step, pace
→
unit of length
10 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | 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 | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malagasy | |
| lexeme | dia | |
| meaning 1 | step, pace | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | unit of length (30,5 sm) | |
| reference | Korneev 1966: 592 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | prakramá | |
| meaning 1 | step | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | measure of distance | |
| reference | MW | |
| comment | MW 655, Кочергина 410 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | ˈkâaw | |
| meaning 1 | step | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | pace (approximate linear measure) | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | kadem | |
| meaning 1 | step | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | unit of length (39 cm) | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 494 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |