mother
→
spirit (supernatural being)
3 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Erzya | |
| lexeme | ава | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | female spirit | |
| reference | Serebrennikov et al. 1993: 28 | |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Meadow Mari | |
| lexeme | ава | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | spirit (supernatural being) | |
| reference | Marij jylme muter | |
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| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nheengatu | |
| lexeme | manha | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (folklore) name given to supernatural beings seen as ancestors and patrons of a landform or a plant or animal species) | Uaçá piracaçara irimaué ara u pinaitica i piná i iupicyca yurará manha arucanga opé, u munéu i py i iupicyca yurará manha cupepe i py etá. (1890 [1872–1887], “Uaçá piracaçara irimaué ara [Uaçá, the ancient fisher]”, in João Barbosa Rodrigues, compiler, Poranduba Amazonense ou Kochiyma-uara Porandub, Rio de Janeiro: Typ. de G. Leuzinger & Filhos, page 270 https://archive.org/details/porandubaamazon00rodrgoog/page/n302/mode/1up?view=theater ) The ancient fisher Uaçá, while fishing, got his hook stuck in the ribs of the Turtle’s Mother; he put his feet and got both stuck on the Turtle’s Mother’s back. [Story collected at Rio Negro] |
| reference | Avila 2021: 447-448 | |
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