tail
→
penis
29 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | κέρκος | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | membrum virile | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| lexeme | זָנָָב zānāḇ | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | penis | yaḥpōṣ zәnāḇō ḵәmō ˀāräz
gīḏē paḥaḏāu yәsōrāgū (Job 40:17) He moves his tail like it's a cedar: the sinews of his laps(?) are wrapped together. |
| reference | HALOT: root 2523 | |
| comment | Euphemism for 'penis'. |
|
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Antekerrepenhe | |
| lexeme | pwer | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Bowern, Atkinson 2012 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Batyala | |
| lexeme | djun | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Bowern, Atkinson 2012 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Biri | |
| lexeme | buŋa | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Bowern, Atkinson 2012 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Catuquina (Kanamarí) | |
| lexeme | ina | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | IDS | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Chácobo | |
| lexeme | hina | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | IDS | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Chaha | |
| language 2 | Gogot | |
| lexeme | ǧəwä | |
| meaning 1 | tail of animal | ǧəwä səremä-m wag the tail |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | penis of an adult | |
| reference | EDG I: 64, 573 EDG: 319 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Chimila | |
| lexeme 1 | ᵐbúkkɾa | |
| lexeme 2 | ᵐbúʔkkɾa | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Huber, Reed 1992 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Classical Arabic | |
| language 2 | Soqotri | |
| lexeme 1 | حَمّ ḥamm- | |
| lexeme 2 | ḥaym | |
| meaning 1 | (remains of) tail of a sheep after the melting of the fat | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | pudenda (male, or female) | wa-tóˀo ḥéḷob ˁag díˀʸheʰ eˀḷhíten fatéṭaˁ wa-ḳö́ṣaf meʸh ḥaym (CSOL I 19:14) When he (the younger brother) was milking his cows, he uncovered himself, and he (the elder brother) cut off his penis. |
| reference | Lane: 636 BK: I 486-487 CSOL I: 569 | |
| comment | From PS *ḥVmm(-at)- 'breast, stomach, entrails' (SED I No. 119). |
|
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dhangu | |
| lexeme | gurrka | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Bowern, Atkinson 2012 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Djambarrpuyngu | |
| lexeme | gurrka | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Bowern, Atkinson 2012 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gamilaraay | |
| lexeme | dhun | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Bowern, Atkinson 2012 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Schwanz | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | membrum virile | |
| reference | Duden | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Zagel | |
| meaning 1 | (regional) tail of an animal | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (regional) penis | |
| reference | Duden | |
| comment | from Old High German zagal, from Proto-Germanic *taglą 'tail' |
|
| NEW Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gunya | |
| lexeme | barnrda | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Bowern, Atkinson 2012 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | fark | |
| meaning 1 | tail | a gyík farka, a ló farka a lizard's tail, a horse's tail |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kalkatungu | |
| lexeme | kaanhthu | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Bowern, Atkinson 2012 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | cauda | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Glare 286-287 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | penis | |
| meaning 1 | a tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | the male sexual organ, penis | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Glare 1324 | |
| NEW Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Muruwari | |
| lexeme | thun | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Bowern, Atkinson 2012 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Polish | |
| lexeme | kita | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Dialectal meanings (ЭССЯ 13: 279) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romani | |
| lexeme | kar | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Sinte Romani | |
| NEW Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | śépa (शेप) | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | MW: 1088,2 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Shipibo-Conibo | |
| lexeme | hina | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | IDS | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Wilson River (Wangkumara) | |
| lexeme | karli | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Bowern, Atkinson 2012 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 27 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yorta Yorta | |
| lexeme | nakin | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Bowern, Atkinson 2012 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 28 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yugambeh (Tweed-Albert Bandjalang) | |
| lexeme | jun | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | Bowern, Atkinson 2012 | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
|
| NEW Realization 29 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yuwana (Hodï) | |
| lexeme | ilẽlã buke | |
| meaning 1 | tail | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | penis | |
| reference | IDS | |
| comment | CLICS-3 |
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