head
→
capital city
19 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Basque | |
| lexeme 1 | buru | |
| lexeme 2 | hiriburu | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | OEH | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Estonian | |
| lexeme 1 | pea | |
| lexeme 2 | pealinn | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | EKSS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Kyrghyz | |
| lexeme 1 | баш (baş) | |
| lexeme 2 | башкалаа (başkalaa) | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | Judaxin (ed.) 1957 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Asturian | |
| lexeme 1 | capitalis | |
| lexeme 2 | capital | |
| meaning 1 | (relational) of the head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | DLA | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Catalan | |
| lexeme 1 | capitalis | |
| lexeme 2 | capital | |
| meaning 1 | (relational) of the head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | DIEC2 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Portuguese | |
| lexeme 1 | capitalis | |
| lexeme 2 | capital | |
| meaning 1 | (relational) of the head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | DPLP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Spanish | |
| lexeme 1 | capitalis | |
| lexeme 2 | capital | |
| meaning 1 | (relational) of the head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | French | |
| lexeme 1 | capitalis | |
| lexeme 2 | capitale | |
| meaning 1 | (relational) of the head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | Robert historique | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Friulian | |
| lexeme 1 | capitalis | |
| lexeme 2 | capitâl | |
| meaning 1 | (relational) of the head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Learned borrowing from Latin capitālis. Doublet of cjavedâl 'andiron' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Ligurian | |
| lexeme 1 | capitalis | |
| lexeme 2 | capitâle | |
| meaning 1 | (relational) of the head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | Romansh | |
| lexeme 1 | capitalis | |
| lexeme 2 | chapitala | |
| meaning 1 | (relational) of the head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) capital city | |
| reference | Pledari | |
| comment | capitala (Sursilvan, Surmiran) |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Latvian | |
| lexeme 1 | galva | |
| lexeme 2 | galvaspilsēta | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | Tezaurs.lv | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malayalam | |
| lexeme 1 | tala (തല) | |
| lexeme 2 | talasthānaṁ (തലസ്ഥാനം) | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | Gundert Malayalam dictionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Old English | |
| lexeme 1 | hēafod | |
| lexeme 2 | hēafodburg | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | Bosworth, Toller | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old Galician–Portuguese | |
| lexeme | cabeça | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa, A Coruña: University of A Coruña |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme | cabeça | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | DILP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | cabeza | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | Inherited from Old Spanish cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, diminutive of caput. |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme 1 | baş | |
| lexeme 2 | başkent | |
| meaning 1 | head | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | capital city | |
| reference | Jusipova 2005 | |
| comment | Also başşehir '(rare) capital city' |
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