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) | |
| 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 | ||