metal
→
money
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1985 | silver | ↔ | money | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Doyayo | |
| lexeme | tus3(ɛ)2 | |
| meaning 1 | metal | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | money | |
| reference | Djataou 2012: 135 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hopi | |
| lexeme | siiva | |
| meaning 1 | metal | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | money | |
| reference | Albert, Shaul 1985: 75 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme | kane (金) | |
| meaning 1 | metal | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | money | 金で買えないもの Kane de kaenai mono something that cannot be bought for money |
| reference | BCCWJ | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Koryak | |
| lexeme | пылвʼынтын | |
| meaning 1 | metal | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ruble | |
| reference | Žukova 1990: 73 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Luiseño | |
| lexeme | sisínaval | |
| meaning 1 | metal | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | money | |
| reference | Elliott 1999: 821 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nez Perce (Nimipuutímt) | |
| lexeme | kícuy | |
| meaning 1 | metal | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | money | |
| reference | Aoki 1994: 223 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sura (Mwaghavul) | |
| lexeme | shàghàl | |
| meaning 1 | metal | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | money | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Nathaniel Yeeɗen Fii’an Daapiya Roger Blench Jacob Bess Mwaghavul - English Lexicon 2008 129 |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Winnebago | |
| lexeme | žuurá | |
| meaning 1 | metal | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | money | |
| reference | Helmbrecht, Lehmann 2006: 76 | |
| comment | ||
Compare Russian презренный металл lit. 'despicable metal', figure of speech for 'money' (since at least 1840s, Ivan Goncharov)