sphere; ball head 4 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
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'