back (body part)
→
mountain ridge, edge
25 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme | ῥάχις | |
Meaning 1 | back | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | ridge of a hill or mountain | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (LSJ 1566). Cf. rachia 'rocky shore, shore rock, surf' (Murzaev 1974: 132). |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Armenian | |
Lexeme 1 | вогн | |
Lexeme 2 | вогунк | |
Meaning 1 | spinal bone | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | mountain range | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 130) |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Bulgarian | |
Lexeme | grăb | |
Meaning 1 | back | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | mountain crest | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 132) |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | back | |
Meaning 1 | back | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | mountain crest | We now rambled about on the broad back of the hill. Теперь мы бродили по широкой вершине холма |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Finnish | |
Lexeme | selkä | |
Meaning 1 | back | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | range, hill | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 132) |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme | Rücken | |
Meaning 1 | back | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | mountain range, mountain spine | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Italian | |
Lexeme | schiena | |
Meaning 1 | back | soffrir dolori alla schiena to feel pain in the back |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | mountain range | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Japanese | |
Lexeme | se (背) | |
Meaning 1 | back | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | mountain crest | |
Reference | ||
Comment | EDICT. |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kazakh | |
Lexeme | арка | |
Meaning 1 | back | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | hill, range | |
Reference | ||
Comment | The same in Uyghur (Murzaev 1974: 129, 132). |
ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Khakas | |
Lexeme | арға | |
Meaning 1 | back | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | mountain range | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lak | |
Lexeme | barʜ | |
Meaning 1 | back | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | mountain range | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 132) |
ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Latin | |
Lexeme | dorsum | |
Meaning 1 | back | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | range | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 132; Glare 573-574) |
ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lezgian | |
Lexeme | q’asq’an | |
Meaning 1 | back and shoulders | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | range | дагъдин кьаскьан mountain range |
Reference | ||
Comment | (LezgRus 198) |
ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lithuanian | |
Lexeme | gubrỹs | |
Meaning 1 | back, scruff | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | hill | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 132) |
ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lithuanian | |
Lexeme | kaũbre | |
Meaning 1 | hump, back | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | hill | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 132) |
ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lithuanian | |
Lexeme | kupra | |
Meaning 1 | back, hunch | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | hill, mound | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 132) |
ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
Lexeme | nuruu | |
Meaning 1 | spinal cord | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | mountain range | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 130, 132) |
ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
Lexeme | ser | |
Meaning 1 | spinal cord | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | hill, range | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 131, 132) |
ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Nganasan | |
Lexeme | чиридеə | |
Meaning 1 | spinal cord | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | mountain crest, mountain range | |
Reference | ||
Comment | НМС 3606 |
ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Osetin | |
Lexeme | раг | |
Meaning 1 | back | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | mountain range, mountain spine | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 131, 132) |
ACCEPTED Realization 21 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | hrebet | |
Meaning 1 | spine | спинной хребет spine, vertebral column |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | range | горный хребет mountain range |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Murzaev 1974: 132) |
ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Sanskrit | |
Lexeme | pṛṣṭhá | |
Meaning 1 | back | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | mountain range | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Кочергина 406 |
ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Swahili | |
Lexeme | mgongo | |
Meaning 1 | back | geuka mgongo to turn one's back |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | mountain crest, roof crest | mgongo wa mlima mountain range |
Reference | ||
Comment | Polikanov |
ACCEPTED Realization 24 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tigrinya | |
Lexeme | zəban | |
Meaning 1 | 'back (of the body)' | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | 'ridge, plateau' | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (KT 1990) |
ACCEPTED Realization 25 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tuvan | |
Lexeme | сирт | |
Meaning 1 | back | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | mountain crest, mountain range | |
Reference | ||
Comment | The same in all Turkic languages. The same in: Turkish [(Murzaev 1974: 132] |
Ср. также англ. back 'спина'. В сочетании со словами, обозначающими холмы и горы, означает верхнюю поверхность. Ср. We now rambled about on the broad back of the hill 'Теперь мы бродили по широкой вершине холма' (N. Hawthorne по OED).