The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

stick (n.) → unit of length 13 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 3465)
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 (ID: 4618)
type		Polysemy
language		English
lexeme		rod
meaning 1	rod
direction	→
meaning 2	length unit (= 5 m)
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 5465)
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 (ID: 10411)
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
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 388)
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 (ID: 50538)
type		Polysemy
language		Kabardian
lexeme		къурагъ
meaning 1	pole (long stick) + (obsolete, archaic) a unit of length (equal to 10 arshins or 4 fathoms measured by outstretched arms);
direction	→
meaning 2	unit of length
reference		Bizhoev 2008: 285
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NEW Realization 7 (ID: 22667)
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 8 (ID: 7596)
type		Polysemy
language		Latin
lexeme		pertica
meaning 1	perch, pole, stick
direction	→
meaning 2	length unit (5 feet)
reference
comment		Glare 1359

ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 741)
type		Polysemy
language		Russian
lexeme		батог (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 10 (ID: 788)
type		Polysemy
language		Sanskrit
lexeme		çāmyá
meaning 1	stick, cane
direction	→
meaning 2	length unit (= 1,5 cubit)
reference
comment		Кочергина 636

ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 2753)
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 12 (ID: 7414)
type		Polysemy
language		Spanish
lexeme		vara
meaning 1	rod, cane, pole
direction	→
meaning 2	length unit
reference
comment		Narumov 1995: 779

ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 3105)
type		Polysemy
language		Turkish
lexeme		arış
meaning 1	shaft
direction	—
meaning 2	cubit (=length unit)
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