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 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 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 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 | |
| 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 | ||