finger/toe
→
unit of length
11 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Burmese | |
lexeme | лэ'мá | |
meaning 1 | thumb | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | inch | |
reference | ||
comment | Novikov et al. 1976, 503 |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Dutch | |
lexeme | duim | |
meaning 1 | thumb | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | length unit | |
reference | ||
comment | a modern inch is equal to 2,54 см |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | French | |
lexeme | pouce | |
meaning 1 | thumb | pouce de la main droite the right thumb |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | inch | |
reference | CNRTL | |
comment | Can also be used to denote an ancient French unit of length equal to 27,07 mm (in Canada = 25,4 mm) |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Geez | |
lexeme | ʔaṣbāʕ(ə)t | |
meaning 1 | finger, toe | ḥəlaḳāta ʔaṣābəʕ 'finger-rings' |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | kind of measure | zagəzfu ʔarbāʕt ʔaṣābəʕ (3 Reg 7:3) ‘the thickness of which [column] is four fingers’ |
reference | ||
comment | (LGz. 45; LLA 1283) |
NEW Realization 5 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Maori | |
lexeme | matikara | |
meaning 1 | finger, toe | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | handspan - traditional measurement from the thumb to the little finger of a spread hand | |
reference | MD | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Romanian | |
lexeme | deget | |
meaning 1 | finger | degetul mare the thumb |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | length unit, appr. = 25 mm | |
reference | DEX98 | |
comment | DRRS 1, 634, DEX98 |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Spanish | |
lexeme | dedo | |
meaning 1 | finger | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | ancient length unit, a little less than 1.8 cm | |
reference | ||
comment | Narumov 1995: 266 |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Thai | |
lexeme | níu (นิ้ว) | |
meaning 1 | finger | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | inch | |
reference | Morev 1964: 381 SEAlang Thai | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Thai | |
lexeme | ong-khǔ-lī | |
meaning 1 | finger | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | a length unit equal to the width of the middle finger joint of | |
reference | ||
comment | Morev 1964, 857 |
ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Tofa | |
lexeme | эргек | |
meaning 1 | finger/toe | улуғ эргек, аэтыр эргек, ады йоқ эргек thumb, index finger, ring finger |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | finger width (unit of length) | бо hаршыныӊ энi дөрт эргек the width of this board is four fingers |
reference | Rassadin 2016: 583 | |
comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
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type | Polysemy | |
language | Turkish | |
lexeme | parmak | |
meaning 1 | finger | |
direction | → | |
meaning 2 | an old Turkish length unit, ≈ 3 cm | |
reference | Baskakov 1977: 713 | |
comment |