nail (body part)
→
finger/toe
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Koyo | |
| Lexeme 1 | ro-ara | |
| Lexeme 2 | ke-ara | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (with a class prefix) | |
| Meaning 2 | finger (with a different class prefix) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | In 53 other Bantu languages there is only meaning А, in 15 only meaning B (Wilkins 1996: 275). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romani | |
| Lexeme | naj | |
| Meaning 1 | fingernail | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | finger | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Source meaning is in Hungarian Vend Romani | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Rongga | |
| Lexeme | kuŋu | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | finger | |
| Reference | LexiRumah 3.0.0 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Gusii | |
| Lexeme | ekiara | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | finger | |
| Reference | Nurse, Philippson 1975 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ndali | |
| Lexeme | lwobe | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | finger | |
| Reference | Nurse, Philippson 1975 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |