The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

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
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		English
lexeme		pole
meaning 1	pole, perch,
direction	→
meaning 2	length unit (= 5,029 m)
reference
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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
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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
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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)
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