head chief, boss 134 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 44954)
type Polysemy
language Akhvakh
lexeme мирари
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 2 (ID: 44996)
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme qaqqadum
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 leading person
reference CAD
comment
NEW Realization 3 (ID: 44962)
type Polysemy
language Albanian
lexeme kokë
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 50780)
type Polysemy
language Albanian
lexeme krye
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, leader
reference FGJSH
comment

Newmark, Leonard (1999) Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press http://www.seelrc.org:8080/albdict/detail.jsp?nWordID=1208611 

NEW Realization 5 (ID: 50781)
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme ras (ራስ)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 (obsolete) ras (leader ranking directly below a king)
reference AED
comment
NEW Realization 6 (ID: 44958)
type Polysemy
language Archi
lexeme оІнт
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 3474)
type Polysemy
language Armenian
lexeme glux (գլուխ)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 leader, chief
reference Galstjan 1984: 160
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 25270)
type Polysemy
language Arosi
lexeme bwau-
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, leader
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 9 (ID: 44010)
type Polysemy
language Arosi
lexeme bwau-
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, leader
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 106
comment
NEW Realization 10 (ID: 50782)
type Polysemy
language Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
lexeme rēšā (ܪܹܝܫܵܐ)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, ruler, prefect, magistrate
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 11 (ID: 44955)
type Polysemy
language Avar
lexeme бетІер
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment

Batlukh dialect

бел′эр in Andalal dialect

NEW Realization 12 (ID: 50772)
type Polysemy
language Balinese
lexeme ulu
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 13 (ID: 44997)
type Polysemy
language Bashkir
lexeme баш
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Bashkir Uraksin 1996
comment
NEW Realization 14 (ID: 50778)
type Polysemy
language Batak Toba
lexeme ulu
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 20252)
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 16 (ID: 44998)
type Polysemy
language Bikol
lexeme payo
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 leader
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 17 (ID: 44986)
type Polysemy
language Bondei
lexeme zumbe
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 18 (ID: 50784)
type Polysemy
language Breton
lexeme penn
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, leader
reference English Wiktionary
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 4454)
type Polysemy
language Buriat
lexeme толгой
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 head, master, leader
reference Čeremisov 1973: 425-426
comment
NEW Realization 20 (ID: 50773)
type Polysemy
language Buru
lexeme olo
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, leader
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 21 (ID: 44809)
type Polysemy
language Cantonese Chinese
lexeme tau4 (頭)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 22 (ID: 44960)
type Polysemy
language Catalan
lexeme cap
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference DIEC2
comment
NEW Realization 23 (ID: 44953)
type Polysemy
language Chirag Dargwa
lexeme бекІ
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 24 (ID: 38384)
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme raʔs
meaning 1 head

رُؤُوسُ كَبِيرَيْهِنَّ يَنْتَطِحَانِ (ruʔūs-u kabīr-ay-hinna yantaih-āni)


The heads of the two great ones, or old ones, of them, smite each other with their horns.

direction
meaning 2 headman, chief, commander

رَأْسُ الكُفْرِ مِنْ قِبَلِ المَشْرِق (raʔs-u l-kufr-i min qibal-i l-mašriq-i)


The head, or leader, of infidelity is from the direction of the place of sunrise (indicating that the head of error will come forth in the east).

reference Lane: 996-997
comment
NEW Realization 25 (ID: 44999)
type Polysemy
language Coptic
lexeme aphe
meaning 1 (Bohairic) head
direction
meaning 2 (Bohairic) magistrate, headman, chief
reference <personally collected data>
comment

    Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 11
    Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 14

NEW Realization 26 (ID: 45000)
type Polysemy
language Crimean Tatar
lexeme baş
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 27 (ID: 23975)
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme glava
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 boss
reference HJP
comment
NEW Realization 28 (ID: 50786)
type Polysemy
language Dutch
lexeme hoofd
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, leader

De burgemeester is het hoofd van de gemeente


The mayor is the chief of the municipality.

