hand/arm
→
power, authority
13 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Ancient Greek | |
Lexeme | χείρ | |
Meaning 1 | arm, hand | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | power | ὑπὸ χεῖρα ποιεῖσθαι to bring under one's power; οἱ ὑπὸ χ. persons in one's power; ὑπὸ τὴν χ. ἐλθεῖν to come into one's hand |
Reference | LSJ | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Armenian | |
Lexeme | bazuk (բազուկ) | |
Meaning 1 | arm, forearm | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | (figuratively) power, might | |
Reference | Galstjan 1984 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | arm | |
Meaning 1 | each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | used to refer to something powerful or protective | |
Reference | ODE | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Italian | |
Lexeme | mano | |
Meaning 1 | hand | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | will, authority, protection | venire a mano to come into power |
Reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Italian | |
Lexeme | braccio | |
Meaning 1 | arm | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | symbol of power, strength, authority | avere braccio have power to act |
Reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Komi | |
Lexeme | кипод | |
Meaning 1 | hand/arm | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | power, authority | чукӧртіс став кипод вынсӧ gathered all the forces under his control |
Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
Comment | киподувса 'which is under the arms or near', 'subordinate' |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Niuean | |
Lexeme | lima | |
Meaning 1 | hand, arm | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | power, authority | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Portuguese | |
Lexeme | mão | |
Meaning 1 | hand | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | power, domination | |
Reference | Feerštejn, Starec 2005 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Portuguese | |
Lexeme | braço | |
Meaning 1 | arm | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | strength, power, might | |
Reference | Feerštejn, Starec 2005 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Serbian | |
Lexeme | рука (ruka) | |
Meaning 1 | hand/arm | подићи руку raise a hand |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | power, authority | У вашим рукама је моја судбина. My fate is in your hands. |
Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1176 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | brazo | |
Meaning 1 | arm | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | influence, power | |
Reference | Narumov 1995 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | mano | |
Meaning 1 | hand | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | power, patronage, influence | |
Reference | Narumov 1995 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tagalog | |
Lexeme | bisig | |
Meaning 1 | arm, hand | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | (fig.) power | |
Reference | Krus, Ignašev 1959 | |
Comment |