throat
→
ravine
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | gorge | |
| meaning 1 | throat | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ravine | |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | gorge | |
| meaning 1 | throat | avoir mal à la gorge to have a sour throat |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | gorge | gorge étroite a narrow gorge |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | (Murzaev 1974: 134). Cf. Sanskrit gargara 'abyss', Latin gurges 'abyss, whirlpool'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | грло (grlo) | |
| meaning 1 | throat | бол у грлу sore throat |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gorge | |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 226 | |
| comment | ||
Cf. Turkic boGaz 'throat, chaps' -> 'ravine with a passage in the mountains'