heart
→
brave
15 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme | libbu | |
| meaning 1 | heart | ilput libbašu-ma ul inakku[d] he touched his heart but it was not beating |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | courage | ša libbi išû u emūḳu lā išû anāku I am one who has courage but no strength |
| reference | ||
| comment | CAD l 166-170. Cf. also cognates in Amharic ləbb (AED 71), Tigrinya (TED 99); Ancient Hebrew lēb 'heart; determination, courage' (HALOT 513-515); also Modern Hebrew libba 'cordial', Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (dialect) libbānā 'brave', etc. |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| lexeme | lēb | |
| meaning 1 | heart | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | determination, courage | |
| reference | HALAT: 513-515 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Chaha | |
| lexeme | x’ən | |
| meaning 1 | heart | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | courage | x’ən gäpa- 'feel courageous'; x’ən närä-n 'he is courageous, lit. he has heart' |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LGur. I 72) | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme 1 | srce | |
| lexeme 2 | srčan | |
| meaning 1 | heart | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brave | biti srčan to be brave |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | heart | |
| meaning 1 | anatomical organ that pumps the blood | heart attack |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | courage | I do not have the heart to tell him |
| reference | ODE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme 1 | cœur | |
| lexeme 2 | courage | |
| meaning 1 | heart | battements de cœur heartbeats |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | courage | manquer de courage to lack courage |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | "Courage" is derived from "cœur", and in XI-XVII centuries was a synonym of the word cœur in all its meanings [792]. Cf. the obsolete expression avoir du cœur 'to be brave | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kannada | |
| lexeme | ede | |
| meaning 1 | heart | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | courage | Trans: He has no courage of facing the enemy. |
| reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 157 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Karaim | |
| lexeme 1 | йÿрэк | |
| lexeme 2 | йÿрэкли | |
| meaning 1 | heart | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | courageous (lit. With a heart) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | КРПС 262-263. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Komi | |
| lexeme | сьöлöм | |
| meaning 1 | heart | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | courage | |
| reference | ||
| comment | КомиРС 622 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme 1 | ʒürh | |
| lexeme 2 | ʒürhtey | |
| meaning 1 | heart | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brave, courageous (lit. With a heart) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Oromo | |
| lexeme 1 | onnee | |
| lexeme 2 | onnummaa | |
| meaning 1 | heart | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | courage | |
| reference | ||
| comment | (Gragg 1982:305) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | inimă | |
| meaning 1 | heart | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | courage | |
| reference | DER | |
| comment | DER 426 | |
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme 1 | срце (srce) | |
| lexeme 2 | срчан (srčan) | |
| meaning 1 | heart | срце правилно куца, болести срца the heart beats properly, heart diseases |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brave | срчан човек brave person |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1263-1264 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Tibetan | |
| lexeme 1 | snying-po | |
| lexeme 2 | snying-po can | |
| meaning 1 | heart | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | brave, courageous | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Wolane | |
| lexeme | wäzän | |
| meaning 1 | heart | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wäzän agäbä 'feel courageous' (lit. bring in the heart') | |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LGur. I 1190, 1149) | |