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ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme pû(m)
meaning 1 mouth pûk(a) edil
shut up!
direction →
meaning 2 hole ina pî bābi
the mouth of the door aperture
reference AHw.: 872-874
comment The same meanings are present in the cognates of this word in Arabic, Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme στόμα
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 hole, opening, slit
reference LSJ
comment LSJ 1648-1649
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Armenian
lexeme klapʻ (կլափ)
meaning 1 jaws. mouth
direction →
meaning 2 crater, hole
reference Galstjan 1984: 354
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Armenian
lexeme erax (երախ)
meaning 1 mouth (of an animal), maw, jaws šan erax
the dog's chaps
direction →
meaning 2 mouth (of a pipe or pipeline)' crater (of a volcan), (figuratively) opening, gap hrabxi erax
volcanic orifice
reference Galstjan 1984: 209
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Armenian
lexeme beran (բերան)
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening, entrance
reference Galstjan 1984: 124
comment
NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Asilulu
lexeme hihi-
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening, hole
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Avar
lexeme k'al
meaning 1 mouth
meaning 2 entrance, mouth (e.g., pipe), neck (bottle), muzzle
reference
comment Cf. Karata эли ‘mouth (sack)’, Chamalal эл ‘mouth (sack); neck (e.g. bottle, jar)’, Andi k’ol ‘hole’.
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Cognates
language 1 Classical Persian
language 2 Talysh
lexeme 1 gav
lexeme 2 gəv
meaning 1 pit, well
direction —
meaning 2 mouth
reference
comment ЭСИЯ 3, 91
NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Evenki
lexeme амӈа
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening, hole
reference Boldyrev 2000: 1, 35
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme bouche
meaning 1 mouth une grande bouche
a big mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening, hole la bouche d'un canon; bouche de métro; bouche d'égout
muzzle of a canon; subway entrance; manhole
reference CNRTL
comment
NEW Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme aaz
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening, hole
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Gagauzça-rusça-romınca sözlük = Гагаузско-русско-румынский словарь = Dicţionar găgăuz-rus-român / Fundaţia pentru susţinerea şi dezvoltarea ştiinţei şi culturii găgăuzilor "CAINAC"; alcăt. P. Cebotari, I. Dron. - Ch.: PONTOS, 2002
NEW Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Gujarati
lexeme moḍhũ (મોઢું)
meaning 1 mouth
direction —
meaning 2 opening, hole
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Hausa
lexeme baki
meaning 1 mouth
meaning 2 aperture, mouth; neck (vessel)
reference
comment (Khausa 31)
ACCEPTED Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme kuchi (口)
meaning 1 mouth なぜ、あなたの口はそんなに大きいの？
Why is your mouth so big?
direction —
meaning 2 hole 瓶の口までいっぱいに入れて空気が入らないようにしなさい
Fill the bottle to the top so as to exclude all air.
reference
comment EDICT
ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Karaim
lexeme авуз
meaning 1 mouth
direction —
meaning 2 hole кайттырыр эдиляр ол ташны авзу ÿсьтюня ол куйувнун
They lay stones on the well mouth
reference
comment КРПС 42. The same in GagauzГРМС 19., Turk. ТуРС 29.
ACCEPTED Realization 16
type Polysemy
language Khinalug
lexeme mac
meaning 1 mouth
direction —
meaning 2 hole, leak
reference
comment ХРС 215
NEW Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Khoekhoe
lexeme ãrts {ams} n.
meaning 1 mouth (of hum.b./anim.)
direction →
meaning 2 mouth (of bag/ cave/fumace)
reference Haacke Khoekhoe 2002
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 18
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme os
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening; entrance
reference Sakhno 2009: 292
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 19
type Polysemy
language Latvian
lexeme mute
meaning 1 mouth
meaning 2 mouth (stove), jointer plane opening
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20
type Polysemy
language Lezgian
lexeme siw
meaning 1 mouth
meaning 2 aperture, hole, mouth (e.g. gates, bottle, canon, bag) a. путулкадин сив 'bottle neck'
- горлышко бутылки
reference
comment (LezgRus 292-293).
NEW Realization 21
type Polysemy
language Malak-Malak
lexeme ari
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening, hole
reference Lindsay et al. 2017: 5
comment
NEW Realization 22
type Polysemy
language Maori
lexeme māngai
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 muzzle, barrel (of a gun)
reference MD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 23
type Polysemy
language Moksha
lexeme курга
meaning 1 mouth
meaning 2 neck (vessel) сюлека курга
bottle neck
reference
comment
NEW Realization 24
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme ам(ан)
meaning 1 mouth

ам нээх


to open the mouth
direction →
meaning 2 hole, opening

 уутны ам


opening of the sack
reference BAMRS
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 25
type Polysemy
language Nanai
lexeme ангма
meaning 1 mouth
meaning 2 hole (net), mouth (bag, cave), neck (vessel)
reference
comment Also Evenk. 'mouth, hole' Василевич 1958, 28
NEW Realization 26
type Polysemy
language Nepali
lexeme mukh (मुख)
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening, hole
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 27
type Polysemy
language Punjabi
lexeme mū̃h (ਮੂੰਹ)
meaning 1 mouth
direction —
meaning 2 opening, hole
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024 http://dic.learnpunjabi.org/default.aspx?look=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%82%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%B9
NEW Realization 28
type Polysemy
language Rajasthani
lexeme mū̃ḍau (मूंडौ)
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 aperture
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Bhanwar Lal Suthar and Sukhveer Singh Gahlot (1998), Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary, page 274. Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press)
ACCEPTED Realization 29
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme ānana
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 entrance , door
reference MW
comment MW139
NEW Realization 30
type Polysemy
language Sumerian
lexeme ka /kag/
meaning 1 mouth
direction —
meaning 2 opening, hole
reference ePSD2
comment
NEW Realization 31
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme bpàak (ปาก)
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening; entrance
reference SEAlang Thai
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 32
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme kha
meaning 1 mouth
direction —
meaning 2 mouth, aperture (vessel, pit, mine etc. )
reference
comment
NEW Realization 33
type Polysemy
language Tundra Yukaghir
lexeme аҥа
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening, hole

Таҥ мосэнкэ ҥолдэ кин аҥаньэй - пурэврэдаҕан, албэврэдаҕан


and that tobacco pouch has two holes - top and bottom
reference Kurilov 2001: 50
comment
NEW Realization 34
type Polysemy
language Tuvan
lexeme a:s
meaning 1 mouth adıg aksı
the bear's mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening, hole ottug dag aksı
volcano crater
reference Tenišev 2008
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 35
type Polysemy
language Udmurt
lexeme ым
meaning 1 mouth
meaning 2 neck, mouth (bottle, vessel)
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 36
type Polysemy
language Udmurt
lexeme ым
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening, hole бутылкалэн ым – горлышко бутылки
reference Kirillova 2008
comment
NEW Realization 37
type Derivation
language Veps
lexeme 1 su
lexeme 2 havadsu
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening of a sack
reference Zajceva, Mullonen 1972: 111
comment
NEW Realization 38
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme айах
meaning 1 mouth
direction →
meaning 2 opening, entrance
reference Slepcov 1972
comment
NEW Realization 39
type Polysemy
language Yuwaalaraay
lexeme ngaay
meaning 1 mouth
direction —
meaning 2 opening, entrance
reference Ash et al. 2003: 120
comment
NEW Realization 40
type Polysemy
language Yuwaalayaay
lexeme ngaay
meaning 1 mouth
direction —
meaning 2 opening, entrance
reference Ash et al. 2003: 120
comment

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