finger/toe unit of length 11 realizations
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 níu (นิ้ว)
meaning 1 finger
direction
meaning 2 inch
reference Morev 1964: 381 SEAlang Thai
comment
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 Baskakov 1977: 713
comment