forearm
→
unit of length
18 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | kənd | |
| meaning 1 | arm, forearm | ḳäññ kənd right forearm |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cubit (approx. 48 cm) | kənd käsənzər a cubit and a span |
| reference | AED: 1445 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | πῆχυς | |
| meaning 1 | forearm | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | a length unit | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | cubit | |
| meaning 1 | elbow bone | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | length unit | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Also the Ital. cubito 'elbow bone' and 'elbow (length unitn)'. All words stem from the Lat. cubitus, that had both meanings. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Erzya | |
| lexeme | кенере | |
| meaning 1 | elbow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cubit (=historical length unit) | авась кодась комсь кенере коцт The woman wove twelve elboews of canvas |
| reference | ||
| comment | ЭрзРС 253 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gagauz | |
| lexeme | dirsek | |
| meaning 1 | elbow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cubit (=length unit) | бир дирсек без a cubit of canvas |
| reference | ||
| comment | ГРМС 148. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | ʔəmmat | |
| meaning 1 | elbow (part of the arm) | ʔədawihā təsaffəḥ diba za-yəbaḳḳʷəʕ wa-ʔəmatā tāṣannəʕ la-fatil (Prov. 29:37) She stretches her hands over what is profitable and she makes her elbows strong in order to spin. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | measure | nuḫu ʕəśrā ba-ʔəmat (Zach. 5:2) His height is twenty in cubits. |
| reference | LLA: 728 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Brazze | |
| meaning 1 | forearm | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cubit (=length unit) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | (Swiss German) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Elle | |
| meaning 1 | elbow bone | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | cubit (=historical length unit) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Karaim | |
| lexeme | локот | |
| meaning 1 | elbow (anat.) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | cubit (=length unit) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | КРПС 400. The polysemic word has been borrowed from the Slavic languages. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lao | |
| lexeme | sɔ̄k5 | |
| meaning 1 | elbow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | sok (length unit ≃ 50 cm ) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Morev et al. 1982, 311 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | ulna | |
| meaning 1 | lower part of the arm, elbow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | cubit (=length unit) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | zhŏu (肘) | |
| meaning 1 | elbow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | length unit = 2 or 1.5 chi (尺) | |
| reference | BKRS: 5284 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Middle Persian (Pahlavi) | |
| lexeme | ārišn, arešn | |
| meaning 1 | forearm | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | length unit | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ЭСИЯ 1, 213 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old English | |
| lexeme 1 | eln | |
| lexeme 2 | ell | |
| meaning 1 | elbow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | length unit | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Bosworth, Toller 247 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | bāhú | |
| meaning 1 | the fore-arm , the arm between the elbow and the wrist | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | measure of length | |
| reference | MW | |
| comment | MW 730, Кочергина 465 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | codo | |
| meaning 1 | elbow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | length unit | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 199 | |
| NEW Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | sɔ̀ɔk (ศอก) | |
| meaning 1 | elbow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | traditional unit of length based on such distance, equal to 24 inches | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tofa | |
| lexeme | билек | |
| meaning 1 | forearm | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | unit of length | |
| reference | Rassadin 2016: 73 | |
| comment | ||