<vessel> head 12 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Cognates
language 1 English
language 2 German
lexeme 1 cup
lexeme 2 Kopf
meaning 1 cup
direction
meaning 2 head
reference
comment Probably from or influenced by Late Latin cuppa 'drinking vessel'
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme terrine
meaning 1 bowl, eathern cup, pot terrine émaillée
enamelled pot
direction
meaning 2 head, noddle (vern.)
reference CNRTL
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme tirelire
meaning 1 money-box tirelire en métal
a metal money-box
direction
meaning 2 head, noddle (vern.) recevoir un coup sur la tirelire
to get hit on the head
reference CNRTL
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme théière
meaning 1 teapot
direction
meaning 2 head, noddle (vern.)
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme fiole
meaning 1 vial, flask, jar fiole de poison
a vial of poison
direction
meaning 2 head, noddle (vern.)
reference CNRTL
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ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 French
lexeme 1 testa
lexeme 2 tête
meaning 1 pot
direction
meaning 2 head
reference
comment Glare 1931. Also Ital. testa. The Sp. testa is just a colloquial synonym of the word cabeza ‘head’. Buck 213
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Cognates
language Latin
lexeme 1 capis
lexeme 2 caput
meaning 1 bowl for sacrifices
direction
meaning 2 head
reference
comment The Sanskr. kapāla 'cup (also cup for collecting alms)', 'skull' possibly goes back to the same root. The Sanskrit borrowing in Tibetan. Buck 212-213, Кочергина 148
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme котелок (kotelok)
meaning 1 pot, cauldron
direction
meaning 2 head (colloq.) у него котелок варит
His head is screwed on the right way
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ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme tatuca
meaning 1 large vessel
direction
meaning 2 head (colloq.)
reference
comment Venezuela Narumov 1995, 730
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme mate
meaning 1 pumpkin, calabash
direction
meaning 2 head, noddle
reference
comment The first on is common for the South America, the second for Chili and the Rio-de-la-Plata region. Narumov 1995, 497
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Derivation
language Thai
lexeme 1 kâ-lā
lexeme 2 kâ-lā-hūa
meaning 1 half of the coconut shell
direction
meaning 2 noddle (vulg.)
reference
comment Morev 1964, 58
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Derivation
language Turkish
lexeme 1 dağar
lexeme 2 dağarcık
meaning 1 clay pot with a wide opening
direction
meaning 2 head (colloquial) dağarcığında bulunan plan
the plan he bears in mind
reference Baskakov 1977: 203
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