mouth speech 13 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme af
meaning 1 mouth af ṭärrägä 'to wipe the mouth'
direction
meaning 2 word, speech, language afun awwäḳä 'to know (understand) s.o.'s language''
reference AED: 1347
comment The same polysemy in most Gurage languages (EDG 19).
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme στόμα
meaning 1 mouth
direction
meaning 2 speech, utterance
reference LSJ
comment LSJ 1648
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Avar
lexeme k'al
meaning 1 mouth
meaning 2 speech (e.g. of a person of pleasant speech, eloquent)
Напр., “человек с приятной речью”, “красноречивый”
reference
comment Cf. Bezhta сикIо-бил ‘language, speech’ (< mouth + beginning (of a rope, thread)).
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Danish
lexeme mund
meaning 1 mouth halvåben mund
parted lips
direction
meaning 2 speech
reference DDO
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Hausa
lexeme baki
meaning 1 mouth
meaning 2 speech, conversation
reference
comment Cf. another word РОТ: mabari ‘speech, performance’ (Khausa 31).
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme kuchi (口)
meaning 1 mouth
direction
meaning 2 speech, words 口と心は裏腹なことが多々ある。
What we say and what we mean are often quite different.
reference
comment EDICT.
NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Modern Mon
lexeme paiŋ (ပါၚ်)
meaning 1 mouth
direction
meaning 2 quantifier for speech
reference SEAlang Mon
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Norwegian
lexeme munn
meaning 1 mouth sove med åpen munn
to sleep with an open mouth
direction
meaning 2 speech passe munnen sin; være grov i munnen
to watch one’s mouth; to use bad language
reference BO
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Oromo
lexeme afaan
meaning 1 mouth Namni yommu dubbatu, afaaniin, arrabaan, ilkaaniin, laagadhaan, qoonqodhaan, hidhiidhaa fi funyaaniin hojjata
when a person speaks, it is his or her mouth, tongue, teeth, throat, uvula, lips and nose that do the job
direction
meaning 2 language, speech afaan Oromoo;
Oromo language, written language
reference
comment Borello 1995:8; Gragg 1982:9.
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Swedish
lexeme mun
meaning 1 mouth föra skeden till munnen
to lift a spoon to one’s mouth
direction
meaning 2 speech han är grov i munnen
he uses bad language
reference SAO
comment
NEW Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme bpàak (ปาก)
meaning 1 mouth
direction
meaning 2 speech
reference SEAlang Thai
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme kha
meaning 1 mouth
meaning 2 speech, language kha-brgyud-pa
oral tradition
reference
comment Рерих I, 228.
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme ağız
meaning 1 mouth
direction
meaning 2 idiom, dialect, argot Istanbul ağızı
Istanbul dialect
reference
comment ТуРС 30.