middle, centre → back (body part) 2 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 7214)
type Cognates
language 1 Assan
language 2 Yugh
lexeme 1 kogar
lexeme 2 kɨ:ʰx
meaning 1 back
direction ←
meaning 2 center, mid-point
reference
comment Presumably the meaning of 'back' is secondary.
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 2295)
type Polysemy
language Tabassaran
lexeme q’äl
meaning 1 middle кьялан тIуб
middle finger
direction →
meaning 2 back кьял'ин
on one's back
reference
comment (TabRus 211)

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