navel → middle, centre 24 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 8986)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme ὀμφαλός
meaning 1 belly button
direction —
meaning 2 center, focus
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 603)
type Polysemy
language Burmese
lexeme чхэ'мá
meaning 1 belly button
direction →
meaning 2 core, heart
reference
comment Novikiv et al. 1976, 102
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 9320)
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme ḥənbərt
meaning 1 navel

1. salām laḥənbərtəki məsla fəḥuḳ māʔkak (Job 40:11);

2. ḥənbərta karśu


1. Peace be with your navel, the image of a well-shaped bowl!

2. the navel of his belly

direction →
meaning 2 middle, center ḥənbərta mədr (Jud. 9:37)

the center of the earth

reference CDG: 236 LLA: 108
comment
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 52418)
type Polysemy
language Harari
lexeme ḥəmbūrṭi
meaning 1 navel
direction →
meaning 2 middle part
reference EDG I: 83
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 14194)
type Polysemy
language Indonesian
lexeme puser
meaning 1 navel
direction —
meaning 2 centre
reference SEALang Indonesia
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 14195)
type Polysemy
language Javanese
lexeme pungser
meaning 1 navel
direction —
meaning 2 centre
reference SEAlang Javanese
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 14196)
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme niepʰii
meaning 1 navel
direction →
meaning 2 center of a circle
reference SEAlang Khmer
comment Royal language. From Sanskrit, Pali nābhi 'navel'
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 14197)
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme pcət, psət
meaning 1 navel
direction —
meaning 2 cleared / empty space in the center of something; center, exact middle; nucleus
reference SEAlang Khmer
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 14198)
type Polysemy
language Lao
lexeme sā1-dɯ̄2
meaning 1 navel
direction →
meaning 2 centre
reference Morev et al. 1982: 231
comment SEALang Lao (sá dìː)/ From Thai
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 14199)
type Polysemy
language Lao
lexeme bɨ̀ː
meaning 1 navel
direction —
meaning 2 centre; hub
reference SEAlang Lao
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 14200)
type Polysemy
language Lao
lexeme náːpʰíː
meaning 1 navel
direction →
meaning 2 center, middle; hub (of a wheel)
reference SEAlang Lao
comment From Sanskrit, Pali nābhi 'navel'
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 14201)
type Polysemy
language Malay
lexeme pusat
meaning 1 navel
direction —
meaning 2 centre
reference SEALang Malay
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 3005)
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme buric
meaning 1 belly button
direction →
meaning 2 center (colloq.) buricul oraşului
city center
reference DEX98
comment DRRS 1, 292, DEX98
ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 14202)
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme nābhi
meaning 1 navel
direction →
meaning 2 centre, central point
reference MW: 535
comment
NEW Realization 15 (ID: 34111)
type Polysemy
language Somali
lexeme xuddun(-ta)
meaning 1 navel
direction →
meaning 2 centre
reference Alejnikov 2012: 357
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 2692)
type Polysemy
language Tagalog
lexeme pusod
meaning 1 belly button
direction —
meaning 2 center
reference
comment Таг 250
ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 904)
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme nā-phǐ
meaning 1 belly button
direction —
meaning 2 center, mid-point; hub, nave (cart wheel)
reference
comment Morev 1964, 372
ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 1757)
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme sâ-dɯ̄
meaning 1 belly button
direction →
meaning 2 center, central (fig.)
reference Morev 1964: 754
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 6927)
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme lte-ba
meaning 1 belly button lte-ba-ba-la-con
spider (lit. The one having fur in the belly button)
direction —
meaning 2 center, mid-point
reference
comment Рерих 3, 388-389.
NEW Realization 20 (ID: 52416)
type Polysemy
language Tigre
lexeme ḥənbər(t), ḥənbərrā, ḥəmbər, ḥəmbərrā
meaning 1 navel
direction →
meaning 2 middle, centre
reference WTS: 83
comment
NEW Realization 21 (ID: 52417)
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme ḥəmbərti
meaning 1 navel
direction →
meaning 2 middle, centre (of a place), nucleus
reference TED: 176
comment
NEW Realization 22 (ID: 23101)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme göbek
meaning 1 navel, belly button
direction →
meaning 2 centre kubbenin göbeği
the center of cupola
reference Baskakov 1977: 342
comment
NEW Realization 23 (ID: 39005)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme nâf
meaning 1 navel (obsolete)
direction →
meaning 2 middle, centre

1) nafi hefte
2) nafi şeb


1) Tuesday
2) midnight

reference Baskakov 1977: 668
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 24 (ID: 8079)
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme киин
meaning 1 belly button; umbilical cord
direction →
meaning 2 center; central 1) оройуон киинэ
1) the center of the district 2) the principal task
reference
comment ЯРС 164.