shame → genitalia 10 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 6776)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme αἰδώς
meaning 1 shame, disgrace
direction →
meaning 2 genitals
reference LSJ
comment LSJ 36 In the second meaning it is used by Homer (Iliad 2, 261). The same root in the word αἰδοῖον freq. in pl. αἰδοῖα 'privy parts, pudenda (both of men and women)'.
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 1921)
type Derivation
language Ancient Hebrew
lexeme 1 bwš (qal-stem)
lexeme 2 məbūšīm
meaning 1 to be ashamed
direction →
meaning 2 pudenda, genitals (of a man) wə-šalḥā yādāh wə-heḥĕzīḳā bi-məbušāw (Dt. 25:11)
And she stretched her hand and seized him by his genitals.
reference HALOT: 112, 514
comment Lexeme B is hapax legomenon (pl.-tant.).
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 9651)
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme ḫafrat
meaning 1 shame kama ḫafrata sarāḳi soba yəʔəḫḫəzəwwo (Jer. 2:26)
As a thief is shamed when he is taken.
direction →
meaning 2 pudenda kadanku ḫafrataki (Hez. 16:8)
I covered your shame.
reference LLA: 627
comment All examples are from the Bible. A possible calque from Greek.
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 10166)
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme Scham
meaning 1 shame vor Scham rot werden
to go red with shame
direction →
meaning 2 shame, pudental parts Scham bedecken;
to cover the genitals
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 7314)
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme яндзим
meaning 1 shame, disgrace
direction →
meaning 2 genitals (of livestock)
reference Beznosikova et al. 2000: 779
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 2015)
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme ičreg
meaning 1 shy, blushful
direction →
meaning 2 genitals (obs., honorif.)
reference
comment БАМРС. Cf. also ичир 'shame, disgrace', ичих 'to be ashamed'
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 8242)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme стыд (styd)
meaning 1 shame
direction →
meaning 2 genitals стыд прикрой
cover your genitals
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 10084)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme срам (sram)
meaning 1 shame Мертвые сраму не имут.
The dead cannot feel ashamed.
direction →
meaning 2 shame, disgrace Срам прикрой.
Cover your genitals.
reference
comment Cf. also the adjective срамной (shameful): срамное место (genitals); срамные губы (vagina).
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 7275)
type Derivation
language Spanish
lexeme 1 vergüenza
lexeme 2 vergüenzas
meaning 1 shame, disgrace
direction →
meaning 2 genitalia
reference
comment Narumov 1995: 786
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 2213)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme 1 ayıp
lexeme 2 ayıp yerler
meaning 1 shame, disgrace
meaning 2 genitalia
reference
comment ТуРС 81. Не совсем полисемия. Переходный случай. Может в комментарий к переходу?