The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

middle finger + near → ring finger 1 realization Unique

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

NEW Realization 1
type		Derivation
language		Old Tupian
lexeme 1		pûãmytera + ybyri
lexeme 2		pûãmyterybyrixûara
meaning 1	middle finger + near
direction	→
meaning 2	ring finger
reference		Navarro 2013: 406, column 2
comment		literally “what is next to the middle finger”