tongue (body part)
→
salient part, ledge
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lak | |
| Lexeme | maz | |
| Meaning 1 | tongue | |
| Meaning 2 | brow (mountain) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 130) | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | ulimi | |
| Meaning 1 | tongue | |
| Meaning 2 | a tongue like object | ulimi wa moto, ulimi wa mlingoti 'flame tongue; the thin tip of the mast' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Polikanov | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Estonian | |
| Lexeme | keel | |
| Meaning 1 | tongue (body part) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | salient part, ledge | Neem ulatub kitsa keelena kaugele merre. Mägedest voolab alla suure liustiku keel. Sooja õhu keel ulatub kaugele põhja. ' The cape stretches far into the sea like a narrow tongue. The tongue of a large glacier flows down from the mountains. A tongue of warm air extends far north. ' |
| Reference | EKSS | |
| Comment | ||