reference English Wiktionary HWNF
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 29 (ID: 5020)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme head
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 head, boss head of the department

reference Koptjevskaja-Tamm 2008: 27
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 30 (ID: 8387)
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
NEW Realization 31 (ID: 45001)
type Polysemy
language Finnish
lexeme pää
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 leader
reference Kielitoimiston sanakirja
comment
NEW Realization 32 (ID: 50788)
type Polysemy
language Friulian
lexeme cjâf
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 33 (ID: 45002)
type Polysemy
language Fula
lexeme hoore
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 34 (ID: 45003)
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme baş
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Gajdarži et al. 1973
comment
NEW Realization 35 (ID: 44810)
type Polysemy
language Gan Chinese
lexeme teu2 (頭)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 36 (ID: 44956)
type Polysemy
language Gapshima Dargwa
lexeme бекІ
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 37 (ID: 8878)
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 CDG: 459 LLA: 294-295
comment Cf. also Amh. ras (a title) (from Geez rəʔs).
NEW Realization 38 (ID: 45004)
type Polysemy
language Georgian
lexeme tavi (თავი)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 39 (ID: 44967)
type Polysemy
language Gweno
lexeme mrwe
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 40 (ID: 44811)
type Polysemy
language Hakka Chinese
lexeme thèu (頭)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 41 (ID: 44965)
type Polysemy
language Hausa
lexeme kai
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Awde 1996
comment
NEW Realization 42 (ID: 44968)
type Polysemy
language Hill Mari
lexeme вуй
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Marij jylme muter
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 43 (ID: 5315)
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 44 (ID: 2901)
type Semantic evolution
language Icelandic
lexeme höfuð
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief
reference Berkov et al. 1962
comment
NEW Realization 45 (ID: 44969)
type Polysemy
language Inari Sami
lexeme u̯æivi
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference NorthEuraLex CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 46 (ID: 34621)
type Polysemy
language Irish Gaelic
lexeme ceann
meaning 1 head

Mo cheann


My head

direction
meaning 2 boss

ceann roinne


head of department

reference Ó Dónaill 1977: 204
comment
NEW Realization 47 (ID: 44959)
type Polysemy
language Italian
lexeme capo
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Vocabolario Treccani
comment
NEW Realization 48 (ID: 50774)
type Polysemy
language Ivatan
lexeme uhu
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 49 (ID: 44975)
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme kashira (頭)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 50 (ID: 50775)
type Polysemy
language Javanese
lexeme ulu
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 leader
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 51 (ID: 44813)
type Polysemy
language Jin Chinese
lexeme tou1 (/頭)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 52 (ID: 44964)
type Polysemy
language Kadar Dargwa
lexeme бекІ
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 53 (ID: 44993)
type Polysemy
language Kamba (Bantu language)
lexeme mUnene
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 54 (ID: 44951)
type Polysemy
language Karata
lexeme гьадоъа
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 55 (ID: 50777)
type Polysemy
language Kawi (Old Javanese)
lexeme hulu
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 56 (ID: 45005)
type Polysemy
language Kazakh
lexeme бас
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Syzdykova, Xusain (eds.) 2008
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 57 (ID: 9813)
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme kba:l
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 head, chief
reference Gorgoniev 1984: 89
comment
NEW Realization 58 (ID: 44977)
type Polysemy
language Kibosho
lexeme mchili
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 59 (ID: 3766)
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
NEW Realization 60 (ID: 44983)
type Polysemy
language Kinga
lexeme untwa
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 61 (ID: 44966)
type Polysemy
language Kogui (Kogi)
lexeme sáŋkəldə
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Huber, Reed 1992 CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 62 (ID: 3109)
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')
NEW Realization 63 (ID: 45006)
type Polysemy
language Korean
lexeme meori (머리)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 leader of a group
reference Krdict
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 64 (ID: 361)
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).
NEW Realization 65 (ID: 45007)
type Polysemy
language Lao
lexeme hūa (ຫົວ)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, leader
reference SEAlang Lao
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 66 (ID: 5396)
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 67 (ID: 10088)
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).
NEW Realization 68 (ID: 44972)
type Polysemy
language Lule Sami
lexeme u͡ɔɑjvːɛ
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference NorthEuraLex CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 69 (ID: 44989)
type Polysemy
language Makonde
lexeme mkulungwa
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 70 (ID: 44974)
type Polysemy
language Malagasy
lexeme lóha
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Korneev 1966
comment
NEW Realization 71 (ID: 45017)
type Polysemy
language Malay
lexeme kĕpala
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 leader, chief, head

