back (body part) mountain ridge, edge 25 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
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
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
Type Polysemy
Language Bulgarian
Lexeme grăb
Meaning 1 back
Direction
Meaning 2 mountain crest
Reference
Comment (Murzaev 1974: 132)
ACCEPTED Realization 4
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
Type Polysemy
Language Finnish
Lexeme selkä
Meaning 1 back
Direction
Meaning 2 range, hill
Reference
Comment (Murzaev 1974: 132)
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language German
Lexeme Rücken
Meaning 1 back
Direction
Meaning 2 mountain range, mountain spine
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
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
Type Polysemy
Language Japanese
Lexeme se (背)
Meaning 1 back
Direction
Meaning 2 mountain crest
Reference
Comment EDICT.
ACCEPTED Realization 9
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
Type Polysemy
Language Khakas
Lexeme арға
Meaning 1 back
Direction
Meaning 2 mountain range
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Lak
Lexeme barʜ
Meaning 1 back
Direction
Meaning 2 mountain range
Reference
Comment (Murzaev 1974: 132)
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Latin
Lexeme dorsum
Meaning 1 back
Direction
Meaning 2 range
Reference
Comment (Murzaev 1974: 132; Glare 573-574)
ACCEPTED Realization 13
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
Type Polysemy
Language Lithuanian
Lexeme gubrỹs
Meaning 1 back, scruff
Direction
Meaning 2 hill
Reference
Comment (Murzaev 1974: 132)
ACCEPTED Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Lithuanian
Lexeme kaũbre
Meaning 1 hump, back
Direction
Meaning 2 hill
Reference
Comment (Murzaev 1974: 132)
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Lithuanian
Lexeme kupra
Meaning 1 back, hunch
Direction
Meaning 2 hill, mound
Reference
Comment (Murzaev 1974: 132)
ACCEPTED Realization 17
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
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
Type Polysemy
Language Nganasan
Lexeme чиридеə
Meaning 1 spinal cord
Direction
Meaning 2 mountain crest, mountain range
Reference
Comment НМС 3606
ACCEPTED Realization 20
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
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
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme pṛṣṭhá
Meaning 1 back
Direction
Meaning 2 mountain range
Reference
Comment Кочергина 406
ACCEPTED Realization 23
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
Type Polysemy
Language Tigrinya
Lexeme zəban
Meaning 1 'back (of the body)'
Direction
Meaning 2 'ridge, plateau'
Reference
Comment (KT 1990)
ACCEPTED Realization 25
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]