thunder → firearm 3 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 3159)
type Borrowing
language 1 Arabic
language 2 Chagatai
lexeme ra`d
meaning 1 thunder
direction →
meaning 2 a species of a gun
reference
comment Лосева-Бахтиярова 2005, 50
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 32064)
type Derivation
language Georgian
lexeme 1 mexi (მეხი)
lexeme 2 kvemexi (ქვემეხი)
meaning 1 thunder
direction →
meaning 2 cannon
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 1720)
type Cognates
language 1 Uighur
language 2 Kyrghyz
lexeme 1 quldur mamaj
lexeme 2 küldür mamaj
meaning 1 thunder
direction →
meaning 2 long range matchlock gun
reference
comment the second meaning is present in the Kyrg. And Kazakh epic. Лосева-Бахтиярова 2005, 54

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