navel
→
middle, centre
21 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 932 | heart | ↔ | middle, centre | Open |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | ὀμφαλός | |
| meaning 1 | belly button | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | center, focus | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | ḥənbərt | |
| meaning 1 | navel | salām laḥənbərtəki məsla fəḥuḳ māʔkak 'peace be with your navel, the image of a well-shaped bowl'; ḥənbərta karśu 'the navel of his belly' (Job 40:11) |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | middle, center | ḥənbərta mədr 'the center of the earth' (Jud. 9:37) |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LGz. 236, LLA 108) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Indonesian | |
| lexeme | puser | |
| meaning 1 | navel | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | centre | |
| reference | SEALang Indonesia | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Javanese | |
| lexeme | pungser | |
| meaning 1 | navel | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | centre | |
| reference | SEAlang Javanese | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lao | |
| lexeme | bɨ̀ː | |
| meaning 1 | navel | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | centre; hub | |
| reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malay | |
| lexeme | pusat | |
| meaning 1 | navel | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | centre | |
| reference | SEALang Malay | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | nābhi | |
| meaning 1 | navel | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | centre, central point | |
| reference | MW: 535 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Somali | |
| lexeme | xuddun(-ta) | |
| meaning 1 | navel | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | centre | |
| reference | Alejnikov 2012: 357 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tagalog | |
| lexeme | pusod | |
| meaning 1 | belly button | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | center | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Таг 250 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | sâ-dɯ̄ | |
| meaning 1 | belly button | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | center, central (fig.) | |
| reference | Morev 1964: 754 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | nâf | |
| meaning 1 | navel (obsolete) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | middle, centre | 1) nafi hefte 1) Tuesday |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 668 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |