neck
→
saddleback
3 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khoekhoe | |
| lexeme 1 | ǃa̋ób {!aob} | |
| lexeme 2 | ǃa̋ós {!aos} | |
| meaning 1 | neck | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | saddleback | |
| reference | Haacke Khoekhoe 2002: 295 Comparative Khoe-Kwadi | |
| comment | The variants differ in gender: -b is a marker of masculine gender, and -s is a marker of feminine gender. Full description of the meanings: Meaning A 'neck (esp. long, as of giraffe/slaughtered chicken)' and Meaning B 'neck (gen.); saddle(back) (of mountain)'. |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Greek | |
| lexeme | αυχένας | |
| meaning 1 | nape of neck | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | saddleback (between two hills) | |
| reference | Xorikov, Malev 1993 DSMG | |
| comment | From Ancient Greek αὐχήν 'neck' | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Naro | |
| language 2 | Khoekhoe | |
| lexeme 1 | qg'áó [!x'áó] | |
| lexeme 2 | ǃa̋ós {!aos} | |
| meaning 1 | neck | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | saddleback | |
| reference | Visser 2001: 67 Haacke Khoekhoe 2002: 295 Comparative Khoe-Kwadi | |
| comment | ||
The direction of the shift is established based on the data of the Comparative dictionary of Khoe-Kwadi (Fehn et al.2025).