Kepala sekolah


Head teacher

reference SEALang Malay
comment
NEW Realization 72 (ID: 45016)
type Polysemy
language Maltese
lexeme ras
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, leader
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 73 (ID: 44984)
type Polysemy
language Mambwe
lexeme umwene
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 74 (ID: 44970)
type Polysemy
language Manchu
lexeme ud͡ʒu
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference NorthEuraLex CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 75 (ID: 44985)
type Polysemy
language Manda (of Africa)
lexeme mutwa
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 76 (ID: 5505)
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme shǒu
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 head, leader, chief, originator
reference BKRS: 2791
comment
NEW Realization 77 (ID: 44808)
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme tóu (頭)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 78 (ID: 43815)
type Polysemy
language Maori
lexeme uru
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 102
comment
NEW Realization 79 (ID: 44957)
type Polysemy
language Mapuche (Mapudungun)
lexeme loŋko
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 80 (ID: 45015)
type Polysemy
language Mapuche (Mapudungun)
lexeme logko
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 leader; lonco (Mapuche tribal leader)
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

NEW Realization 81 (ID: 44980)
type Polysemy
language Matengo
lexeme jumbi
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 82 (ID: 44978)
type Polysemy
language Matumbi (Kimatumbi)
lexeme nkulungwa
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 83 (ID: 44990)
type Polysemy
language Mbunga
lexeme nkosi
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 84 (ID: 34625)
type Polysemy
language Meadow Mari
lexeme вуй
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 boss

 Еш кугу огыл гынат, ешлан вуй лияш логале. (Анатолий Айзенворт)
– Мый нунын (дезертир-влакын) вуйыштымак, Сакар Каврийым, йоҥлыктарен кодышым. (Сергей Чавайн)


Although the family is small, I had to become the head of the family.

I stunned Sakar Kavrij, the leader of the deserters.

reference Marij jylme muter
comment
NEW Realization 85 (ID: 44812)
type Polysemy
language Meixian Hakka Chinese
lexeme têu2 (頭)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 86 (ID: 44979)
type Polysemy
language Meru
lexeme manji
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 87 (ID: 44982)
type Polysemy
language Meruimenti
lexeme munene
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 88 (ID: 44815)
type Polysemy
language Min Dong (Eastern Min)
lexeme tàu (頭)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 89 (ID: 44971)
type Polysemy
language Modern Hebrew
lexeme rosh (רֹאשׁ)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference NorthEuraLex CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 90 (ID: 44952)
type Polysemy
language Muiri Darqwa
lexeme бикІ
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 91 (ID: 44963)
type Polysemy
language Murego-Gubden Dargwa
lexeme бекІ
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 92 (ID: 50776)
type Polysemy
language Ngadha
lexeme ulu
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 93 (ID: 1871)
type Derivation
language Nganasan
lexeme 1 ңойбуо
lexeme 2 ңойбу
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief
reference NMS: 2039, 2042
comment
NEW Realization 94 (ID: 47800)
type Polysemy
language Nheengatu
lexeme akanga
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 leader, chief
reference Avila 2021: 229-230
comment
NEW Realization 95 (ID: 44814)
type Polysemy
language Northern Min
lexeme tê (頭)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 96 (ID: 44981)
type Polysemy
language Nyakyusa
lexeme untwa
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 97 (ID: 50785)
type Polysemy
language Old Czech
lexeme hlava
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 person leading something
reference English Wiktionary
comment

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) Slovník staročeský, Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění https://vokabular.ujc.cas.cz/hledani.aspx?hw=hlava 

NEW Realization 98 (ID: 50787)
type Polysemy
language Old French
lexeme chief
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, leader
reference Robert historique CNRTL
comment
NEW Realization 99 (ID: 45013)
type Polysemy
language Ottoman Turkish
lexeme ser (سر)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference <personally collected data>
comment

    Zenker, Julius Theodor (1876) Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 501–502

NEW Realization 100 (ID: 45014)
type Polysemy
language Ottoman Turkish
lexeme baş (باش)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Redhouse 1890: 324
comment

Zenker, Julius Theodor (1866) Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 1, Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 163–164

