stick (n.)
→
unit of length
12 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | perch | |
| Meaning 1 | perch | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | length unit (= 5,03 m) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | From the Lat. Pertica (q.v.) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | rod | |
| Meaning 1 | rod | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | length unit (= 5 m) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | pole | |
| Meaning 1 | pole, perch, | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | length unit (= 5,029 m) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | Rute | |
| Meaning 1 | cane, whip | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ancient German length unit = 3-5 m and square unit = 14 m2 | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | canna | |
| Meaning 1 | cane | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | length unit (about 2 m) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Also the Fr. canne obs. 'a length unit equal to 1,71-2,98 м' | |
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Khamnigan Mongol | |
| Lexeme | modo(n) | |
| Meaning 1 | tree | modonoi xoltoso bark of a tree |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | kilometer | Deliu:n 150 modo boloxu There are 150 kilometeres to Deliu:n |
| Reference | Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 202 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | pertica | |
| Meaning 1 | perch, pole, stick | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | length unit (5 feet) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Glare 1359 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | batog | |
| Meaning 1 | stick, cane | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | length unit (usually half of a running fathom) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The second meaning is dialectal СРНГ 2, 145. Also the Komi батöг obs. 'length unit' КомиРС 36 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | çāmyá | |
| Meaning 1 | stick, cane | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | length unit (= 1,5 cubit) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Кочергина 636 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | daṇḍa | |
| Meaning 1 | stick , staff , rod , pole | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | measure of length (appr. = 2 m) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | MW 466 Кочергина 257 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | vara | |
| Meaning 1 | rod, cane, pole | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | length unit | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Narumov 1995: 779 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | arış | |
| Meaning 1 | shaft | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | cubit (=length unit) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||