head
→
money
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 3686 | head | → | main | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | ḳaḳḳadu | |
| Meaning 1 | head | šamna ḳaḳḳassuni pašiš their heads are anointed with oil |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | original amount, principal | ḳaḳḳad kaspim ana tamkarim utâr he will return the original amount of silver to the merchant |
| Reference | CAD | |
| Comment | CAD q 100 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme 1 | κεφαλή | |
| Lexeme 2 | κεφάλαιον | |
| Meaning 1 | head | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | money, capital | πολλοῦ κεφαλαίου for big money |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | raʔs- | |
| Lexeme 2 | raʔs-u l-māl-I | |
| Meaning 1 | head | rumiya fulān-un minhu fī r-raʔs-I such a one was shot by him in the head |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | the capital, or principal, of property (lit. 'head of money') | ʔaḳraḍatnī ʕašarat-an bi-ruʔūs-i-hā She lent me ten (pieces of money) as a loan whereof the principal was to be repaid without interest. |
| Reference | Lane: 995 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | caput | |
| Meaning 1 | head | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | capital | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Modern Hebrew | |
| Lexeme 1 | ראש rō(ˀ)š | |
| Lexeme 2 | ראש rō(ˀ)š | |
| Meaning 1 | head | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | total amount, sum | |
| Reference | HAL | |
| Comment | The meaning B can imply the meaning of 'capital' (sum of money). | |