NEW Realization 101 (ID: 44816)
type Polysemy
language Puxian Min
lexeme tao2 (頭)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 102 (ID: 43812)
type Polysemy
language Rennellese
lexeme ʔugu
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 head person
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 102
comment
NEW Realization 103 (ID: 44005)
type Derivation
language Roviana
lexeme 1 batu-
lexeme 2 (pala)batu
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 married man, elder; chieftain
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 106
comment

pala meaning unknown

NEW Realization 104 (ID: 44994)
type Polysemy
language Rundi
lexeme umuganwa
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 105 (ID: 5213)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme 1 голова (golova)
lexeme 2 golova
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief городской голова
mayor
reference MAS
comment
NEW Realization 106 (ID: 44976)
type Polysemy
language Rutul
lexeme гьукьул
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019
comment
NEW Realization 107 (ID: 44991)
type Polysemy
language Saamia (Samialugwe)
lexeme omwami
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 108 (ID: 44988)
type Polysemy
language Sambaa (Shambaa)
lexeme zumbe
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 109 (ID: 10864)
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme mūrdhán
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief (applied to persons)
reference MW
comment MW 826
ACCEPTED Realization 110 (ID: 23974)
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 111 (ID: 45012)
type Polysemy
language Somali
lexeme mádax
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Alejnikov 2012
comment
NEW Realization 112 (ID: 44817)
type Polysemy
language Southern Min (Min Nan)
lexeme tao5 (頭)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 113 (ID: 44818)
type Polysemy
language Southern Pinghua
lexeme dau4 (頭)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 114 (ID: 34166)
type Polysemy
language Soyot
lexeme баъш
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 boss, chief
reference Рассадин 2003
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 115 (ID: 2770)
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme kichwa
meaning 1 head kichwa wazi
with uncovered head
direction
meaning 2 leader
reference
comment Polikanov
NEW Realization 116 (ID: 50783)
type Polysemy
language Syriac
lexeme rēšā (ܪܝܫܐ)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, principal, superior
reference CAL Payne Smith
comment
NEW Realization 117 (ID: 45011)
type Polysemy
language Tagalog
lexeme ulo
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief; boss; head (of a group, office, etc.)
reference SEAlang Tagalog
comment
NEW Realization 118 (ID: 45010)
type Polysemy
language Tatar
lexeme баш
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 119 (ID: 21859)
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme ˈhǔa (หัว)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 boss
reference Morev 1964: 831 SEAlang Thai
comment
NEW Realization 120 (ID: 44987)
type Polysemy
language Tharaka
lexeme chibu
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 121 (ID: 36220)
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme go (འགོ་)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, leader
reference Dictionary Christian-Steinert
comment
NEW Realization 122 (ID: 42025)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme ser
meaning 1 head


direction
meaning 2 chief, boss

ser tabip


chief doctor

reference Baskakov 1977: 763
comment
NEW Realization 123 (ID: 42026)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme baş
meaning 1 head

başım ağrıyor


my head aches

direction
meaning 2 chief, boss

başbakan


prime minister

reference Baskakov 1977: 97
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 124 (ID: 12564)
type Polysemy
language Udmurt
lexeme йыр
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief (n.)
reference Kirillova 2008
comment
NEW Realization 125 (ID: 45009)
type Polysemy
language Uighur
lexeme bash (باش)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 126 (ID: 44961)
type Polysemy
language Urakhi Dargwa
lexeme бекІ
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 127 (ID: 44995)
type Polysemy
language Uuseri (Kiseri)
lexeme mangi
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 128 (ID: 4944)
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).
NEW Realization 129 (ID: 44992)
type Polysemy
language Wanji
lexeme munjagila
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 130 (ID: 44819)
type Polysemy
language Wu Chinese
lexeme 6deu (頭)
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 131 (ID: 50779)
type Derivation
language Yamdena
lexeme 1 ulu-n
lexeme 2 ulu
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 132 (ID: 12327)
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
NEW Realization 133 (ID: 45008)
type Polysemy
language Yoruba
lexeme orí
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 leader
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 134 (ID: 44973)
type Polysemy
language Zulu
lexeme in-hloko
meaning 1 head
direction
meaning 2 chief, boss
reference Луцков А.Д. Зулу-Русский словарь 2014: 87
comment