nail (body part)
→
finger/toe
5 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ndali | |
Lexeme | lwobe | |
Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | finger | |
Reference | Nurse, Philippson 1975 | |
Comment | CLICS-3 |