comb
→
honeycomb
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | comb | |
| meaning 1 | toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey | The combs of the wild bees are found on overhanging precipices, and the only means by which they can be reached is to descend from above on narrow cane ladders just wide enough for a man’s foot, and often 300 feet to 400 feet long. (1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 9) |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Irish Gaelic | |
| lexeme | cíor | |
| meaning 1 | comb | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | honeycomb | |
| reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lezgian | |
| lexeme | reʁ | |
| meaning 1 | comb | рекъиналди эвягъун to comb one's hair |
| meaning 2 | honeycomb | виртIедин рекъер honeycombs |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LezgRus 274) | |