acorn ↔ oak 25 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 37513)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme φηγός
meaning 1 acorn
direction ←
meaning 2 oak
reference LSJ
comment

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos 'beech or oak'
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 37522)
type Polysemy
language Andi
lexeme ножи
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 37508)
type Polysemy
language Armenian
lexeme kaġin (կաղին)
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 37521)
type Polysemy
language Avar
lexeme мерхъ
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference IDS
comment

Zakataly, Kusur dialects

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 37520)
type Polysemy
language Bezhta
lexeme нигъе
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 37531)
type Polysemy
language Budukh
lexeme палыт
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 37510)
type Polysemy
language Cantonese Chinese
lexeme zoeng6 (橡)
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference English Wiktionary
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 37526)
type Polysemy
language Chamalal
lexeme нику
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference IDS
comment

Gigatli dialect

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 37527)
type Polysemy
language Chirag Dargwa
lexeme миг
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 37507)
type Polysemy
language Classical Armenian
lexeme kałin (կաղին)
meaning 1 acorn
direction →
meaning 2 oak
reference Petrosean, Matatʿeay 1879 Awetikʿean et al. 1836-37 Ačaṙean
comment

Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- 'acorn'
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 37503)
type Polysemy
language Farsi
lexeme balut (بلوط)
meaning 1 oak
direction —
meaning 2 acorn
reference Steingass 1892: 199
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 37525)
type Polysemy
language Ginukh
lexeme нехукІра
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 37530)
type Polysemy
language Hunzib
lexeme ма̇гь, мугь
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 37528)
type Polysemy
language Kadar Dargwa
lexeme миг
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 37523)
type Polysemy
language Karata
lexeme никва
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 37524)
type Polysemy
language Khwarshi
lexeme мукъуркІа
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 37529)
type Polysemy
language Kryts
lexeme мегъ
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 37509)
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme xiàng (橡)
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference BKRS
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 37514)
type Derivation
language Modern Greek
lexeme 1 βελανίδι
lexeme 2 βελανιδιά
meaning 1 acorn
direction →
meaning 2 oak
reference DSMG
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20 (ID: 37502)
type Polysemy
language Modern Written Arabic
lexeme ballūṭ- (بَلُّوط)
meaning 1 oak
direction —
meaning 2 acorn
reference Wehr: 109 Baranov: I 84
comment Also, ṯamar-at-u l-ballūṭ-i 'acorn' (lit. fruit of oak).
ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 37532)
type Polysemy
language Nogai
lexeme эмен
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 22 (ID: 37504)
type Derivation
language Ottoman Turkish
lexeme 1 pelit (پلیت)
lexeme 2 pelit ağacı (پلیت آغاجی)
meaning 1 acorn, especially of the valonia oak
direction →
meaning 2 valonia oak, Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Hindoglu, Artin (1838) Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 126b https://books.google.com/books?id=NiMmVc-1op0C&pg=PA126
Kélékian, Diran (1911) Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 324 https://menadoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/ssg/content/pageview/821127
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Glans”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 654 http://bibliotecadigital.aecid.es/bibliodig/i18n/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.cmd?path=1000110&presentacion=pagina&registrardownload=0&posicion=345
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 888 http://bibliotecadigital.aecid.es/bibliodig/i18n/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.cmd?path=1003634&presentacion=pagina&registrardownload=0&posicion=470
Redhouse, James W. (1890) A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 452 https://books.google.com/books?id=w_FAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA452
ACCEPTED Realization 23 (ID: 37511)
type Polysemy
language Southern Min (Min Nan)
lexeme siǒng (橡)
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference English Wiktionary
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 24 (ID: 37519)
type Polysemy
language Syriac
lexeme ballūṭ, ballūṭā (ܒܠܘܛܐ)
meaning 1 acorn
direction —
meaning 2 oak
reference Payne Smith: 46b CAL
comment http://cal.huc.edu/oneentry.php?lemma=blwT+N&cits=all
ACCEPTED Realization 25 (ID: 1553)
type Polysemy
language Tabassaran
lexeme mäqʷ
meaning 1 oak мяхъюн урнар
oak gates
meaning 2 acorn мяхъвар уч апIуб
to gather acorns
reference
comment (TabRus 239)

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