finger/toe
→
unit of length
11 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Burmese | |
| Lexeme | лэ'мá | |
| Meaning 1 | thumb | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | inch | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Novikov et al. 1976, 503 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Thai | |
| Lexeme | niǔ | |
| Meaning 1 | finger | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | inch (obs.) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Morev 1964, 381 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | parmak | |
| Meaning 1 | finger | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | an old Turkish length unit, ≈ 3 cm | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||