wood, timber
↔
forest
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | ὕλη | |
| Meaning 1 | timber | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | forest | |
| Reference | LSJ | |
| Comment | LSJ 1847-1848 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bezhta | |
| Lexeme | wan | |
| Meaning 1 | wood, timber | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | forest | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | In Bezhta the meaning 'wooden' is expressed by the genitive case of the word 'wood'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | wood | |
| Meaning 1 | substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel | a short piece of wood небольшой кусок дерева |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | forested area | |
| Reference | OED | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | چوب čub | |
| Meaning 1 | wood, timber | چوبکاری čubkāri wood processing |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | forest (trees) | |
| Reference | Rubinčik 1970: 479 | |
| Comment | ПРС 271. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | bois | |
| Meaning 1 | substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | forested area | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | лес (les) | |
| Meaning 1 | timber | сплавлять лес по реке 'to float timber'; строевой лес 'building wood; timber' |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | forest | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | In Serbo-Croatian the original meaning 'forest' is obsolete, the principal meaning is that of 'construction material'. | |