skin (of a person) → torso 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Kâte
lexeme sahac
meaning 1 skin (principal meaning)
meaning 2 body (secondary meaning)
reference
comment The Papuan language, the data according to (Wilkins 1996: 271).
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Cognates
language 1 Yankunytjatjara
language 2 Pitjantjatjara
lexeme 1 pantu
lexeme 2 puntu
meaning 1 skin
meaning 2 trunk
reference
comment There are similar cognates in other Australian languages (Wilkins 1996: 286).

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