loins middle, centre 4 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Aghul
lexeme jaʡ
meaning 1 middle
direction
meaning 2 waist
reference <personally collected data>
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Ingush
lexeme juq'
meaning 1 middle
direction
meaning 2 waist
reference Kurkiev 2004: 514
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NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Jarawara
lexeme enoki//enoki
meaning 1 middle 1) Mano enoki ino howe yai hisematamonaka.
1)The alligator bit his arm off at the middle
direction
meaning 2 waist Owenoki tama tina.
Hold onto my waist.
reference JED: 70
comment
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Mandaic
lexeme halṣa
meaning 1 hips, loins himiana bhalṣẖ asarlẖ
he bound the girdle on his loins
direction
meaning 2 middle mn riš uhalṣa udinba
from beginning, middle, and end
reference MD: 122
comment May belong to root *ḥVlṣ- 'loin, hip' (cf. No. 118 SED I) or to *ḥVrṣ­- 'hip, loin' (cf. No. 126 SED I).