head beginning 13 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Abaza
lexeme qa
meaning 1 head wram qa
begging of a street
direction
meaning 2 beginning
reference Tugov 1967
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Ancient Hebrew
lexeme roš
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 beginning roš haśśānā 'the beginning of the year'
reference
comment (HALOT 1165-66). Cf. also rēšīt 'beginning, what comes first, starting point' (HALOT 1169).
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme raʔs-
meaning 1 head rumiya fulān-un minhu fī r-raʔs-i ‘such a one was shot by him in the head’
direction
meaning 2 beginning raʔs-u š-šahr-i 'the beginning of the month';
1) 'in the beginning of the month'; 2) 'repeat me your speech from the beginning' [Lane 995]
reference
comment (Lane 995; BK I 793)
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Lezgian
lexeme q’il
meaning 1 head
meaning 2 beginning, edge, side куьчед кьил
head of the street
reference
comment (LezgRus 203-204)
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Cognates
language 1 Middle Mongolian
language 2 Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme 1 xeki
lexeme 2 eh
meaning 1 head
meaning 2 beginning
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme golova
meaning 1 head
meaning 2 beginning у головы состава
head end of the train
reference
comment
NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Rutul
lexeme 1 кьул / q'ul
lexeme 2 кьуля / q'ulja
meaning 1 head

изды кьул ведере а / izdɨ q'ul wedere a


I have a headache

direction
meaning 2 at the beginning

хабарахда сифте кьуля хъадацус рахьаIт йиъий / χabaraχda sifte q'ulja qadacus raxaˤt jiʔij


at the beggining, it was easy to listen to the narrative

reference Ismailova 2011: 66 Ismailova 2011: 284 Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019: 222
comment

In (Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019) the form for 'at the beginning' is кьуле (q'ule), not кьуля (q'ulja)

ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme mūrdhán
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 commencement , beginning
reference MW
comment MW 826
NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme ˈhǔa
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 beginning, initial period, first stage of something
reference Morev 1964: 831
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme dbu
meaning 1 head (respect.)
meaning 2 beginning
reference
comment Рерих VI, 278.
NEW Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme go (འགོ་)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 beginning, start
reference Dictionary Christian-Steinert
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme baş
meaning 1 head
meaning 2 beginning ayın başında
in the beginning of the month
reference
comment ТуРС 97.
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Tuvan
lexeme баш
meaning 1 head
meaning 2 beginning помну бажындан ужунга yндyр номчудум я
has read a book
reference
comment The same in Karaim (КРПС 104)