sphere; ball
→
head
4 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 (ID: 50941) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme | bol | |
| meaning 1 | sphere; ball | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (figurative) head | |
| reference | HWNF | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 (ID: 50943) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Middle English | |
| lexeme | bal | |
| meaning 1 | ball (an object of spherical shape) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | one's head | |
| reference | MED | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 (ID: 50541) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | бөндгөр (pontgor) | |
| meaning 1 | spherical | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | head | бөндгөрөөсөө салах to lose one's head (lit. to be parted from one's spherical object) |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 (ID: 50942) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | boll | |
| meaning 1 | sphere; ball | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (colloquial) head | |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | From Swedish borrowed Finnish (slang) polla 'head' |
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