head → edge, border 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Chaha
lexeme gunär
meaning 1 head gunär fäḳa-m 'split the head of a cow with an ax'
direction →
meaning 2 brink, edge yäxäyä gunär 'brink of precipice', lit. 'the head of the precipice'
reference
comment (LGur. I 56).
NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme ˈhǔa
meaning 1 head
direction →
meaning 2 protruding part, sharp edge
reference Morev 1964: 831
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Tigre
lexeme raʔas
meaning 1 head
direction →
meaning 2 end, side šaḥalalā mən dam malʔa wa-kəlʔot raʔasu ʔasra 'he filled the reed with blood and bound both its ends together'
reference
comment (LH 155).

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