bridge floor (vs. ceiling) 4 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Meadow Mari
lexeme кӱвар
meaning 1 bridge Кӱварым ышташ тӱҥалыныт, свайым кыреныт (Никандр Лекайн)
They began to build a bridge, drove piles.
direction
meaning 2 floor (vs. ceiling) паркет кӱвар
parquet floor
reference Marij jylme muter
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NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme мост
meaning 1 bridge
direction
meaning 2 (dialect) floor (vs. ceiling)

Поставил его на мост посередь хати


put it/him on the floor in the middle of the house

reference SRNG: 18, 287-288
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very widespread in Russian dialects

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Borrowing
language 1 Russian
language 2 Yakut
lexeme 1 мост (most)
lexeme 2 муоста
meaning 1 bridge Мост через реку
a bridge over the river
direction
meaning 2 floor муостаны кырааскалаа-
to paint floors
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comment ЯРС 245. It should be noted that the Yakut word has also the meaning of 'bridge', e.g., өрүhү туоруур муоста 'the bridge across the river'. However, the meaning of 'floor' must have been developed internally in Yakut. (But cf. мостовая? 'pavement').
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Udmurt
lexeme выж
meaning 1 bridge из выж
stone bridge
direction
meaning 2 floor (vs. ceiling) выж миськыны
to clean the floor
reference Kirillova 2008
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