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
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)
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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)
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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
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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		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
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
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
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
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
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
type		Polysemy
language		Spanish
lexeme		vara
meaning 1	rod, cane, pole
direction	→
meaning 2	length unit
reference
comment		Narumov 1995: 779

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