face front part 33 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language 'Āre'āre
lexeme mā-na
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme fit
meaning 1 face, features fitu lay hazän yətayyal
His face is sad.
direction
meaning 2 front (i.e. the front or fore part of sth.) fit bärr
front door
reference Leslau 1973: 430 AED: 2305 SED I: 204
comment

For the same two meanings present in the Semitic cognates of Amh. fit see SED I 204.


ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Ancient Hebrew
lexeme *pāne
meaning 1 лицо wə-ʔim mippəʔat pānāw yimmārēṭ rōšō gibbēăh ṭāhūr hūʔ (Lev. 13:41)
And if he loses hair from the temples of his face, his head is bald, (but) he is pure.
direction
meaning 2 front wə-rōḥab pənē habbayit wə-haggizrā laḳḳādīm mēʔā ʔammā (Ez 41:14)
And the width of the front part of the temple and of the yard from the eastern side is one hundred cubits.
reference HALOT: 886-887
comment In the Akkadian cognate both meanings A and B are present. Cf. SED I No. 215
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Anuta
lexeme mata
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front end of an object
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Arosi
lexeme 1 maa-(na)
lexeme 2 maa
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front of a person or house
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme lice
meaning 1 face lijepo lice
beautiful face
direction
meaning 2 front part lice zgrade, lice tkanine
front part of a building, front part of fabric
reference HJP
comment
NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Eastern Ong-Be
lexeme na³
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Enggano
lexeme e-baka
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front side
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Fijian
lexeme mata
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front of a thing
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Futunan
lexeme mata
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front of something, in front
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Gilbertese
lexeme mata
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front, facade
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme бан
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front, face
reference
comment КомиРС 34
NEW Realization 13
type Derivation
language Kosraean
lexeme 1 mʌta
lexeme 2 mʌtʌ-n
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front of
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Kubachi
lexeme бяй
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 facade of a house
reference Magomedov, Saidov-Akkutta 2017: 120
comment
NEW Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Kwaio
lexeme maa-na
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 16
type Polysemy
language Malay
lexeme muka
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front, facade
reference SEALang Malay
comment
NEW Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Mbula
lexeme mata
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 18
type Polysemy
language Nukuoro
lexeme mada
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front part of
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 19
type Polysemy
language Palauan
lexeme mad
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front; area/space (directly) in front of
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 20
type Polysemy
language Sa'a (South Malaita, Apae'aa
lexeme maa
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front of a house
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 21
type Polysemy
language Somali
lexeme weji(-ga)
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front part
reference Alejnikov 2012: 338
comment
NEW Realization 22
type Polysemy
language Standard Zhuang
lexeme naj
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front (side)
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 23
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme uso
meaning 1 face uso kwa uso
face to face
direction
meaning 2 front, face (building)
reference
comment Polikanov
NEW Realization 24
type Polysemy
language Takuu
lexeme mata
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 25
type Polysemy
language Tangga
lexeme mata
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 the front of anything
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 26
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme nâa (หน้า)
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front part
reference Morev 1964: 805 SEAlang Thai
comment
NEW Realization 27
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme múk (มุข)
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front porch, portico of a building; front balcony
reference SEAlang Thai
comment
NEW Realization 28
type Polysemy
language Tho (Tày)
lexeme nả
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front part

nả rườn


front of the house

reference <personally collected data>
comment

Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎, Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên https://nguyenvietkhoi.github.io/SinicIME/TaiDB
Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎, Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội http://nomfoundation.org/nom-tools/Tu-Dien-Chu-Nom-Tay?uiLang=en

NEW Realization 29
type Polysemy
language Tongan
lexeme mata
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 (as preposed noun) front (of house, etc.)
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 30
type Polysemy
language Toʼabaita (Toqabaqita)
lexeme 1 maa
lexeme 2 front part of something
meaning 1 maa
direction
meaning 2 front part of something
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 31
type Polysemy
language Trukese (Chuukese)
lexeme maas
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front (of a building)
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 32
type Polysemy
language Wayan (Western Fijian)
lexeme mata
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front, facing side, face of object with both front and back side
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 33
type Polysemy
language Western Ong-Be
lexeme na³
meaning 1 face
direction
meaning 2 front part
reference <personally collected data>
comment