mosquito, gnat
↔
fly (n.)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Khamnigan Mongol | |
| language 2 | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme 1 | ila: | |
| lexeme 2 | yala: | |
| meaning 1 | mosquito, gnat | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | fly (n.) | |
| reference | Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 164 | |
| comment | The usual meaning in Mongolic languages 'fly', but 'mosquito' in Khamnigan. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tabassaran | |
| lexeme | mizmiz | |
| meaning 1 | mosquito | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (dialect) fly | |
| reference | ||
| comment | (TabRus 229) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | nuḷampu | |
| meaning 1 | mosquito, gnat | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | eye-fly | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 2324 | |
| comment | ||