body → human, person 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Malayalam
lexeme mai
meaning 1 body
meaning 2 person
reference
comment There is the polysemy also in the language of Tulu. It goes back to the Proto-Dravidian *may 'body', in some languages there is only the word only with the meaning А (Wilkins 1996: 277).
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Cognates
language 1 Pitjantjatjara
language 2 Kukatja
lexeme puntu
meaning 1 body
meaning 2 person
reference
comment There are similar cognate in othe Australian languages (Wilkins 1996: 286).

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