mountain pass → mountain ridge 1 realization Unique
NEW Realization 1
type Internal cognates
language Buriat
lexeme 1 дабаан (daba:n)
lexeme 2 daba:n (Lower Uda dialect)
meaning 1 mountain pass
direction →
meaning 2 mountain ridge
reference Рассадин Становление говора нижнеудинских бурят: 135
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In most Mongolic languages (including Literary Buriat) the word means only 'mountain pass', but in Lower Uda Buriat only 'mountain ridge'. 

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