right (vs. left) South 9 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Bit (Pusing)
Lexeme su sam
Meaning 1 right (vs. left)
Direction
Meaning 2 south
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 2
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 3
Type Polysemy
Language Cornish
Lexeme dehow, dyghow
Meaning 1 right (vs. left)
Direction
Meaning 2 south
Reference Matasović: 97
Comment
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 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 7
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 8
Type Polysemy
Language Scottish Gaelic
Lexeme deas
Meaning 1 right (side)
Direction
Meaning 2 South, southern
Reference Dwelly 1911
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Tangale
Lexeme sànùwa
Meaning 1 right (vs. left)
Direction
Meaning 2 south
Reference Kraft 1981
Comment CLICS-3