lead, plumbum bullet 13 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 20193)
type Polysemy
language Batsbi
lexeme ṭq̣iv
meaning 1 lead, plumbum
direction
meaning 2 bullet
reference Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 313
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 17247)
type Cognates
language 1 Bikol
language 2 Amis
lexeme 1 timgáʔ ~ tiŋgáʔ
lexeme 2 timra
meaning 1 lead, plumbum
direction
meaning 2 bullet
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 9701)
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme raṣāṣ-
meaning 1 lead, plumbum

ḫatama bi-r-raṣāṣ-i


to seal with lead

direction
meaning 2 bullet

ʔaṭlaqa r-raṣāṣ-a


to shoot (lit. to let out the lead)

reference BK: I 868 Lane: 1092
comment Lane has only meaning A. In both meanings it has been borrowed into Swahili risasi 'lead; bullet', piga risasi 'to shoot', tia risasi 'to charge a gun' [Polikanov 1997].
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 7912)
type Polysemy
language Even
lexeme n`ur
meaning 1 lead
direction
meaning 2 bullet
reference
comment The original meaning is that of arrow.
NEW Realization 5 (ID: 45940)
type Polysemy
language Georgian
lexeme ṭq̇via (ტყვია)
meaning 1 lead, plumbum
direction
meaning 2 bullet
reference English Wiktionary Čikobava et al. 1964
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 17569)
type Polysemy
language Greenlandic Inuit
lexeme aqerloq
meaning 1 lead, plumbum
direction
meaning 2 bullet
reference Katersat
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 7201)
type Polysemy
language Jarawara
lexeme bara
meaning 1 lead
direction
meaning 2 bullet
reference
comment JED 59. Borrowed from the Portuguese where the meaning of 'lead' has not been registered.
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 17246)
type Polysemy
language Karo Batak
lexeme timah
meaning 1 lead, plumbum
direction
meaning 2 bullet
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 7362)
type Polysemy
language Modern Greek
lexeme μολύβι
meaning 1 lead
direction
meaning 2 lead bullet
reference
comment Хориков, Малев 524
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 2606)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme plomo
meaning 1 lead
direction
meaning 2 bullet
reference
comment The word bala is more frequently used in the meaning of 'bullet'.
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 17248)
type Cognates
language 1 Tagalog
language 2 Puyuma
lexeme 1 tiŋgáʔ
lexeme 2 timra
meaning 1 lead, plumbum
direction
meaning 2 bullet
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 1512)
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme ʕarär
meaning 1 lead, tin ʔənda ʕarär
lead works
direction
meaning 2 rifle ball, bullet, lead shot
reference TED: 1843-44
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 10397)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme kurşun
meaning 1 lead kurşun oksit
lead oxide
direction
meaning 2 bullet kurşun sıkmak
to shoot, to pop a cap
reference
comment The same in Bashk., Kyrg.