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 | Polysemy | |
| language | Berik | |
| lexeme | fi | |
| meaning 1 | salt | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sea | |
| reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| comment | CLICS-3 | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) | |
| lexeme | topˀał | |
| meaning 1 | salt | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sea | |
| reference | IDS | |
| comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ogea | |
| lexeme | hɛri | |
| meaning 1 | salt | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sea | |
| reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Orya | |
| lexeme | hi | |
| meaning 1 | salt | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sea | |
| reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Takia | |
| lexeme | beig | |
| meaning 1 | salt | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sea | |
| reference | World Loanword Database | |
| 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 | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Western Canadian Inuit | |
| lexeme | tariuq | |
| meaning 1 | salt | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sea | |
| reference | Fortescue et al. 2010: 364 | |
| comment | ||