head boss 26 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Lak
Lexeme bak'
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 leader, boss аьралуннал бакI
'the army leader'
Reference
Comment (Khajdakov 1962: 50). Cf. the derivative бакIчи 'leader, head, chief' (p. 51).
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Derivation
Language Nganasan
Lexeme 1 ңойбуо
Lexeme 2 ңойбу
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 chief
Reference NMS: 2039, 2042
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Swahili
Lexeme kichwa
Meaning 1 head kichwa wazi
'with uncovered head'
Direction
Meaning 2 leader
Reference
Comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Semantic evolution
Language Icelandic
Lexeme höfuð
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 chief
Reference Berkov et al. 1962
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Komi
Lexeme юр
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 head, superior овмöсса юр
'the master of the household'
Reference Beznosikova et al. 2000: 775
Comment also юрлысь 'head' (юрлысь Коми Республикаса 'The Head of the Komi Republic')
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Armenian
Lexeme glux (գլուխ)
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 leader, chief
Reference Galstjan 1984: 160
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Kildin Saami
Lexeme вуэййв
Meaning 1 head выгклэ вӯйвэнѣ
'to shake one's head'
Direction
Meaning 2 chief, chairman сыййт Совеhт вуэййв
'the chairman of the village council'
Reference Kuruč 1985: 60
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Buriat
Lexeme толгой
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 head, master, leader
Reference Čeremisov 1973: 425-426
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Uzbek
Lexeme бош
Meaning 1 head
Meaning 2 head, boss бош инженер
'chief engineer'
Reference
Comment The same in Gagauz баш (ГРМС 75).
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme head
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 head, boss head of the department
'head of the department'
Reference Koptjevskaja-Tamm 2008: 27
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme 1 голова (golova)
Lexeme 2 golova
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 chief городской голова
'mayor'
Reference MAS
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Derivation
Language Hungarian
Lexeme fej
Meaning 1 head fejbe ütni
'to hit somebody on the head'
Direction
Meaning 2 chief az állam feje
'head of state'
Reference Gal’di 1987: 214, 252-253
Comment Also adjective fő 'main, principal' and 'chief' (családfő 'head of the family', kormánifő 'head of the government') derivated from fej
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Semantic evolution
Language 1 Latin
Language 2 French
Lexeme 1 caput
Lexeme 2 chef
Meaning 1 head oscitat in campis caput a cervice revulsum
'the head torn off from its neck gapes on the ground (Ennius)'
Direction
Meaning 2 chief chef d'entreprise
'director, leader of an enterprise'
Reference Robert historique: 719-724
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme shǒu
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 head, leader, chief, originator
Reference BKRS: 2791
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Farsi
Lexeme سر sar
Meaning 1 head سرش درد ميكند sar-aš dard mikonad
'he has a headache'
Direction
Meaning 2 head, boss
Reference Rubinčik 1970: 2, 26
Comment В значении "старший, главный" употребляется в первой части в сложных словах
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Geez
Lexeme rəʔs
Meaning 1 head təḳbāʔ rəʔəsaka wataḫaḍab gaṣṣaka Matth. 6:17: 'let you anoint your head and wash your face'
Direction
Meaning 2 chief (leader) rəʔsa kāhənāt 'the head of the priests';
Reference
Comment LGz. 459; LLA 294-295.
ACCEPTED Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Khmer
Lexeme kba:l
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 head, chief
Reference Gorgoniev 1984: 89
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 18
Type Polysemy
Language Lezgian
Lexeme q’il
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 head, leader колхоздин кьил
'the director of a collective farm'
Reference LezgRus: 203-204
Comment The same in Tabassaran (КIУЛ), cf. (TabRus 214).
ACCEPTED Realization 19
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme mūrdhán
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 chief (applied to persons)
Reference MW
Comment MW 826
ACCEPTED Realization 20
Type Derivation
Language Yaqui (Hiaki)
Lexeme 1 kova
Lexeme 2 kovanao
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 governor, leader of a religious society
Reference Dictionary Yaqui: 82-83
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 21
Type Polysemy
Language Udmurt
Lexeme йыр
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 chief (n.)
Reference Kirillova 2008
Comment
NEW Realization 22
Type Polysemy
Language Batsbi
Lexeme kortô
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 head, chief, leader, director, instructor
Reference Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 388
Comment
NEW Realization 23
Type Polysemy
Language Thai
Lexeme ˈhǔa
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 boss
Reference Morev 1964: 831
Comment
NEW Realization 24
Type Polysemy
Language Serbian
Lexeme глава (glava)
Meaning 1 head

Uvek me boli glava kad je ovakvo vreme.


'

I always get a headache when the weather is like this.

'
Direction
Meaning 2 boss, leader

глава државе


'

leader of state 

'
Reference CLARIN.SI Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 194
Comment
NEW Realization 25
Type Polysemy
Language Croatian
Lexeme glava
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 boss
Reference HJP
Comment
NEW Realization 26
Type Polysemy
Language Arosi
Lexeme bwau-
Meaning 1 head
Direction
Meaning 2 chief, leader
Reference ACD
Comment