right (vs. left)
→
South
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Oromo | |
| Lexeme | mirga | |
| Meaning 1 | right | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | south | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Gragg 287-288); dialect of Wallaga (in other dialects probably the same word is used for other cardinal points, cf. ibid.) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | dakṣiṇa | |
| Meaning 1 | right (not left) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | south, southern (as being on the right side of a person looking eastward), situated to the south, turned or directed southward | |
| Reference | MW: 465 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Breton | |
| Lexeme | dehou, dehow | |
| Meaning 1 | the right side | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | southern | |
| Reference | Matasović: 97 | |
| Comment | Old Breton dehou, Middle Breton deho, dechou. Proto-Celtic *dexs(i)wo- 'right, south' from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-wo- 'right'. The meaning 'south' is derived from the main principle of orientation in the Celtic and IE tradition, by facing the rising sun | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old Irish | |
| Lexeme | dess | |
| Meaning 1 | right (vs. left) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | south | |
| Reference | Matasović: 97 | |
| Comment | Modern Irish Gaelic deas 'south, southerly, to the south' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Old Welsh | |
| Lexeme | dehau, deheu | |
| Meaning 1 | right (vs. left) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | south | |
| Reference | Matasović: 97 | |
| Comment | Modern Welsh dehau, de | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Cornish | |
| Lexeme | dehow, dyghow | |
| Meaning 1 | right (vs. left) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | south | |
| Reference | Matasović: 97 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tangale | |
| Lexeme | sànùwa | |
| Meaning 1 | right (vs. left) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | south | |
| Reference | Kraft 1981 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bit (Pusing) | |
| Lexeme | su sam | |
| Meaning 1 | right (vs. left) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | south | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Scottish Gaelic | |
| Lexeme | deas | |
| Meaning 1 | right (side) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | South, southern | |
| Reference | Dwelly 1911 | |
| Comment | ||
Orientation type facing east