sky
—
god
13 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Khanty | |
| Lexeme | торум | |
| Meaning 1 | sky, clear sky, weather, cardinal direction | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | deity | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Зенько А. П. Представление о сверхъестественном в традиционном мировоззрении обских угров. Структура и вариативность. Новосибирск, 1997, 13 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| Lexeme | tenger | |
| Meaning 1 | sky, weather | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | god | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lao | |
| Lexeme | mēt6 | |
| Meaning 1 | sky, heavens | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | celestial, deity | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Morev et al. 1982, 711 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yakut | |
| Lexeme | таҥара | |
| Meaning 1 | God | таҥара итэҕэйии 'faith in God' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | sky | таҥара сараабыт 'The day is breaking' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ЯРС 374. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme 1 | svargá | |
| Lexeme 2 | svargin | |
| Meaning 1 | sky | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | god | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Кочергина 764-765 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Evenki | |
| Lexeme | amākā | |
| Meaning 1 | sky | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | god | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Василевич 1958, 26 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Lak | |
| Language 2 | Hunzib | |
| Lexeme 1 | as(ː) | |
| Lexeme 2 | has | |
| Meaning 1 | a heathen deity; nobility, conscience | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | sky, cloud | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Nikolayev-Starostin 1994, 243 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Tigre | |
| Language 2 | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ʕastar | |
| Meaning 1 | sky | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | (personal name) the South Arabian deity ʿAstar | |
| Reference | LH: 465; https://betamasaheft.eu/Dillmann/?mode=none&q=%E1%8A%A0%E1%88%B5%E1%89%B0%E1%88%AD&id=L85d307316e8f4068aef28a7160d6f24a | |
| Comment | The Geez word denotes a deity of heaven (in Greek versions rendered as Ouranos), the name is taken over from South Arabian pantheon, the corresponding names of deities are well attested in Epigraphic South Arabian inscriptions. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Evenki | |
| Lexeme | buga | |
| Meaning 1 | sky | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | god | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Василевич 1958, 63 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ket | |
| Lexeme | ėś | |
| Meaning 1 | sky | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | superior deity | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Старостин 1995, 188 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lao | |
| Lexeme | mēn2 | |
| Meaning 1 | sky, heavens, | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | celestial, deity | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Morev et al. 1982, 711 | |
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme | небо (nebo) | |
| Meaning 1 | sky | Svi će da gledaju u nebo i da se dive. 'Everybody looks at the sky and admires.' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | god, heaven | Idi, prodaj imanje svoje i razdaj siromašnima; i imaćeš blago na nebesima. 'Go and sell your property and give it to poor people; and you will have treasure in heaven.' |
| Reference | CLARIN.SI | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Croatian | |
| Lexeme | nebo | |
| Meaning 1 | sky | južno nebo 'Southern sky' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | heaven | Snivaj na nebu, moj anđele 'Dream in heaven, my angel' |
| Reference | HJP | |
| Comment | ||
Переход связан с широко распространенной деификацией неба. См. Мирча Элиаде Очерки сравнительного религиоведения. М., 1999, 50 - 126 (гл. "Небо и боги неба"); Религиоведение. Энциклопедический словарь. М., 2006, 676, Журавлев 2005, 95, Брагинская Небо // Мифы народов мира. М., 1982, т. 2, 205-208, Токарев Ранние формы религии. М., 1990, 331-359, Белова, Плотникова, Толстая Небо // СД, 3, 380