top, upper part
—
sky
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Jarawara | |
| lexeme | neme | |
| meaning 1 | up | Neme ya fawa borone nate The fawa ants make their nest above |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sky | Neme bisake The moon isn't shining because it's cloudy. (Lit., the sky is dirty.) |
| reference | ||
| comment | JED 139. In the dictionary, the first meaning is that of "sky" | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nganasan | |
| lexeme | бǝнтуо | |
| meaning 1 | top | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sky | |
| reference | NMS: 216 Kosterkina, Momde, Ždanova 2001: 31 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Sa'a (South Malaita, Apae'aa | |
| lexeme 1 | läŋi | |
| lexeme 2 | i-leŋi | |
| meaning 1 | up | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | sky | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | ||