salt
→
sea
12 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | ἅλς | |
| Meaning 1 | salt (m.) | ἁλὸς μέταλλον 'a salt-mine Herodotus 4, 185' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | sea (generally of shallow water near shore) (f.) | ἢ ἁλὸς ἢ ἐπὶ γῆς 'either at sea or on land Od. 12, 27' |
| Reference | LSJ: 73 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme 1 | lavaṇa | |
| Lexeme 2 | lavaṇa-jala | |
| Meaning 1 | saline , salt , briny , brinish | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | the sea , ocean | |
| Reference | MW: 898 | |
| Comment | Кочергина 553 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) | |
| Lexeme | topˀał | |
| Meaning 1 | salt | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | sea | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Berik | |
| Lexeme | fi | |
| Meaning 1 | salt | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | sea | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Orya | |
| Lexeme | hi | |
| Meaning 1 | salt | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | sea | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Takia | |
| Lexeme | beig | |
| Meaning 1 | salt | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | sea | |
| Reference | World Loanword Database | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Seward Alaska Inupiatun | |
| Lexeme | tariuq | |
| Meaning 1 | salt | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | sea | |
| Reference | Fortescue et al. 2010: 364 | |
| Comment | Also 'sea water' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | North Alaskan Inupiatun | |
| Lexeme | tariuq | |
| Meaning 1 | salt | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | sea | |
| Reference | Fortescue et al. 2010: 364 | |
| Comment | Also 'sea water' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Western Canadian Inuit | |
| Lexeme | tariuq | |
| Meaning 1 | salt | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | sea | |
| Reference | Fortescue et al. 2010: 364 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ogea | |
| Lexeme | hɛri | |
| Meaning 1 | salt | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | sea | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme | uppu | |
| Meaning 1 | salt | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | sea of salt water | |
| Reference | Tamil lexicon: 419 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lule Sami | |
| Lexeme | salttē | |
| Meaning 1 | salt | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | sea | |
| Reference | Qvigstad 1893: 284 | |
| Comment | 'salt' in other Saamic languages. From Old Norse salt 'salt', (poetic) 'see' | |