nail (body part)
—
claw
36 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1203 | nail (body part) | — | hoof | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | kogot' | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (human) | Обрежь свои когти-то. Эка, парень, когти-те отростил. Кохоть чой-то болит. 'Cut off your claws! Look, boy, you let your claws glow like that! My claw is hurting.' |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | СРНГ 15: 44 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romani | |
| Lexeme | naj | |
| Meaning 1 | nail, toe nail | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | East Slovak Romani | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Itelmen | |
| Lexeme | к'уфк'уф | |
| Meaning 1 | claw | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | nail | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Володин, Халоймова 40 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hausa | |
| Lexeme | akaifa | |
| Meaning 1 | nail | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | also 'pincer'. Хауса 18 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme | ḏ̣ufr-, ḏ̣ifr- | |
| Meaning 1 | nail | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | talon, claw | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Lane 1912). Same polysemy, for instance, in the Ethio-Semitic cognates: Geez ṣəfr ‘fingernail, claw’ (LGz. 549), Tigrinya ṣəfri ‘claw, talon, nail, hoof’ (KT 2627), Amharic cognate ṭəfər ‘claw, hoof, nail (fingernail)’ (K 2195) |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Adyghe | |
| Lexeme | ƛebžan | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (on toes) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | (animals, birds) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | АдРС 191 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | uña | |
| Meaning 1 | nail | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Lat. unguis 'nail, claw' Narumov 1995, 773; cf. Also French ongle 'nail; claw'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | ногъть | |
| Lexeme 2 | nogot' | |
| Meaning 1 | nail, claw | |
| Meaning 2 | nail | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (Sreznevskij 462-463) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Moksha | |
| Lexeme | кенже | |
| Meaning 1 | nail | керомс кенчт 'to cut nails' |
| Meaning 2 | claw | офтонь кенчт 'bear claws' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | МокшРС 248, the same in Erzya Эрз 253 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | ὄνυξ | |
| Meaning 1 | nail | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | LSJ 1234 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Koryak | |
| Lexeme | вагылӈын | |
| Meaning 1 | nail | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | Moll 1960: 14 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ket | |
| Lexeme | iń | |
| Meaning 1 | nail | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Старостин 1995, 195 | |
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Selkup | |
| Lexeme | кад ~ ӄад | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | Consolidated Selkup | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme 1 | mʕayrĭ | |
| Lexeme 2 | mʕayrĭ | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | Kadagidze & Kadagidze 1984: 461 | |
| Comment | Also mꞷajrî (Bertlani (ed.) 2013, 176) | |
| NEW Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Waray | |
| Lexeme | kuló | |
| Meaning 1 | nails of the hands and feet | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw of an animal | |
| Reference | SEAlang Waray | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Shan | |
| Lexeme 1 | nep5 | |
| Lexeme 2 | nep5 tin1 | |
| Meaning 1 | fingernail or toenail | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | toenail; claw | |
| Reference | SEAlang Shan | |
| Comment | tin1 'foot; bottom' | |
| NEW Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Thai | |
| Lexeme | lép | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (of the finger or toe) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Vietnamese | |
| Lexeme | móng | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw; talon | |
| Reference | SEAlang Vietnamese | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Balinese | |
| Lexeme | kuku | |
| Meaning 1 | (low register) nail (finger, toe) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEALang Balinese | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Burmese | |
| Lexeme | leʔ θé (လက်သည်း) | |
| Meaning 1 | finger nails | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw; talon | |
| Reference | SEAlang Burmrse | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hiligaynon | |
| Lexeme | gapás | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEAlang Hiligaynon | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hiligaynon | |
| Lexeme | kalalót | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEAlang Hiligaynon | |
| Comment | 'Nail, claw or anything else used for scratching, scraping, digging out earth, etc' | |
| NEW Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hiligaynon | |
| Lexeme | kokó | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEAlang Hiligaynon | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hiligaynon | |
| Lexeme | kokó | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEAlang Hiligaynon | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ilocano | |
| Lexeme | kuku | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEAlang Ilocano | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Indonesian | |
| Lexeme | kuku | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (of finger or toe) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEALang Indonesia | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 27 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Javanese | |
| Lexeme | kanaka | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEAlang Javanese | |
| Comment | Register: krama inggil | |
| NEW Realization 28 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Javanese | |
| Lexeme | kuku | |
| Meaning 1 | fingernail, toenail | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEAlang Javanese | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 29 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Khmer | |
| Lexeme | krɑcɑɑk | |
| Meaning 1 | (finger or toe) nail | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw; talon | |
| Reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 30 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lao | |
| Lexeme | nā kʰá | |
| Meaning 1 | fingernail | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw; talon | |
| Reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| Comment | From Pali | |
| NEW Realization 31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lao | |
| Lexeme | lēp | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 32 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malay | |
| Lexeme | kuku | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEALang Malay | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 33 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Maranao | |
| Lexeme | kanoko | |
| Meaning 1 | fingernail; toenail | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEAlang Maranao | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 34 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Modern Mon | |
| Lexeme | hənem | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | SEAlang Mon | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 35 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | hilb | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | ' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | ' |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 408 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 36 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chukchee | |
| Lexeme | вагылгын | |
| Meaning 1 | nail (body part) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | claw | |
| Reference | Moll, Inènlikèj 1957: 18 | |
| Comment | ||