head → measure word 8 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme raʔs-
meaning 1 head rumiya fulān-un minhu fī r-raʔs-i ‘such a one was shot by him in the head’
direction →
meaning 2 head (of cattle) fulān-un yartabiṭu kaḏā raʔs-an min-a d-dawābb-i ‘such a one ties so many head of beasts’; ʕindī raʔs-un min-a l-ġanam-i ‘I have one head of sheep or goats’
reference
comment (Lane 995)
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme tête
meaning 1 head avoir mal à la tête
to have a headache
direction →
meaning 2 one piece (at counting) cinquante têtes de bétail
fifty heads of cattle
reference Larousse online
comment
NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Irish Gaelic
lexeme ceann
meaning 1 head ceann duine
human head
direction →
meaning 2 one piece (at counting) punt an ceann
a pound each
reference Ó Dónaill 1977: 205
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme kba:l
meaning 1 head
direction →
meaning 2 copy (of a book)
reference
comment Gorgoniev 1984, 89
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme юр
meaning 1 head
direction →
meaning 2 cattle counting unit
reference
comment КомиРС 775
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Lak
lexeme bak'
meaning 1 head
direction →
meaning 2 person (for count) a. ттул кулпатраву арулва бакI бур 'there are seven people in my family'
1. в моей семье семь человек 2. у меня десять голов скота
reference
comment (Khajdakov 1962: 50)
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Lezgian
lexeme q’il
meaning 1 head
direction →
meaning 2 head = livestock unitn a. виш кьил лапаг 'hundred head of sheep';
сто голов овец
reference
comment (LezgRus 203-204). The same in the Tabassaran КIУЛ, cf. (TabRus 214).
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme голова (golova)
meaning 1 head Отрубить разбойнику голову!
Cut off the bandit's head!
direction →
meaning 2 head as a counting unit (of cattle ) Сто голов рогатого скота.
hundred head of cattle
reference
comment Cf. головка (чеснока и т.п.) 'clove (of garlic etc)'.

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