#1293 elbow ↔ corner 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Bagvalal
lexeme sːunč'al
meaning 1 elbow
direction —
meaning 2 corner
reference
comment БРС 329
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Semantic evolution
language 1 French
language 2 Latin
lexeme 1 coude
lexeme 2 cubitus
meaning 1 elbow se soulever sur un coude
to rise oneself on one’s elbow
direction ←
meaning 2 reclined
reference CNRTL
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme kʷərnaʕ
meaning 1 elbow
direction →
meaning 2 street corner; angle (direction); side (direction) kʷərnaʕ täṯäwyä ‘to round a corner, to turn a corner’ ; ʔəmni kʷərnaʕ ‘cornerstone’ ; bälliḥ kʷərnaʕ ‘salient (neol)’
reference
comment (KT 1599)

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