hand/arm
→
power, authority
13 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme | bazuk (բազուկ) | |
| meaning 1 | arm, forearm | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (figuratively) power, might | |
| reference | Galstjan 1984 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Niuean | |
| lexeme | lima | |
| meaning 1 | hand, arm | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | power, authority | |
| reference | POLLEX-Online | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme | mão | |
| meaning 1 | hand | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | power, domination | |
| reference | Feerštejn, Starec 2005 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme | braço | |
| meaning 1 | arm | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | strength, power, might | |
| reference | Feerštejn, Starec 2005 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | brazo | |
| meaning 1 | arm | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | influence, power | |
| reference | Narumov 1995 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | mano | |
| meaning 1 | hand | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | power, patronage, influence | |
| reference | Narumov 1995 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tagalog | |
| lexeme | bisig | |
| meaning 1 | arm, hand | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (fig.) power | |
| reference | Krus, Ignašev 1959 | |
| comment | ||