step, pace
→
unit of length
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | βῆμα | |
| Meaning 1 | step, pace | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | unit of length | |
| Reference | The Oxford Classical Dictionary: 917 | |
| Comment | βῆμα ἁπλοῦν = 2,5 πόδες = 0,787 m; βῆμα διπλοῦν = 5 πόδες = 1,574 m | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | passo | |
| Meaning 1 | step, pace | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | length measurement unit in use in Italy before the adoption of the metric decimal system, with variable values in the various locations | |
| Reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| Comment | passo geometrico in Genoa, equivalent to 1,49 m; passo itinerario and passo da terra in Naples, equivalent to 1,85 m and 1,93 m respectively | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | passus | |
| Meaning 1 | step, pace, stride | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | a measure of distance | |
| Reference | Glare: 1306 | |
| Comment | 1 passus = 5 pedes = 1,48 m | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | prakramá | |
| Meaning 1 | step | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | measure of distance | |
| Reference | MW | |
| Comment | MW 655, Кочергина 410 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | paso | |
| Meaning 1 | step, pace | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | unit of length, A measure of five Roman feet or the distance of a double step counted from the heel of the foot that advances to the anterior end of this same foot when perching | |
| Reference | DRAE | |
| Comment | Also paso romano. Compare paso geométrico 'measure 5 feet, equivalent to 1,393 m.' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme | pātam | |
| Meaning 1 | step, pace | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ||
| Reference | Tamil lexicon: 2605 | |
| Comment | (Colloq.) 4. Foot-measure; Also: (Pros.) Unit of metrical measure; line of stanza; | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Thai | |
| Lexeme | ˈkâaw | |
| Meaning 1 | step | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pace (approximate linear measure) | |
| Reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | kadem | |
| Meaning 1 | step | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | unit of length (39 cm) | |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 494 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Welsh | |
| Lexeme | cam | |
| Meaning 1 | step, pace | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | unit of length | |
| Reference | Owen 1841 | |
| Comment | 1 can = 3 palyw (Modern Welsh palf) | |