arc
→
bow (weapon)
11 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 393 | arc | → | rainbow | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | bue | |
| Meaning 1 | arc | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bow (weapon) | bue og pil bow and arrow |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | bow | |
| Meaning 1 | something bent into a simple curve or arc | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bow (weapon) | |
| Reference | Merriam-Webster | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | arc | |
| Meaning 1 | arc | arc d'ellipse elliptical arc |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bow (weapon) | tendre l'arc to draw the bow |
| Reference | Larousse online | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | Bogen | |
| Meaning 1 | arc | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | bow | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Also the Eng. Bow | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | arcus | |
| Meaning 1 | arc | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | bow | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Thus Span. arco 'arch' and 'bow', Ital. arco, Fr. Arc. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | bue | |
| Meaning 1 | arc | ellipsebue elliptical arc |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bow (weapon) | pil og bue arrow and bow |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | luka | |
| Lexeme 2 | luk | |
| Meaning 1 | curve (saddle, river) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bow | лук и стрелы bow and arrows |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Cf. Излучина 'turn' (for meaning А). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | upinde | |
| Meaning 1 | bend, arc | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | bow | pinda (kaza) upinde to draw a bow |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Polikanov | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | båge | |
| Meaning 1 | arc | ögonbrynens jämna båge the even arc of the eyebrow |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bow (weapon) | skjuta med pil och båge to shoot using arrows and a bow |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | yay | |
| Meaning 1 | arc | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | bow | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | In the dictionary the first meaning is that of 'bow' | |
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | kavis | |
| Meaning 1 | arc | nehir kavisi turn of a river |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | bow (weapon) | |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 523 | |
| Comment | ||