shadow
→
reflection (in the mirror, water)
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chukchee | |
| Lexeme | виилетык | |
| Meaning 1 | to cast a shadow | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to reflect (e.g. in a mirror) | |
| Reference | Moll, Inènlikèj 1957: 21 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Koryak | |
| Lexeme | в'ыйылв'ыйыл | |
| Meaning 1 | shadow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | reflection (in water) | |
| Reference | Moll 1960: 19 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Maori | |
| Lexeme | ata | |
| Meaning 1 | shadow | He tangata mana, he tangata mākutu a Kīkī...Ka whiti te rā, e kore hoki e haere a Kīkī i te wāhi noa, kei haere tōna ata ki muri, kei tapu. Kīkī was a person of mana and a man who practised mākutu...When the sun shone, Kīkī would never walk about anywhere lest his shadow move behind and the ground become tapu. |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | reflection (in the mirror, water) | Ka kite ia i te ata tangata i roto i te wai. She saw a man's reflection in the water. |
| Reference | MD | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tofa | |
| Lexeme | hөлеге | |
| Meaning 1 | shadow | ол иъhи оруқ беълтiрiндэ үнүп туру бедiк сегелер нештыӊ hөлегесi чэйғы иъсiғ hүндэ чоруқшуларға ындығ үр манап турған сериин берген болған The shadow of the tall, branchy tree growing at the fork of those two roads gave travelers the long-awaited coolness on a hot summer day |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | reflection | hөлегем гөрдүр мен көрүнь ӌүкте I see my reflection in the mirror |
| Reference | Rassadin 2016: 258 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yakut | |
| Lexeme | күлүк | |
| Meaning 1 | shadow | күлүк сир shadowy place |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | reflection | ууга түспүт ый күлүгэ the reflection of the moon in water |
| Reference | Slepcov 1972: 196 | |
| Comment | ||