metal
→
money
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1985 | silver | ↔ | money | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Koryak | |
| Lexeme | пылвʼынтын | |
| Meaning 1 | metal | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ruble | |
| Reference | Žukova 1990: 73 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hopi | |
| Lexeme | siiva | |
| Meaning 1 | metal | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | money | |
| Reference | Albert, Shaul 1985: 75 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Luiseño | |
| Lexeme | sisínaval | |
| Meaning 1 | metal | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | money | |
| Reference | Elliott 1999: 821 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Nez Perce (Nimipuutímt) | |
| Lexeme | kícuy | |
| Meaning 1 | metal | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | money | |
| Reference | Aoki 1994: 223 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Winnebago | |
| Lexeme | žuurá | |
| Meaning 1 | metal | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | money | |
| Reference | Helmbrecht, Lehmann 2006: 76 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Doyayo | |
| Lexeme | tus3(ɛ)2 | |
| Meaning 1 | metal | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | money | |
| Reference | Djataou 2012: 135 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Compare Russian презренный металл lit. 'despicable metal', figure of speech for 'money' (since at least 1840s, Ivan Goncharov)