basque (urbegi).