forearm
→
unit of length
17 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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 | ||
Comment | (K 1445) |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme | πῆχυς | |
Meaning 1 | forearm | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | a length unit | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Geez | |
Lexeme | ʔəmmat | |
Meaning 1 | elbow (part of the arm) | ʔədawihā təsaffəḥ diba za-yəbaḳḳʷəʕ wa-ʔəmatā tāṣannəʕ la-fatil 'she stretches her hands over what is profitable and she makes her elbows strong in order to spin' (Prov. 29:37) |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | measure | nuḫu ʕəśrā ba-ʔəmat 'his height is twenty in cubits' (Zach. 5:2) |
Reference | ||
Comment | (LLA 728) |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme | Brazze | |
Meaning 1 | forearm | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cubit (=length unit) | |
Reference | ||
Comment | (Swiss German) |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme | Elle | |
Meaning 1 | elbow bone | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | cubit (=historical length unit) | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | codo | |
Meaning 1 | elbow | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | length unit | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Narumov 1995: 199 |
NEW Realization 17 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tofa | |
Lexeme | билек | |
Meaning 1 | forearm | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | unit of length | |
Reference | Rassadin 2016: 73 | |
Comment |