<vessel> ship, vessel 15 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme σκάφη
meaning 1 trough
direction
meaning 2 boat
reference
comment
NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Ancient Hebrew
lexeme kəlī
meaning 1 vessel
direction
meaning 2 ship, boat
reference HALOT: 479
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Bagvalal
lexeme hec'a
meaning 1 trough
direction
meaning 2 boat
reference
comment БРС 155
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Cognates
language 1 Classical Arabic
language 2 Ancient Hebrew
lexeme 1 ʔināʔ-
lexeme 2 ʔǒniyyā
meaning 1 a vessel, or receptacle, for water
direction
meaning 2 ship
reference Lane: 119 HALOT: 71
comment

From PS *ʔVn(V)w- 'vessel, receptacle', the shift to the meaning 'ship' is pan-Canaanite, cf. Kogan 2010a:15 with further references.

Cf, also Ugr. ʔany(t) 'ship' (DUL 85).

ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme bac
meaning 1 tank, cistern; container bac à légumes d'un réfrigérateur
a container for vegetables in a refrigerator
direction
meaning 2 ferry prendre passage sur un bac
to travel by ferry
reference CNRTL
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Semantic evolution
language 1 French
language 2 Latin
lexeme 1 nacelle
lexeme 2 navicella
meaning 1 boat, yawl, canoe
direction
meaning 2 small ship
reference
comment Robert historique 2335
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Icelandic
lexeme trog
meaning 1 trough
direction
meaning 2 big and heavy boat,
reference
comment Берков
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme alveus
meaning 1 trough
direction
meaning 2 boat, canoe
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme linter
meaning 1 tank, tub, trough, vat, washtub
direction
meaning 2 boat
reference Lewis, Short
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme vascellum
meaning 1 small vase or urn
direction
meaning 2 a ship
reference
comment Hence the Eng. vessel, Old Fr. vessel, Fr. vaisseau with the same set of meanings
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme vas
meaning 1 kitchenware
direction
meaning 2 ship
reference DEX98
comment DEX98, from the Lat. vasum 'vessel, kitchenware' DER 828
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme sudno
meaning 1 vessel, bowl (obs.)
direction
meaning 2 vessel
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme hori
meaning 1 tub (for weeding and giving water to cattle)
direction
meaning 2 pirogue, canoe
reference
comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme tekne
meaning 1 trough
direction
meaning 2 boat (to go out in the sea)
reference
comment
NEW Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Veps
lexeme ast́iɪ̯
meaning 1 vessel


direction
meaning 2 ship, vessel
reference Zajceva, Mullonen 1972: 34-35
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